BS 25999 Consultancy
What is BS 25999?
The ability to continue to operate in the event of any disruption, whether due to a major disaster or a minor incident, is a fundamental requirement for any organization. BS 25999, the British standard for business continuity management (BCM), has been developed to help you minimize the risk of such disruptions.
By providing a framework to help you develop a BCM system, the standard is designed to keep your business going following a disruptive incident - protecting your staff, preserving your reputation and providing the ability to continue to operate and trade.
BS 25999 has been developed to establish the process, principles and terminology of Business Continuity Management.
It provides a basis for understanding, developing and implementing business continuity within your organization and gives you confidence in business-to-business and business-to customer dealings. It also contains a comprehensive set of requirements based on BCM best practice and covers the whole BCM lifecycle.
BS 25999 is suitable for any organization, large or small, from any sector. It is particularly relevant for organizations which operate in high risk environments such as finance, telecommunications, transport and the public sector, where the ability to continue operating is paramount for the organization itself and its customers and stakeholders.
BS 25999 comprises two parts:
Part 1, the Code of Practice, provides BCM best practice recommendations. This is a guidance document only.
Part 2, the Specification, provides the requirements for a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) based on BCM best practice. This is the part of the standard that a certification body will audit against should you seek certification.
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Why You Need BS 25999
All businesses are at risk of disruption from a variety of causes, and the only way to ensure you can continue to operate should the worst happen, and return to normal operation as quickly as possible afterwards, is to develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive business continuity plan. It is important that such a plan goes beyond the recovery of IT systems and data, and also addresses the operations of the rest of the business.
The two parts of BS 25999 provide guidance on how to develop and implement a comprehensive business continuity plan, and also provide the criteria to enable a certification body to audit the system and certify that it meets the requirements of the standard and is effective.
How we can help
Our consultants have extensive experience of both implementing and maintaining business management systems in a wide range of industry sectors.
We can assist in developing a business continuity plan for your business. In particular we can help with the five stages of implementation, namely:
- assess the risks
- plan functional recovery
- develop crisis templates
- add critical information
- publish, train and test
If required, we can also provide ongoing support for the plan - it must be regularly reviewed and updated to reflect changing circumstances.
The level of consultancy we provide is entirely controlled by the client - we are happy to provide as much or as little as you need.
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