Introduction

Business continuity Management (BCM) is a planning and management discipline through which organizations design, implement and maintain measures, plans and strategies which are effective to manage crisis, respond to/ recover from a disaster; This start with an identification of potential threats and vulnerabilities as well as impacts that recognized threats might cause to business operations.

A successful application of Business Continuity plan increases business resilience and efficiency, which, in turn contribute to a higher performance and takes an organization at a level it can control and continue to run its operations during and after a disaster situation.

INCIDENT AND DISASTER

Incident is a situation that could lead to an interruption, loss, crisis; while a disaster is a sudden unplanned event that causes significant damage or serious loss to a business. Therefore, BC - DR Plan is more than a just document to be stored aware and never review or consult again, it is a step by step guide to be followed before, during and after a disaster situation which should be reviewed and updated whenever there is a significant change in an organization's operating system.

BUSINESS CONTINUITY ASKS QUESTIONS

• Is your business ready to face unplanned disaster situations?
• If there is an interruption to a regular business processes, what is needed to keep a business up and running well? (Look at everything, IT and beyond)