Overview

The increasing reliance of businesses on the availability and correct functioning of their systems and technologies means that managers may no longer ignore the need to designing and implementing a Business Continuity and supporting Technical Disaster Recovery Plans. 

In addition, the events of September 11, 2001 have  increased the focus by which governments and regulators world-wide examine key organisations’ capability to recover from an undesirable event such as terrorist attacks, flooding, earthquakes and even more “routine” disruptive events such as fires, building damages etc.

Our Business Continuity Management services are designed to help organisations implement a business continuity framework and capability which allows them to successfully manage (which sometimes means being able to survive) in the event of unforeseen and/or unwanted risks materializing. 

To achieve these objectives, we work with the organisation’s managers and personnel to understand the key business processes, the internal and external dependencies and the technologies and systems involved.  Based on this information, we then jointly determine available alternatives for recovery and in this way identify the desirable continuity strategies.  A very important “by-product” of this process is management’s ability to understand the risks that it is faced with and make informed judgments as to the risk management strategy that it desires based on cost and benefit analysis (mitigate, transfer, accept, etc).

Key Features

•  Understanding of operational and continuity risks and consideration of the likely impact to the business from one or more of such risks materialising

•  Consideration of costs and benefits of various continuity strategies and options, often challenging existing assumptions or presumptions

•  Engagement, involvement and mobilisation of all key business areas and staff

•  Transfer of specialist BCP knowledge internally

•  Evidence of Regulatory Compliance and “Due Process”

•  Enhanced understanding of interrelationships and dependencies and

•  Stronger risk management and capability to recover!