Business Continuity Planning

a business continuity plan starting with a risk analysis, business impact analysis, and alignment of critical

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.

The goal is to minimize the impact of any disruption by containing it within a predictable and predetermined period of time. To do this, I recommend that this plan be developed and implemented with as many preventative controls, contingency resources, and procedures designed to allow the organization to quicky bounce back from any long-term business

Why is a business impact analysis (BIA) an important first step in defining a business continuity plan (BCP)? The BIA identifies the critical and

This plan includes a short summary of the most important data obtained from the BIA, such as the business unit, responsible manager, process/business function, recovery time objective (RTO), and estimated daily financial losses. Have it approved by senior management. Why? Because it will almost certainly require funding, and your senior management needs to know at least the estimated cost before they can approve it.

The first order of business is development of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) it is vital to first understand the business processes and its impact on the DLA and DOD. While not all tasks and processes are deemed critical, all of the inter-related operations of the DLIS are requisite to service the mission.

This plan addresses issues required for continuation of essential business functions, such as need assessment, communication and coordination under rapidly changing circumstances.

There are certain misconceptions out there about the need for business continuity planning. It is important to know the reality behind these myths.

The most critical asset any company has are its people and the knowledge they have, combined with the use of IT systems to streamline operations and stay focused on customers (Kroenke, 2013). The five component model is critically important from a synchronization standpoint, ensuring all aspects of a business function well together. Each of the components can't be viewed in isolation; rather they need to be viewed from the standpoint of how they create a unified strategy overall.

Every business and organization can experience a serious incident which can prevent it from continuing normal operations. This can happen any day at any time. The potential causes are many and varied: flood, explosion, computer malfunction, accident, grievous act... the list is endless.

Business Continuity is often referred to as the measure of lost time possible in a mission critical application.

DLIS has decided to develop a business continuity plan (BCP) with the full support of management.

The business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessment are foundational elements of every effective business continuity program; however, in our experience, many business continuity planning participants experience a lot of confusion regarding the definitions, relationship, and expected outcomes between the two processes. This confusion often results in outcomes that fail to drive preparedness.

Business impact analyses help business continuity/disaster recovery experts recognize business needs and accept or adjust them for plan developement (Paul, n.d.). Once dangers to an association have been recognized - through a risk analysis- the following next in a BIA is to decide how the distinguished risks affect particular business operations.

We worked with the utility to perform a BIA to identify critical business processes, the likelihood of service disruption, and the projected cost of loss. We then helped the utility understand the business risks of systems and technology services interruption.