Business continuity plan

You will secure your company

Creating a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) will prepare your company for crisis situations. Business-critical crises will be identified, enabling appropriate employee training, filling security gaps, and ensuring resources are in place so that, even if a crisis occurs, processes can be easily restored with minimal losses.

Compliance with legal requirements and partner expectations

Your organization will meet the expectations of stakeholders (e.g., customers, regulators) in terms of ensuring an optimal level of business continuity. Having a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a key factor in increasing the chances of partnering with demanding business partners.

How to write a Business Continuity Plan?

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a document that describes the strategies and procedures to follow in the event of unexpected situations such as equipment failures, cyber incidents, natural disasters, or other threats. A BCP is crucial for ensuring business continuity and minimizing business risk. Below are several steps on how to write a Business Continuity Plan.

1. Conduct a preliminary audit

In this step, the current situation of the organization should be examined, critical processes and systems identified, and risks associated with the company’s operations should be defined. The audit should result in a list of elements critical to the company’s operations, their location, and priority.

2. Conduct a risk analysis

At this stage, potential threats to critical processes and systems should be identified. Based on the results of the risk analysis, failure scenarios should be developed, and the protective measures that need to be implemented to minimize the risk of failure should be specified.

3. Develop a BCP strategy

Based on the results of the preliminary audit and risk analysis, a BCP strategy should be developed that will cover critical processes, systems, and identified threats. The strategy should describe detailed procedures to follow in the event of a failure, as well as an evacuation plan and data recovery procedures.

4. Develop the BCP plan

Based on the strategy, a BCP plan should be developed containing detailed instructions for actions in the event of a failure. The plan should cover various failure scenarios and include steps to restore the company’s continuity.

5. Implementation and testing of the business continuity plan

After the BCP is developed, it should be implemented and tested. The tests should cover various failure scenarios to verify whether the plan works as intended. If errors or issues occur, the plan should be updated, and tests should be repeated.

The cost of creating a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) depends on many factors, such as the size of the organization, the nature of its operations, the market environment, regulations, and the complexity of the processes taking place within it. The number of locations and the expected project timeline are also important, as they impact the cost structure and final price. Each implementation project is priced individually by us, according to the scope of needs and the preferred schedule. The calculation and labor intensity are determined at the beginning of the collaboration.

Creating a Business Continuity Plan usually takes from a few weeks to several months and depends on the size of the organization and the specifics of the project. The implementation schedule is tailored to the individual expectations of your organization. The calculation and labor intensity are determined at the beginning of the collaboration.

The Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a comprehensive action plan aimed at minimizing business risk in the event of unexpected situations, such as equipment failures, cyber incidents, natural disasters, or other threats. The scope of activities in creating a BCP includes:

Preliminary audit for the BCP plan

This involves analyzing the current situation of the organization, assessing risks, and defining business needs. It is a critical stage that helps determine the organization’s requirements and priorities and plan the next steps.

Risk analysis

This is the process of assessing and identifying risks related to the organization’s operations. In this stage, potential threats are identified, and their impact on business processes is determined. This allows for the development of strategies and action plans in the event of a failure.

BIA analysis for BCM

BIA (Business Impact Analysis) is the process of analyzing the impact of a failure on the organization’s business processes. In the BIA, critical elements of infrastructure, applications, and data are identified, as well as the priorities of business processes. Based on this information, a strategy for restoring systems and business processes after a failure can be developed. The BIA analysis is crucial to ensure that the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is properly tailored to the organization’s needs and effectively minimizes business risk.

Implementation of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

This involves implementing the action plan prepared in the previous stages. It is important that the BCP is comprehensive and covers various failure scenarios, such as equipment failures, cyberattacks, natural disasters, as well as evacuation plans and system restoration processes.

Development of scenarios

In this stage, specific failure scenarios that may occur are defined, along with action plans for each one. Planning failure scenarios enables quick response in the event of issues.

In summary, the scope of activities in creating a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) includes a preliminary audit, risk analysis, BCP implementation, and the development of failure scenarios. All of these stages are essential for minimizing business risk and ensuring the continuity of the organization’s operations in the event of unexpected situations.