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

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a systematic approach to maintaining the operations of an organization in the event of a disruption. It includes planning, training, and testing to ensure that the organization is prepared to respond to and recover from any type of disruption. The goal of BCM is to ensure the organization is able to continue to deliver services to its customers and stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.

Glossary: Black Swan
Glossary: Business Continuity Coordinator
Glossary: Business Continuity Management Lifecycle
Glossary: Business Continuity Maturity Model (BCMM) [BCMM]
Glossary: Business Continuity Policy Statement