BUSINESS CONTINUITY
MANAGEMENT
NEARLY 1 IN 5 BUSINESSES SUFFER
A MAJOR DISRUPTION EVERY YEAR
ARE YOU PREPARED?
Remember the 2005 London bombings and the recent floods? How would your organization cope with such a disaster?
Would it survive?
Business success is as much about protection as growth. In this uncertain world, that means creating a business with the flexibility to prosper in changing conditions, and strong enough to survive should disaster strike. The ability to withstand serious incidents like flooding and fire etc..., and quickly re-open for ‘business as usual’ is critical.
Nearly 1 in 5 businesses suffer a major disruption every year. Risks from computer viruses, terrorism and natural disaster are around us all the time and can strike at any moment. Disruption from terrorist attacks, fires, and flood tend to capture the headlines, however, almost 90% of business-threatening incidents are ‘quiet catastrophes’ which go unreported in the media but can have an equally devastating impact on an organization’s ability to function. The causes of these disruptions are often outside of the organisation’s control and consequently, they are reliant on the emergency services or suppliers.
Even a relatively short interruption to normal business can damage customer relationships and reputation beyond repair – undoing all your good work in product development, sales and marketing at a stroke.
"A holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organisation and the impacts to business operations that those threats, if realised, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organisational resilience with the capability for an effective response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation, brand and value-creating activities."
BS 25999-1 British Standards Institution’s Code of Practice for Continuity Management
