Many different areas can impact a business’ ability to continue operations. Business Resiliency (BR) Planning is the coordination of Security Initiatives, Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity (BC), other B2B / B2C relationships, and Life Continuity (LC). Bringing these together in a combined plan gives you / the business owner the ability to plan for a variety of unexpected events. Each area ties to each other through common processes or by regulations and standards.
Security encompasses the areas of policies, compliance, technical, physical, and personnel / personal items. The DR and BC areas include the areas of insurance, IT, document management, recovery, continuity, and BIA planning. These three areas are also evaluated as they relate to B2B and B2C relationships. The LC area is the personal application of Security, DR, and BC areas to a personal life.
We can help the business develop a coordinated and comprehensive plan, tweak its existing plan, or simply consult on questions. This provides the company the confidence that it can prevent incidents, recover from events, and/or continue operations with little to no impact on its overall business.
Since Business Resiliency is a relatively new term within the small and medium business (SMB) market, a brief description of what it is may be necessary. Business Resiliency is the ability to continue core operations under adverse conditions, whether negative or positive. Business Resiliency Planning covers ten key areas. They are:
1. Business Continuity Management
2. Crisis Management & Communications
3. Technical Infrastructure
4. Emergency Management
5. Facility Management
6. Legal Compliance & Audit
7. Organizational Administration
8. Risk Management & Insurance
9. Social Resilience / Life Continuity
10. Supply Chain Logistics & Transportation Management
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