Author: David Lacey
ISBN No: 978 0 580 7410
Review date: 07/12/2025
No of pages: 148
Publisher: BSI
Publisher URL:
http://www.bsigroup.com
Year of publication: 11/09/2012
Brief:
You can download as a sample chapter one at the British Standards Institution website. About the author: the former Royal Mail, Shell, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office information security man is a founder of the IT security discussion group the Jericho Forum. His 2009 book Managing the Human Factor in Information Security published by John Wiley was reviewed in our October 2010 issue.
Business Continuity Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: ‘How to survive a major disaster or failure’Business Continuity Management (BCM) is concerned with identifying the crucial aspects of your business that you can’t afford to lose and protecting them in the event of a disaster. Any incident, large or small, can cause major disruptions to your organisation. However by implementing an effective BCM plan now, rather than waiting until disaster strikes, you will be able to get back to business as quickly as possible. Delays in doing so could mean you lose business to your competitors as well as valuable time and money.The book will enable you to effectively understand Business Continuity Management and develop a plan well suited to meet your requirements. It will allow your organisation to master the BCM lifecycle and maintain adequate measures to protect your business when an incident occurs.With over 30 years of experience in his field, Lacey teaches SME’s how to master business continuity management with minimum budget, time constraints and limited personnel. His book seeks to equip non-specialists with the practical skills and knowledge needed to identify business continuity risks and deter them from occurring in the first place.Lacey seeks to develop simpler solutions for SMEs whilst guiding you through the essential steps to help your organisation survive an emergency situation. Delivering tried and tested approaches drawn from the real-life experience of developing continuity plans for business units of all sizes; ‘Business Continuity Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises’ is the definitive beginners guide to BCM.This user-friendly book is packed with the essential knowledge and skills needed for any SME to successfully identify crucial risk factors already affecting your organisation and determine a successful BCM strategy to address them. 1. Making the business case 2. Key concepts and principles 3. Deciding what to protect 4. Assessing risk 5. Identifying hazards and threats 6. Preventing and responding to fire 7. Preparing and planning for floods 8. Physical security measures 9. Information security measures 10. Back-up and fallback arrangements 11. Preparing the plans 12. Organizing your response team 13. Training and exercises 14. Learning from incidents 15. Reviewing business continuity plans 16. Summary of this book 17. Sources of further advice.
