Business Continuity Plan Testing:Why conduct a Business Continuity Plan Test?
Looking to perform a test of your business continuity plan? Our business continuity plan testing templates toolkit can help you to get the best out of your business continuity plan test and guide you to to create and deliver a professional business continuity plan test - and they include a training course to guide you you through the process of business continuity plan test development and delivery
Why use a business continuity plan testing template?
Regardless of which of the various types of BCP test you intend to perform, every BCP test aims to ensure that the organisation's business continuity plan remains relevant to the organisation and continues to mitigate threats.
Our business continuity plan testing templates provide you with everything you need to prepare and deliver realistic business, meaningful business continuity plan tests. The template pack includes:
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An introductory training course that shows you HOW to create a business test
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A facilitators guide to help with setting up the test
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A library of "Oven-ready" business continuity test playbooks for a range of incident scenarios
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Business Continuity Test Report Template to capture test results and lessons learned
As well as a world-class toolkit for developing business continuity plan tests - they are also a learning resource. The training course and templates will help you to acquire knowledge and skills.
How business continuity test templates build confidence in your BCP - and save you time
Our business continuity plan test templates will help you to create business continuity plan test that will help to:
Confirm that Incident and Recovery Team members are proficient in using incident management and recovery resources
Many organisations have specialised resources in place to support incident and recovery management such as specialised incident notification systems. A business continuity plan test can confirm that response team members know how to operate these resources and when to use them.
Confirming Communication Strategies
Managing a major incident effectively relies on response teams being able to communicate both internally and externally. A BCP test will help to ensure that contact lists are up to date, that communication plans accurately reflect how the organisation will communicate during a crisis, and that those responsible for them are proficient in their operation
Confirm workplace recovery strategies
Ensuring that members of the organisation can work effectively outside of the normal work environment employees for an extended period of time may be necessary under many circumstances. A business continuity plan test can confirm that those who are designated to work from home remain able to do so. Similar considerations will apply if a Work Area Recovery facility is used, a BCP test should ensure that the facility remains fit for purpose.
IT Infrastructure and applications recovery capabilities continue to work as planned.
Often performed separately because of time considerations, testing the recovery of critical applications and IT services helps to ensure that that the organisation has a foundation for resilience and business process recovery
Looking to perform a business continuity plan test? Our business continuity plan testing templates will guide and support you through the whole process
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