BSI’s Business Continuity Self-assessment tool has been updated and now includes several additional benefits. By systematically working you through your business continuity management system (BCMS), this tool provides expert guidance on how to assess your BCMS across multiple sites and assign responsibilities to multiple users.
Many organizations consider themselves prepared for interruptions, only to discover shortcomings at the last minute. The updated Business Continuity Self-assessment tool gives you the confidence you need to know that you are fully prepared for the worst.
The tool allows organizations to:
- Save time through a smarter review approach of their BCMS
- Access guidance throughout the BCMS design process
- Create a powerful framework for assessing BCMS effectiveness
- Identify elements that are working well and those that are not
- Compare across different departments for benchmarking purposes
The Business Continuity Self-assessment tool contains questions taking you through each clause of the BS 25999 Part 2: Business Continuity Management Specification. With answer and comment fields to document compliance, it provides expert guidance with direct links to the relevant sections of BS 25999-2 and guidance on how to meet these requirements.
How do I use the Business Continuity Self-assessment Tool?
You use Business Continuity Self-assessment to work logically through the requirements of BS 25999-2. This clever compilation literally ensures you’ve ticked all the right boxes!
You will find help on specific requirements, including contextual help and guidance for each question. Once you’ve answered the questions, you can then use the self-assessment tool to generate various automatic reports. These include:
- Summary report – including graphs showing progress towards completion.
- Detailed report – showing the list of questions plus answers and comments.
- Customized reports - design your own reports to show only what you need, e.g. outstanding actions or unanswered questions
What to do next
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The Absolute Auditing Tool
Grasp the ability to allocate responsibilities to colleagues with time schedules and manage user access to sensitive information. This self-assessment tool provides the means to create instant reports based on your BCMS. This means you can document improvements over time, view differences in compliance between departments and sites whilst identifying gaps in your BCMS - all at a glance!
The revised kit includes:
- The market leading Business Continuity standards - BS 25999: Part 1 & Part 2
- The forthcoming BS ISO 22301, which is likely to replace BS 25999-2
- Additional self-assessment questionnaires around BS ISO 22301
- Reports to identify gaps, strengths and weaknesses
- Guidance publication for each requirement of the upcoming BS ISO 22301
- Means to create instant reports based on your BCMS
Updated online library to include well respected guidance from BSI such as:
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Why subscribe to BSI's Business Continuity Self-assessment tool?
- Business Continuity Self-assessment saves time by allowing you to work smarter as you review your business continuity management system (BCMS)
- It guides the design of your business continuity management system (BCMS) from strategy to operations and external audit following the recognized British Standard BS 25999-2
- The tool allows you to assess your organization as a whole or break it down into separate divisions, departments or units
- It provides guidance throughout the BCMS design process, including tips for improving performance
- Create a powerful framework for reviewing and assessing the system’s effectiveness under pressure
- Identify elements that are working well but also elements needing attention or missing altogether
- Business Continuity Self-assessment enables you to compare different parts of your organization for benchmarking purposes
- It provides cost-effective expert guidance and presents an easy-to-use tool for in-house staff to work with at the time that suits them best
- Smooth the path towards certification
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The forthcoming BS ISO 22301 is likely to be the global replacement for BS 25999-2. This is to be published in the next month and will be included in the Business Continuity Self-assessment toolkit.
The purpose of the standard will be to specify the requirements for setting up and managing an effective Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) for any type or size of organization.
BS ISO 22301 will give you immediate access to the requirements of a BCMS that will enable your organization to prepare for disruptive incidents that might otherwise prevent it from achieving its objectives.
The standard can be used to assess an organization’s ability to meet its own continuity needs and obligations and establish a business continuity management policy that provides a framework for implementing effective business continuity arrangements.
This new standard will allow you to:
- Identify crucial risk factors already affecting your organisation
- Understand your organization’s needs and obligations
- Establish, implement and maintain your BCMS
- Measure your organization’s overall capability to manage disruptive incidents
- Guarantee conformity with stated business continuity policy
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What to do next
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