Business Continuity Management

Business Continuity Management is the process of developing advance arrangements and procedures which will enable an organisation to respond to an event in such a manner that the critical business functions continue without interruption or essential change.

Traditionally, this task has been assigned to IT professionals who's only concern is on the recovery of data centre services or better known as disaster recovery, without due consideration to issues such as critical business processes, risk analysis, investment decisions, etc.

Basis Bay Business Continuity Consultant will be able to plan a complete programme to ensure organisation recover from a disaster with minimal impact.

The Methodology

Phase 1 :: Project Initiation

Determine and formalise project specification.

Phase 2 :: Assessments and Strategy

Risk Assessment
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Define Recover Strategy

Phase 3 :: Designs and Development

Based on the strategies adopted in the previous phase, design and develop the recovery plan within the scope of the identified recovery facilities.

Phase 4 :: Testing and Implementation

Training and testing activities are performed at this stage to facilitate implementation of the plan.

Phase 5 :: Plan Maintenance

Processes and procedures are developed to aid in maintaining the plan to ensure currency.