Business Continuity Preparation and Management

Hazard Assessment (HA)

Losses potential

HA strategy HA method and tools

HA process

Risk avoidance measure

Corporate Impact Analysis (CIA)

Set up Terms Of Reference (TOR)

Set up Task Force

Findings and recommendations

Security and Geography

Establish the physical access and protection needs

Establish the physical parameters of alternative/emergency secure sites

Establish the presence for specialist personnel at the relevant sites

DR Strategy plan and procedures

Understand/Establish DR options available

Analyse/confirm access suitability for DR

Carry out cost-benefit analysis of options

Survey and list corporate information and documentation

Select and list corporate information and documentation items

Establish protection and duplication requirements for critical items recovery

Develop recovery process and priorities

Establish alternative business trading options

Discuss agree and publish recovery procedures

BCPM scheme development

Design BCPM phases and structure

Allocate team roles and responsibilities

Produce a draft scheme and review

Agree and publish BCPM scheme

Responding to an emergency

Define/recognise an emergency opposing to a business interruption

Establish the first line of response and liaison with local emergency services

Protect personnel

Contain incident

Evaluate the effect

Publish the appropriate response procedures

Business Continuity Preparation and Management

Salvage and damage restoration

Define asset protection and salvage strategy and priorities

Establish damage assessment methods and site activities

Discuss and agree third party salvage and restoration services

Contacts with insurance companies and related contacts

Awareness and education

Determine the purposes of the awareness and education programme

Develop the awareness and education programme

Establish workshop and training timetable and deliverables

Incorporate into the company's overall education programme

BCPM scheme and DR Update and Maintenance (U & M)

Establish change control procedures

Select and implement relevant tools

Apply U & M at regular intervals

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