BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment Online

FACT: every year, thousands of organizations experience disruption to their operations lasting longer than five working days.

FACT: disruption takes many forms, from the unexpected departure of key members of staff to a large-scale terrorist attack.

FACT: evidence has shown that the share price of businesses with audited business continuity management systems (BCMS) in place recovers faster after disruption than those without.

Bombs. Floods. Flu. Power cuts. Fire. The only thing you can predict about business continuity management is … you will need it

Many organizations consider themselves prepared for disruption to business continuity. “Oh yes, we have a BCMS. We’re ready.” But are they? And are you?

Are you ready for whatever lies around the next corner?

  • Are you ready if key people leave, are poached by a rival, fall ill or die?
  • If freak weather means you must find new premises for three weeks?
  • If you suffer a catastrophic power failure during the working day?

You can put your faith in gut feelings or instincts. In your untested plans. Or you can place your trust in the BSI Business Continuity Self-assessment online toolkit, based on the internationally renowned British Standards, BS 25999-2.

The confidence that you’re prepared

BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment online toolkit has been designed specifically to make it easy to work across multiple sites and with multiple users, though you can just as easily use it as a standalone application.

BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment online toolkit gives you all the tools you need to plan, implement, operate, review, record and report on your business continuity management system (BCMS).

Now, systematically, you can work through your business continuity management system (BCMS), testing its strengths, probing for weak spots. Complete the process and you have the confidence that you are ready to undertake an external audit. And, more importantly, that your organization may be able to deal with incidents… come what may.

Business continuity required by law

For organizations in – or working with – the public sector, there is an additional need for effective business continuity management (BCM) in the shape of the Civil Contingencies Act.

Soon to be updated, the Act requires all local authorities to be centres of knowledge about business continuity.

What to do next

What does BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment online toolkit contain?

The BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment toolkit is a self-contained online resource that you access with a user name and password.

Once you’re through security you can …

  • Access the full set of business continuity management self-assessment questions with answer and comment fields

  • Get contextual help for each question written by business continuity (BCM) experts at BSI British Standards

  • Start new self-assessments when needed, or amend existing self-assessments at any time

  • Create summary reports, detailed reports or custom reports on your self-assessments  

  • Select from a library of PDF and HTML reference documents including BS 25999-1, the code of practice, and BS 25999-2, the
    specification as well as helpful books and guidance

  • Allocate self-assessment work to other users in your organization, and manage user access to senstive information
  • Compare self-assessments to show progress/change/differences

How do I use the BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment online toolkit?

You use the BSI Business Continuity Self-assessment toolkit to work logically through the requirements of BS 25999-2, literally ensuring you’ve ticked all the boxes.

For each central clause of the British Standard, BS 25999-2, you get a set of relevant questions. You answer each question, adding notes, evidence for your answer and dates for further action. This evidence trail is essential when it’s time for your external audit.

Hyperlinks take you straight to the relevant clauses of BS 25999-1 and BS 25999-2, so you can see at a glance what’s required in Part 2 (the Specification) and the guidance given in the Code of Practice (Part 1).

You’ll also find extra help on specific requirements:

  • Contextual help and guidance for each question
  • Downloads of reference materials (BS 25999-1 & BS 25999-2, and a range of books)

Once you’ve answered the questions, you can use the BSI Business Continuity Self-assessment toolkit to generate automatic reports:

  1. Summary report – including graphs showing progress towards completion.
  2. Detailed report – showing the list of questions plus answers and comments.
  3. Customized reports - design your own reports to show only what you need, e.g. outstanding actions or unanswered questions.

What to do next

Ten reasons to subscribe to the BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment online toolkit

1. Saves time by allowing you to work smarter as you review your business continuity management system (BCMS)

2. 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

3. Allows you to assess your organization as a whole or break it down into separate divisions, departments or units

4. Provides guidance throughout the BCMS design process including tips for improving performance

5. Creates a powerful framework for reviewing and assessing the system’s effectiveness under pressure

6. Identifies elements that are working well but also elements needing attention or missing altogether

7. Enables you to compare different parts of your organization for benchmarking purposes

8. Provides cost-effective, expert guidance

9. Presents an easy-to-use tool for in-house staff to work with at the time that suits them best

10 Smoothes the path towards certification to BS 25999-2.

What to do next

How much does the BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment toolkit cost?

  • Single user price valid for one year: £795 + VAT
  • Five (5) user price valid for one year: £1,995 + VAT
  • Enterprise licences and consultant packages available 

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