This book is intended to meet the needs of two groups: individual readers who have turned to it as an introduction to a topic that they know little about and organisations implementing, or considering implementing, a business continuity plan and management system. In either case, this book furnishes readers with an understanding of the basics of business continuity, including: a definition of what business continuity means; how managing operational business continuity risk can be achieved using an approach increasingly recognised world-wide; the important distinction between operational, commercial and strategic risks in business; the role played by operational resilience measures, business continuity strategies and planning in managing operational risks; how to demonstrate some form of return on investment in a business continuity management system (BCMS); and, the role of business continuity in corporate governance and how to develop a mechanism that provides directors and stakeholders with appropriate assurance about the management and control of business continuity risks.
Corporate bodies will find this book useful at a number of stages in any business continuity project, including: at the decision-making stage - to ensure that those committing to a business continuity programme do so from a truly informed position; at project initiation stage, as an introduction to business continuity for the board, project team members and those on the periphery of the project; and, as part of an ongoing awareness campaign, being made available to all staff and to new starters as part of their introduction to the company. Corporate users may find they get the most benefit from making this Pocket Guide available to staff and adding a small flyer inside this book which explains how it relates to their own specific environment, or where they are addressed in their business continuity management system.
- ISBN10 1905356420
- ISBN13 9781905356423
- Publish Date 19 February 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 April 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint IT Governance Publishing
- Format eBook
- Pages 47
- Language English