Definition of BCM

1. Milan Petrásek
31st January 2013

2. Overview
 What
 Why
 How
 Summary

3. What is BCM? I.
There are a plenty of definiton
ISO 22301

4. Intro – What is BCM? II.
And there are a plenty of
frameworks, standards etc.
Big Four scenario
British standard BS25999

5. What really BCM is?
Identification of
Risks
Business
Impact Analysis
Recovery
Strategy
Recovery Plan
Development
Testing &
Exercising

6. Why? I.
2 out of 5 enterprises that
experience a disaster, go out
of business within 5 years.
Business continuity plans and
disaster recovery services ensure
continuing viability.

7. Why? II.
 One of Top IT Priorities for 2010/2011 (by
Forrester)
 Probability of crisis situations isn‘t zero.
 Crisis situations:
 „Accident-like“ – for example fire
 Natural disaster - floods, storm
 Failure of buildings technology - energy supply
 And many more
 In some businesses BCM is mandatory (Czech
law – 240/2000 Sb – crisis management)

8. Why? III.
 To protect critical business processes from the
effects of major failures or disaster
 To counteract interruptions to business
activities
 Information is the key. And information still
grow up …
 Without information and information
technology, we won't be able to have good
decisions

9. How
To survive a disaster you need:
 a plan to follow
 well trained people
 vital data
 a place to go

10. Summary
 BCM isn't primarily about ICT
 BCM needs support from top management (CEO,
COO, Board)
 The most important part of BCM are
 Planning
 Training
 Testing
 Technology is only a tool.

11. Sources
 Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_continuity
 Forrester Research – Survey 2010
http://www.forrester.com
 Gartner
http://www.gartner.com/id=340749
 CIO
http://www.cio.com/article/40287/Business_Continuity_and_Disaster_Recovery_Planning
_Definition_and_Solutions

12. Questions
Thank you