The standard (designated ANSI/ASIS/BSI BCM.1-2010) provides auditable criteria with accompanying guidance for developing and implementing a business continuity management system that improves an organisation’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from a disruptive event.
“This standard, which brought together global experts in continuity management and contingency planning, represents a consensus of business continuity management Best Practice,” explained Marc Siegel, commissioner, ASIS Global Standards Initiative.
“It provides a useful tool for any size or type of organisation that wishes to enhance its preparedness performance and capabilities.”
Using the globally-accepted ISO ‘Plan-Do-Check-Act’ model, the ASIS/BSI business continuity management standard specifies requirements for planning, establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, exercising, maintaining and improving a business continuity management system.
Viable business continuity plan
“A viable business continuity plan is imperative for organisation to successfully overcome unscheduled interruptions or disruptions,” said Todd VanderVen, president of the BSI Group in America.
“By working together, the BSI and ASIS have produced a Best-in-Class business continuity management system that empowers individuals to better manage risk and strengthen their corporate stability.”
Upon implementing the business continuity management system, an organisation:
“This standard provides management with the ability to plan past a business interruption and remain competitive,” stated Robert Whitcher, the BSI’s product manager for business continuity.
“By implementing the business continuity management system standard, a disruption need not become a corporate disaster.”
An addition to BS 25999
The ASIS/BSI publication complements the ANSI/ASIS organisational resilience standard as well as the BSI’s BS 25999, at the same time addressing all core elements of the DHS PS-Prep programme.
The work of preparing ASIS standards and guidelines is carried out through the ASIS International Standards and Guidelines Commission and its committees.
An ANSI-accredited Standards Development Organisation, ASIS actively participates in the International Organisation for Standardisation, developing standards and guidelines within a voluntary, non-proprietary and consensus-based process using the knowledge, experience and expertise of ASIS membership, security professionals and the global security industry.
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Further information on ASIS International and the BSI
ASIS International exists for the betterment of security professionals, and now has more than 37,000 members worldwide.
Founded in 1955, the organisation is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security professionals by developing educational programmes and materials that address broad security interests as well as specific security topics.
ASIS also advocates the role and value of the security management profession to business, the media, Government entities and the public.
The BSI Group is a global independent business services organisation that develops standards-based solutions to improve management practices and promote innovation.
BSI can help businesses, Governments and other organisations around the world to raise quality and performance in a sustainable and socially responsible way.
Having become the world’s first National Standards Body, the BSI Group now draws upon over 100 years’ experience, working with 66,000 organisations in 147 countries from its 50 offices.
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