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BCM Standards |
There are a number of standards which apply to Business Continuity Management or allude to the need for it. The main ones for the UK are as follows:
BS25999
BS25999 is the British Standard published by the British Standards Institute for Business Continuity Management. It is published in two parts:
Part 1: Code of Practice came into effect in November 2006. BS25999 provides guidance and recommendations in relation to business continuity and has been supported by the BCI. As a code of practice, the document does not specify requirements to comply with the standard but rather provides a source of reference for implementing best practice.
Part 2 : Specification came into effect in November 2007. This defines the requirements for compliance with the standard in the form of a specification, to assess an organisation's ability to meet regulatory, customer and its own requirements.
BS25999, Parts 1 & 2 are available to purchase from the_BSI
BCI Good Practice Guidelines (2007)
The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has published the Business Continuity Management Good Practice Guidelines (2007) and these are available free of charge from the_BCI
BS7799/ISO17799
BS7799 and ISO17799, which are respectively the British and International standards for Information Security Management, include the need to implement a business continuity management process to help protect the organisation’s information and computing assets from harm. It is worth noting that the Information Commissioner’s Office uses BS7799 as a benchmark when auditing the compliance of data controllers with Principle 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998.
ITIL
In respect of IT service provision, ITIL – the IT Infrastructure Library – has produced a framework for IT service management which includes Continuity Management as one of its five service delivery disciplines.
How can Teed Business Continuity help?
All work undertaken by Teed Business Continuity is aligned with best practice. We can also provide an independent, impartial review of your current approach, plans, recovery arrangements etc., comparing these with best practice and making suggestions as to where some practical, cost-effective improvements may be made, if applicable.
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