BS 25999 Business continuity

Continued operations in the event of a disruption, whether due to a major disaster or a minor incident, is a fundamental requirement for any organization. BS 25999, the world’s first British standard for business continuity management (BCM), has been developed to help you minimize the risk of such disruptions.

By helping to put the fundamentals of a BCM system in place, the standard is designed to keep your business going during the most challenging and unexpected circumstances – protecting your staff, preserving your reputation and providing the ability to continue to operate and trade.

BS 25999 has been developed by a broad based group of world class experts representing a cross-section of industry sectors and the government to establish the process, principles and terminology of Business Continuity Management.

It provides a basis for understanding, developing and implementing business continuity within your organization and gives you confidence in business-to-business and business-to customer dealings. It also contains a comprehensive set of requirements based on BCM best practice and covers the whole BCM lifecycle.

Who is it relevant to?

BS 25999 is suitable for any organization, large or small, from any sector. It is particularly relevant for organizations which operate in high risk environments such as finance, telecommunications, transport and the public sector, where the ability to continue operating is paramount for the organization itself and its customers and stakeholders.

The standards

BS 25999 comprises two parts:

• Part 1, the Code of Practice, provides BCM best practice recommendations. Please note that this is a guidance document only.
• Part 2, the Specification, provides the requirements for a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) based on BCM best practice. This is the part of the standard that you can use to demonstrate compilance via an auditing and certification process.

Being independently certified to the BS 25999 Part 2 by BSI Management Systems, an independent third-party, will be the ultimate assurance to your stakeholders that you comply with BCM best practice.

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The benefits of BS 25999 are widespread and cover three critical areas:

• Resilience
  Proactively improves your resilience when faced with the disruption of your ability to achieve key objectives

• Delivery
  Provides a rehearsed method of restoring your ability to supply critical products and services to an agreed level and timeframe following a disruption

• Management
  Delivers a proven capability for managing a disruption and protecting your reputation and brand.

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We are experts in training as well as assessment and certification solutions and have a global network of public and in-house courses dedicated to teaching you the skills you need before, during and after certification to management system standards.

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We’re an accredited body ourselves, which ensures that we look at your management system from an independent angle, and our highly trained and experienced Client Managers bring their industry knowledge to bear to help you get the most out of BS 25999.

If you’re new to BSI, don’t worry – the certification process is very simple.

1. Make contact

Get in touch and tell us what you need, so we can sort out the best services for you. We’ll then give you a proposal detailing the cost and time involved.

2. Meet your assessment team

We’ll assign you a Client Manager, who will be your main point of contact through the process – and beyond. They’ll have an excellent understanding of your business area and will support you as you move forward to the assessment and certification of your business continuity management system.

3. Consider training

Whether you’re seeking to implement a management system or would like to increase your general awareness of the standard, there are a range of workshops, seminars and training courses available. Read more about training.

4. Review and assessment

We’ll do a desktop review of your management system against BS 25999, and identify any omissions or weaknesses that need resolving before formal assessment. Once these have been addressed, we’ll conduct a full on-site assessment.

5. Certification and beyond

Once the assessment has been successfully completed, we’ll issue a certificate of registration, clearly explaining the scope of your management system. The certificate is valid for three years, and your assessor will visit you regularly to help you make sure you remain compliant, and support you in the continual improvement of your systems.

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