Ever increasing Terrorist activity and ever changing world climatic conditions have forced companies to revisit their preparations for business continuity: the measures an organization takes to operate as normally as possible after a natural or man-made disaster. Today’s business environment demands a rapid-response approach that allows for fluid continuity of core business operations in the event of a catastrophe.
In most companies, business continuity planning is perceived as a risk management
strategy. C4 views it as a business facilitator and just one aspect in an end-to-end program that combines risk management with the business process. We offer our in-depth knowledge and experience to clients on a wide range of security and safety related issues and challenges while working with them to outline the steps they can take to meet these issues and challenges.
Business continuity planning means ensuring the continuity or uninterrupted
provision of a company’s operations and services during an emergency. Business
continuity planning is an on-going process with several different, but complementary,
elements. Planning for business continuity is a comprehensive process that includes:
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• Corporate Risk Management
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• Disaster Response and Recovery
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• Emergency Management & Response
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• Preparedness, Training, and Exercises
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• Risk Mitigation
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• Financial Management
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• Business Recovery
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• Information Technology
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• Infrastructure Recovery
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• Operations Support
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• Process Recovery
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• Accident Prevention
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• Crisis Communication Planning
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• Business Impact Analysis
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• Technology Recovery
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• Command Centres
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• Information Security
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• Safety and Security
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An emergency is any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injuries
to employees, customers, or the public, or that can shut down your business, disrupt
operations, cause physical or environmental damage, or threaten the facilities
financial standing or public image. Numerous events can be "emergencies",
including:
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• Earthquake
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• Power Failure
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• Fire
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• Winter Storm
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• Floods
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• Civil Disturbance
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• Workplace Violence
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• General Health Situation
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• Terrorism
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• Employee Sabotage
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• Accidental Explosion
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• Theft
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• Accidental Chemical or Biological Contamination
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• Labour Strife
• Cyber Crime
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• Communication Failure
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Our business continuity planning program addresses five components:
Prevention The implementation of measures that either prevent or mitigate the
impact of emergencies that may affect the company.
Response Plan and execute a company’s response to an incident.
Resumption:Re-establish the organization’s most time-sensitive operations and
key dependencies immediately following an incident or disaster.
Recovery Expand recovery operations to include less time-sensitive operations.
Restoration Rebuild or replace the damaged or destroyed infrastructure and
implement coordinated movement of personnel, equipment, communications
systems, and other assets from a resumption or recovery site to a permanent
location.