Business Continuity is a serious issue for all organizations and its management should be an essential element of the entire business. The ability for an organization to maintain its critical operations during and following a disruption, as well as the speed at which it is able to re-establish its full functionality, can be the difference between success and failure.

The need for a standard based on industry Business Continuity Management (BCM) best practice has been eagerly anticipated and the publication of BS 25999 by BSI provides a common framework for BCM. This one-day course will provide participants with an understanding of BS 25999 Part One, the new BCM Code of Practice standard. The interactive course style, which includes practical exercises and outputs, will help delegates to understand the implications of BS 25999 for their organization.

The course is aimed at Business Continuity practitioners with practical experience of implementing Business Continuity as well as non-Business Continuity practitioners who need to understand the implications of BS 25999 for their organisation.

• Introduction to BCM.
• Introduction to BS 25999 Part One and its benefits to your organisation.
• In depth review of all the elements of BS 25999, namely:
  • Scope and applicability
  • Terms and definitions
  • Overview of business continuity management
  • The business continuity management policy
  • BCM programme management
  • Understanding the organisation
  • Determining business continuity strategies
  • Developing and implementing a BCM response
  • Exercising, maintaining and reviewing BCM arrangements
  • Embedding BCM in the organisation's culture.