Comprehensive Risk & Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Identify mission-critical processes, applications, and infrastructure that must remain operational.
- Assess potential disruption scenarios, including cyber incidents, supply chain failures, data center outages, and cloud service disruptions.
- Determine the operational, financial, legal, and reputational consequences of different failure points.
Defining Critical Recovery Objectives
- Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO): Establish the maximum time a critical function can be offline before breaching operational, contractual, or regulatory obligations.
- Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPOD): Define the absolute limit beyond which prolonged downtime would result in irreversible business damage, loss of market share, or regulatory action.
BCP Strategy Development
- Develop business continuity solutions for various disruption scenarios, including:
🔹 IT system failures (e.g., ransomware attack, data breach, cloud outage)
🔹 Facility disruptions (e.g., fire, power outage, pandemic response)
🔹 Vendor and supply chain failures
🔹 Workforce continuity planning (e.g., remote work enablement, backup staffing plans) - Align BCP with Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), Incident Response Plans (IRP), and Risk Management Frameworks (RMF).
BCP Documentation & Standard Operating Procedures
- Develop a detailed, step-by-step BCP playbook that outlines:
🔹 Crisis response procedures and decision-making authority
🔹 Communication plans for employees, clients, vendors, and regulators
🔹 Alternative worksite and remote operations strategies
🔹 Coordination between IT, security, legal, compliance, and HR teams - Ensure compliance with ISO 22301, NIST 800-34, SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules, HIPAA, and other industry regulations.
Stakeholder Engagement & BCP Socialization
- Conduct executive briefings, cross-departmental workshops, and awareness training to ensure all teams understand their roles in business continuity.
- Define a clear chain of command and escalation paths for crisis management teams.
- Align BCP with contractual obligations, third-party service agreements, and regulatory requirements.
Tabletop & Live BCP Testing
- Conduct tabletop exercises (TTX) simulating various disruption scenarios to validate response effectiveness.
- Perform live drills (e.g., sudden remote workforce activation, failover site testing, vendor outage simulations) to test BCP execution.
- Measure BCP effectiveness against MAO/MTPOD objectives and refine plans based on lessons learned.
Why Choose Us?
✔ Industry-Specific Expertise – Extensive experience in finance, healthcare, manufacturing, government, and critical infrastructure business continuity planning.
✔ Risk-Based, Compliance-Aligned Approach – Our BCP strategies align with ISO 22301, AICPA, NIST, SEC, HIPAA, and GDPR best practices.
✔ Cloud, Hybrid, & On-Prem BCP Solutions – Tailored plans for traditional data centers, hybrid-cloud, and remote workforce resilience.
✔ Real-World, Tested, and Actionable BCPs – No theoretical exercises—only field-tested, practical continuity strategies.
✔ Customized for Your Business Needs – A bespoke approach ensuring alignment with your operational priorities, regulatory environment, and risk tolerance.