Choosing the right business continuity plan template ensures that you get a business continuity plan that is practical, effective AND compliant. It means that you can protect your organisation from significant, unexpected disruptions and be able to demonstrate that to third parties and external evaluators.  Why Selecting the Right Business Continuity Template Matters     The problem with finding the right business continuity template is that there are so many to choose from a

Sometimes it's helpful to understand what specific content you should have in your business continuity plan. Here, we provide a summary of the things that should be in place in EVERY business continuity plan - all of which can be found in our business continuity plan template A cross-functional crisis team that can run without one or two key people. so you have capability in depth. An accessible emergency contact list that’s up to date. For both internal and external contact

Selecting a Business Continuity Consultant When you engage a business continuity consultant, ensure that have a clear understanding of what you want the consultant to do for you and how you want them to engage with your organisation. Here are four things to consider when thinking of using business continuity consulting services How will the consultant work with you? Will their approach fit for you. Be aware of of consultancy firms that have a fixed "methodology" that they ass

A practical guide to choosing a business continuity plan template

There’s a trend at the moment that questions why we bother to write Business Continuity “plans” when they never seem to be of any particular use in an incident. Any BC professional who has conducted a business continuity plan test for an organisation will have encountered the common situation, where the plan documents are quickly discarded in favour of “winging it”. The natural conclusion then, is to ask “why are we producing, reviewing and updating these documents” when we

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