Planning for recovery from a major incident or disruption is increasingly recognised as an essential component of an organisation's risk management strategy. No doubt your business or organisation is accustomed to planning for other areas of risk ? planning for business continuity should be no different.

The reasons are clear:

• Nearly one in five businesses suffers from a major disruption every year.
• 80% of businesses which are affected by a major incident close within 18 months.
• 90% of businesses that lose data are forced to stop trading within two years.

The risks of serious business disruption are steadily increasing due to the greater complexity of modern business and the burgeoning range of potential threats. Business Continuity Planning (BCP) allows management to anticipate such risks and to develop contingency plans to ensure that the business continues to operate whatever the disruption.

We will help you to:

• Complete a threat and vulnerability matrix ? this will help you to examine the threats facing your business and develop scenarios of how the threats might materialise.
• Develop action plans ? to help you to respond to the identified scenarios.
• Link action plans to resources ? people, facilities and infrastructure.
• Develop supporting procedures and help you to establish your crisis management team.

 

For more information on how we can help you download our BCP factsheet.

 

Contact:

Robert Mackenzie, Partner, Business Technology and Consulting