Business Continuity Program
Definition(s):
Ongoing management and governance process supported by top management and appropriately resourced to implement and maintain business continuity management.
Source: ISO 22301
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Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
Definition(s):
Part of the overall management system that establishes, implements, operates, monitors, reviews, maintains and improves business continuity. ISO Editor’s Note: The management system includes organizational structure, policies, planning activities, responsibilities, procedures, processes and resources.
Source: ISO 22301
Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Definition(s):
Holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations those threats, if realized, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organizational resilience with the capability of an effective response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation, brand and value-creating activities.
Source: ISO 22301