Terminology explained...
Business continuity
Organisations with business continuity have the capability to carry on delivering products and services even if their operations are hugely disrupted by a major incident
Team collaboration
Teams working together to achieve a shared organisational goal using technology for sharing information and communicating across multiple locations
BCM
The process of establishing and maintaining business continuity is known as business management management (BCM)
Ref: ISO 22313:2012
Program management
A framework and associated disciplines to achieve organisational goals across multiple teams
An organised approach that ensures effective and accurate communication
BCMS and ISO 22301
BCMS - A management system for establishing and continually improving an organisation's BCM
ISO 22301:2012 sets out the requirements for BCMS certification
ISO 22313
ISO 22313:2012 explains the requirements for BCMS certification and provides additional guidance
Malcolm Cornish was on the project team that developed 22301 and led the development of 22313
Business continuity management (BCM) involves:
- understanding clearly the organisation’s key products and services and the activities that deliver them
- knowing the priorities for resuming the activities and the resources they require
- identify the threats to activities and their dependencies, and knowing how to protect them
- putting tried and trusted arrangements in place to resume priority activities when they are critically disrupted
- routinely reviewing and updating these arrangements and making sure that they will be effective in all circumstances
Ref: ISO 22313:2012
Print 