Information is an important asset and plays a major role in achieving the business goals of the organizations, which require the development of measures and protection mechanisms. In modern information systems information derived from the processing of digital data stored in information systems, which are shared by different geographical areas. Any loss of system servers, network communications, or other resources for an extended period of time could have a severe impact on the Organization.
Business Continuity Management is an important governance and administration procedure aiming at the protection of an organization from internal and external risks that would negatively affect the achievement of its operational objectives. Specific technical and organizational controls should be identified and implemented in order to ensure the continuity of the company business processes.
Purpose of the BCMS Project
The purpose of this project is the provision of advisory services for the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) Implementation and preparation of the Organization to cope with the effects of an emergency. The main objectives of the BCMS are:
To define and prioritize the Critical Functions of the organization minimizing the organizational impact in case of their possible interruption.
To address the emergency risks to the business in the case the first are realized.
To define the response of the Organization to an emergency.
To identify Key contacts during an emergency.
Goals
The main goals of the proposed project are:
- Identify key business processes of the Organization
Identify/evaluate existing Technical and Organizational controls for business continuity
Prepare the Business Impact Assessment
Conduct the Risk Assessment
Propose the appropriate Technical and Organizational controls
Develop the Business Continuity Plans
Conduct Internal Audit in order to identify any grey areas of non-conformity
Project Phases
The following Figure presents the main phases of the project.
