BUSINESS STANDARDS
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Assess yourself
02 Jun 2009
Topics: Business continuity, BS 25999
Every year, organizations around the world experience some disruptions to their operations. The reasons can be innocent, from staff illness to weather conditions, but they can also be more severe, from industrial accidents to criminal activity. Whatever the disruption, organizations are under pressure to maintain business as usual. For most, this is helped by the implementation of a business continuity management system (BCMS).
With this in mind, BSI has introduced the BSI Business Continuity Self-assessment online tool (see page 13). While BS 25999 provides the framework with which a business can establish its own BCMS, the online toolkit offers organizations all the tools they need to plan, implement, operate, review, record and report on the BCMS. This self-contained online resource provides extensive guidance on every requirement of BS 25999-2 with self-assessment, collaboration and reporting tools to help businesses evaluate their BCMS - testing for strengths and probing for weak spots. Through regular review and continual improvement the business will know that it is ready to undertake an external audit. And, more importantly, that the organization may be able to deal with incidents, come what may.
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