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

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