BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Business Continuity
- the uninterrupted maintenance of business activities. Ensuring business continuity requires a proactive process of identifying essential business functions within an organization and threats to those functions. Plans and procedures may then be put in place to ensure that key functions can continue whatever the circumstances. Plans may be drawn up, for example, for contingency, disaster, and risk management, or for total loss control.
Additional Resources
- Array Networks Launches SSL VPN Flex Plan to Address Growing Need for ''Business Continuity''; Array Business Continuity Flex Plan Provides Companies Instant Assurance to Deal With Emergency or Planned Surges in Remote Access
- MILPITAS, Calif. -- Array Networks, the scalability and performance leader in SSL VPN solutions, today announced immediate availability of the Array Business Continuity ABC Flex PlanTM for companies looking for a true remote access business continuity plan. In order to ensure business continuity, employees need to be able to access...
- Research articles 2006-05-17
- An Introduction To Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
- It is now generally recognized that Business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning are vital activities. The sole purpose of business continuity is to maintain a minimum level of service while restoring the organization to business as usual. However, the creation of and maintenance of a sound business continuity...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Business Continuity Considerations for Research and Development Organizations
- The terrorist attacks of September 11 have resulted in an increased sense of risk for many people. Business and facility managers are increasingly concerned about their organization's level of preparedness. Research and development firms that have not previously developed business continuity plans are now scrambling to do so....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Trends in Business Continuity and Risk Management
- EnvoyWorldWide's second annual survey, Trends in Business Continuity and Risk Management, was conducted blindly among members of several business continuity organizations including the ACP Chapters in Washington and Utah, the Business Recovery Managers Association BRMA, the Contingency Planning Exchange, the New England Disaster Recovery Information X-Change NEDRIX, and the Three...
- White papers
- Contingency Planning Beyond Y2k Merging Emergency Response And Business Continuity
- The first step in expanding business continuity planning is merging emergency response and business continuity plans into a seamless, coordinated effort. Most companies view emergency response programs as separate from business continuity. Each group independently develops its own plan. Yet, in reality, an event is going to trigger both plans...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Security and business continuity market poised to double in size by 2006. (Continuity).(Corporate spending for information technology security and business continuity solutions)
- Despite the urgency for improved enterprise security and business continuity following the attacks on the USA of 9 September 2001, corporate investment did not immediately follow. After an initial spike in buying interest, many postponed their purchases due to cost concerns and confusion about what products...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- DEA Also Behind Schedule On Business Continuity Planning, GAO Warns.(Government Activity)
- Year 2000 Computing Challenge: DEA Has Developed Plans and Established Controls for Business Continuity Planning (GAO/AIMD-00-8). While the Drug Enforcement Agency has managed its business continuity planning efforts in accordance with the structures and processes recommended by GAO's business continuity and contingency planning ...
- Research articles 1999-11-08
- Getting to Grips with Business Continuity
- BCP has evolved into business continuity management BCM, a process that is driven from the top of the organisation. Business analysis is critical to the BCM process, providing a basis upon which all subsequent policies and practices are based. The initial stage is to understand the business, establishing what is...
- White papers 2001-02-14
- Protecting, Maintaining & Evolving : 21st Century Business Continuity for Financial Institutions
- Business continuity planning within the financial industry has been around as long as the discipline itself. Banks and brokers recognized early the importance of ensuring and protecting their essential information, which was most often in paper form. Today they are in new and unusual circumstances, where technology has made them...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Entering the Mainstream Business Continuity 2004
- CPM Global Assurance and Deloitte & Touche LLP's 2004 Benchmark Survey on Business Continuity Management reports on the results of focused discussions between Deloitte & Touche LLP and senior CPM Global Assurance business continuity and risk management professionals. These discussions were designed to identify, record, and present the state of...
- White papers 2004-11-09
- Back to Business: Business Continuity Planning Is Key to Recovering From Disaster
- Today, Business Continuity Planning BCP can be better defined as the advanced planning and preparations necessary to identify the impact of potential loss; formulate and implement viable recovery plans ensuring continuity of services; and administering a comprehensive training, testing and maintenance program. While senior managers today understand business continuity planning...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Business Continuity Risk Management And Crisis Readiness
- Business continuity management is an integrated approach to business continuity planning, emergency response, and crisis management. No matter the size of an organization or its industry, business continuity - or the process by which companies maintain the viability of their business processes in the event of a disruption - is...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Business Continuity Planning and the FFIEC Guidelines
- A business continuity plan is a collection of procedures and information that is developed, compiled, and maintained in readiness for use to help an organization respond, recover, and resume in the event of a disaster. The objectives of business continuity planning are to minimize disruptions to the financial institution and...
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Risk Management as Part of the Business Continuity Management Process
- There are many drivers forcing Public Bodies to either implement Business Continuity Plans BCP or to re-visit existing plans to ensure they are still relevant. However, it has to be accepted that Business Continuity Management BCM will have a cost, both in terms of time and money. To meet the...
- White papers 2006-03-02
- Factors to Be Considered When Selecting a Business Continuity Planner and Partner
- The specialised nature of business continuity means that many organisations need to utilise the skills of a dedicated coordinator and the resources of an external partner to ensure that business continuity arrangements are established that are appropriate, comprehensive, cost effective and practical. But choosing such a coordinator and partner is...
- White papers 2005-04-27
- Business Continuity Suite 4.0 from CYA Technologies Receives EMC Designed for Documentum Accreditation
- SHELTON, Conn. -- CYAR Technologies, Inc., the only provider of business continuity solutions within the Enterprise Content Management ECM environment that automatically recovers discrete content and its properties, today announced that its Business Continuity Suite of products has received the EMC "Designed for Documentum" logo designation, a mark of quality...
- Research articles 2006-01-31
- Fujitsu Enhances Business Continuity Management in Procurement; Supports Suppliers' BCM Readiness with Assessment and Other Assistance
- Tokyo, Japan, Aug 21, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Fujitsu Limited today announced enhanced initiatives to ensure the stable provision of its products and services by strengthening the business continuity capabilities of its suppliers in the event of natural disasters or other contingencies. In addition to evaluating the business continuity...
- Research articles 2007-08-21
- -SEMA GROUP: Companies neglecting business continuity claims SG-RS.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 November 1998-SEMA GROUP: Companies neglecting business continuity claims SG-RS C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:271198 * SURVIVE! EXHIBITION, NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM, BIRMINGHAM, STAND No: 17 A growing number of organisations are neglecting to take business continuity precautions according to SG-RS, the disaster recovery and...
- Research articles 1998-11-30
- Business continuity planning: George Mason University's executive enterprise risk management approach has helped in building responses to "what-if" scenarios
- Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, the ongoing threats of terrorism, and the auditing profession's increased emphasis on business continuity planning have captured the attention of higher education executives. Most now realize that they ought to be doing business continuity planning but aren't sure where to begin. George Mason...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Continuity of Operations Planning and Business Continuity Planning
- Today's operational environment has become extremely complex. Users who are dependent on information systems and highly sophisticated technologies are often working at remote locations. In addition, many mission and operations functions are so highly specialized that only a preplanned fallback procedure can lead to restored operations. Therefore, organizations need a...
- White papers
