The need for practical and realistic business continuity measures is vital as we are aware more than ever of the risks of pandemics, theft, power outage, flood, fire, and terrorist attacks. Addressing the technology aspects alone and implementing disaster recovery measures is not enough. Consideration needs to be given to the people, physical and information assets that are critical to the survival of the business in the event that our organisation is disrupted by an incident. Consequently, more organisations are exploring the benefits of implementing best practice business continuity management processes and procedures following the guidelines in ISO 22301.

Advent IM has helped many organisations implement a robust business continuity management system. We have also developed and conducted realistic, scenario-based testing and exercising plans to ensure that the business continuity plan would actually work if invoked. One of the biggest weaknesses we also find is organisations developing business continuity plans based on perceived rather than actual impacts and risks because they haven’t done the due diligence beforehand. Assessing impacts, threats and risks are vital to an effective business continuity management system.

• Gap Analysis
• Threat Assessment
• Business Impact Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Strategy Development
• Business Continuity Planning
• Business Continuity Testing
• Staff Awareness Training
• Compliance with Clause A.17 of ISO 27001

Would you be able to recover your business to tolerable levels in the event of a disruptive incident? Are you confident that all of your staff would know what to do in that moment? Do you know the major impact areas of your business or just think you do? We can help you add resilience to your business.