FERGUS PATERSON
RISK MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS CONTINTUITY MANAGEMENT
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SMEs and BCM in the UK
(2483) There is a perception in the UK that Small – Medium Enterprises (SMEs) generally don’t implement Business Continuity Management (BCM). BCM is becoming more and more standard but its benefits aren’t always clear.
SME is an acronym of Small – Medium Enterprises. An enterprises size is defined, in EU Law, by its number of employees and either the turnover or balance sheet total. A small enterprise has 50 employees or fewer and a turnover of € 10 million or less or a balance sheet total of € 10 m or less. A medium organisation has 250 employees or less and a turnover of € 50 million or less with a balance sheet total of
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Business Continuity Management (BCM) is the framework in an organisation for recognising possible threats and ensure there is capability within the organisation to deal with them efficiently. (Musgrave, B; Woodman, P, 2013)
BCM should be a holistic process, embedded and embraced by each part of an organisation. When Using BCM organisations should develop a Business Continuity Plan. A BCP should be the collection of information and documents needed to ensure that an organisation can achieve the stages needed to continue its operations in the event of an incident. (Hiles, A. (ed), 2010).
Rightly or wrongly, SMEs don’t appear to be embracing BCM. AXA asked SME’s across the globe about what contingency plans they had in place. 40% of responding companies stated they had no contingency plans in place. The highest given reason for this was ‘my business is too small’ (36% of respondents who didn’t have a BCP) followed by ‘don’t see the need’ (28%) and ‘never really thought about it (22%) (AXA International, 2011).
Businesses may choose to risk not having a BCP. Assuming a business wants to estimate whether putting a BCP in place is worthwhile or not, they may examine the cost of when a BCP becomes ineffective.
C = P x I
C = Cost of developing a BCP
P = Probability on invoking BCP after an incident
I = Cost of
Business Process Management (BPM) software is a crucial aspect in security policy and infrastructure and another major concern for this firm. Considering the layout of the network, in which employees from various locations and customers ranging around the globe can access, Aircraft Solutions should be sure their BPM is strong. “One of the primary goals of instituting a business process management system is to provide greater accountability for departmental functions, from tracking and monitoring expenditures to ensuring deliverables are met.”
Business Process Management (BPM) to handle end-to-end processes and control all suppliers, vendors and customers in the
while the rest of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) kicks in. A BCP has a much broader scope and takes
What is the purpose of having a Business Continuity Plan policy definition that defines the organization’s Business Impact Analysis? To identify critical business functions and what disruptions in the services can have on the organization.
Why is a business impact analysis (BIA) an important first step in defining a business continuity plan (BCP)? The BIA identifies the critical and
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Business Continuity Planning will affect MegaBucks industries because, currently, if something drastic were to happen MegaBucks industries would not have a security plan in place nor a way to retrieve backup files in a timely manner. This method will provide MegaBucks industries with the steps and processes of executing a Business Continuity Plan.
The BC team manages and executes the Business Continuity Plan. This team will establish critical business operations off-site when necessary.
Without a business continuity plan the organization will fail to successfully recover from cyber threats and attacks such as Stuxnet.
There are certain misconceptions out there about the need for business continuity planning. It is important to know the reality behind these myths.
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It was using Microsoft Customer Relationship and Contact Management for their communication purpose. It is a set of procedure which has maintain the vulnerabilities and threats. It has protected the organizational operation process without any harm when the disaster problem occurs. In the back end there are lot of applications involves in business operation. It was keeping lot of company information inside to deliver good business. All information are assets. It is a value of organization. As a result it should be avoid the disaster, if any disaster may occurs all the information will be destroy according to the vision the company should be keep and maintain disaster recovery plan as
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Small medium sized enterprises and small and medium sized businesses are often referred to as SMEs. These are companies whose number of employees or turnover falls underneath certain limits. The EU defines companies with fewer than 50 employees as small, and those