Business continuity management prepares an organization to keep delivering its most important products and services during disruption — a cyber attack, a fire, a supplier failure or a pandemic. ISO 22301 is the international standard for it.
Business impact analysis
Identify critical activities, how quickly each must be restored (the recovery time objective) and the resources it needs — people, sites, systems, suppliers and data.
Risk assessment
Assess the threats that could interrupt those activities and the controls already in place.
Continuity strategies and plans
Choose practical strategies — alternate sites, remote work, backup suppliers, data recovery — and write short, usable plans with clear roles and contact details.
Exercise and improve
Plans that are never tested fail when needed. Run tabletop exercises, then more realistic tests, and update plans after every exercise and real incident.
