Emergency Planning and Business Continuity

Many organisations now have well-developed Business Continuity Plans, however, many more do not. At Capital Eye we can lend an objective eye in assessing existing plans, undertake strategic or tactical reviews of operations and lead or assist with the development of comprehensive plans for all types of organisations. We have key experience in this area, including the refinement of existing plans and the rehearsal and lesson-learning from developing crisis plans including improvements to:

• Standard Operating Procedures
• Communications and Liaison
• Training and Preparation
• Review and Analysis
• Management
• Media awareness

Whilst bringing a considerable depth of UK experience our consultants are keen to reflect the culture and methodology of the company and / or country for which the process is being developed.

We can also train management to develop and maintain their own plans, including topic areas such as:

• Design – Mitigating Risk
  • Risk assessment and Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
  • Identify business risks and Impacts
  • Defining scope for Business units and organisation-wide rollout
  • Drafting IT Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
  • Identifying critical assets
  • Mitigating Risks
  • Identifying Recovery Sites
  • Team selection / composition
  • Defining roles and responsibilities
     
• Implementation
  • Monitoring risks and alerting key staff
  • Testing DRP through scenarios and exercises
  • Restoring critical assets and key processes
  • Maintaining communication during disaster
     
• Maintaining DRP
  • Review recovery plans and change management
  • Schedule regular meetings
  • Schedule awareness programmes