Introduction
Having worked in the field of risk management and business continuity since the late 1980s there have been many changes in the needs of companies, their understanding of these needs and the approach to implementing solutions. Countries around the world have very varying attitudes towards managing risk and the approach to continuing operations. This document explores the common practices in the business of business continuity, challenges some of them as being antiquated and explores the future of business continuity.
Ensuring businesses can continue to operate through, during and after any incident has had many names over the last few years:
- Disaster Recovery
- Contingency Planning
- Continuity Planning
- Business Continuity Planning
- Business Continuity Management
- Business Continuance
- Emergency Planning
- Crisis Management
To name but a few!
This document highlights where we are now in the world of continuing business through adversity and gives an overview of how we got here.