BS25999: A Pocket Guide (eBook)

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A concise introduction to the basics of business continuity management

Your organisation needs to think about how it could stay in business in the event of a crisis. If you got hit by a disaster and lost the use of your IT systems, you would have a hard time continuing to operate. To minimise the impact of a disaster on your business, and to continue to provide essential services to your customers, you need to put in place a business continuity management system (BCMS). Without it, if a major incident occurs and results in loss or injury, company directors could face prosecution for lack of a proper risk assessment.

The British standard for business continuity management is BS25999. This pocket guide is designed to help you do what is necessary in terms of business continuity to satisfy the requirements of the BS25999 standard. With the expert advice contained in the guide, you can ensure your organisation gets a business continuity plan that is fit for purpose. The pocket guide is also available in packs of ten – a cost-effective way to bring your staff up to speed on business continuity planning.

 

Benefits to business include:

 

• Plan and manage the BCMS project
  If you are going to have a proper BCMS, you will need to make business continuity a formal project. This book gives you valuable tips on how to draw up the BCM policy and establish the BCMS project, along with basic guidance on conducting a business impact analysis
• Secure your licence to operate
  Organisations such as law firms now have to put in place a BCMS in order to obtain a licence to operate
• Retain your competitive edge
  Organisations are beginning to seek formal assurance that their suppliers will be able to continue supplying them in the event of some interruptive incident. If you are a supplier, having a BCMS that is certified to BS25999 therefore represents a significant competitive advantage
• Satisfy corporate governance concerns
  A well-run company will have a strong corporate governance framework. Business continuity planning is a basic requirement of corporate governance.

Tony Drewitt is an experienced business continuity practitioner and a professional member of the Business Continuity Institute. He has advised a wide range of organisations on developing business continuity policies. He has been a guest lecturer for Cranfield University and is currently helping a number of clients to achieve BS25999 certification.

 

Get business continuity right and buy this pocket guide today!

 

 

 

Author: Tony Drewitt

Publisher: IT Governance Publishing

ISBN: 9781905356423

Pages: 48

Format: eBook

Published Date: 19 February 2008

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