Business Continuity Management

 What is this?

BCMS - Business Continuity Management System

Other terms used are:

  • Incident Management
  • Emergency Management
  • Continuity of Operations
  • Contingency Planning
  • Disaster Recovery Management
  • Sustainability

Processes

  • BCM Program Management
  • Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis
  • Business Continuity Strategy
  • Development and testing of Business Continuity Plans and related plans to respond to indents and emergencies.
  • Continual improvement

Standards

There are three national standards:

BS 25999-2:2007   from Briitish Standards  Institution

SG 540:2008        from  Singapore Standards

ANZ 5050.1(draft) from Standards Australia

What are your benefits?

Business Resilience and redeced impact -   ensure that business recoves to its normal state  as soon as possible and with a proven method.

Customer Confidence  - Provide confidence to your cusotmers that you have effective processes   'business as usual'

Compliance with, for example,   APS 232 - Australian Prudential Standard on Business Continuity Management.

Cost savings  -  you may negotiate a reduction in premium for business loss insurance.

Why ISC?

Process Driven

Auditors and trainers with field experience

Customer focused

What do we offer?

RABQSA  certifified Lead Auditor training

Unaccredited certification for BS 25999-2:2007   or  SG 540:2008.

What other management systems can we integrate with his?

ISO 27001:2005  Information Security Management System

ISO 9001:2008    Quality Management System

What is new?

Australia New Zealand standard  AS 5050  in three parts in still a draft.  

Part 1 -  Specification
Part 2 -  Code of Practice
Part 3 -  Audit Guideline

What is the next step?

Contact: Sudarshan Mandyam  or go to  contact    page.