Organisational Resilience
Bluwasp LTD
Helping businesses and organisations to plan for & prosper following interruptions.
Organisational Resilience, Business Continuity Management | Business Impact Analysis Workshops | Debriefing | Exercising & Testing of Response Plans .
Some of our services
BCM Training
From introduction to Business to Continuity Management – advanced BCM training and workshops.
Exercising & Testing of your existing plans
From desktop to live play exercising and testing of your organisations existing plans.
Business Continuity Planning
Review existing or create Business Continuity Plans
Business Impact Analysis
From workshops to help conducting or reviewing BIA's.
"we will do just fine in during a crisis"
Can you afford to wing it?
Do you and your organisation know what to do in the event of a business/organisational disruption? Do you have a Business Continuity Culture?
Do you have a business continuity plan? Is it current? Has it been tested?
If you answered no to any of these then we strongly advise you to contact us for an initial discussion.
Why bother with Business Continuity?
Business Continuity
So for the Senior Executives / Business owners who might ask why do I need a business continuity plan?
It is not just the major events such as terrorism (Manchester Arena), or severe weather should have brought the issue of Business Continuity Management to the attention of business owners and executives alike. But the recent Pandemic should have brought Business Continuity Management or Organisational Resilience clearly into focus.
They should now realise that they need to take steps to improve the chances that their business would survive foreseeable incidents and continue to operate; deliver an acceptable level of customer service and generate income.
As the recent pandemic subsides thoughts should also be given to the less news grabbing disruptions, but might be just as significant, are events such as:
- local infrastructure failures (e.g. internet access or telephone systems);
- access denial due to external incidents (a fire in another company, road traffic accidents, bad weather);
- staff unavailability (winter flu, industrial action, unexpected Lottery win!);
- accidental or malicious corruption or destruction of data;
- cyber attacks
- theft of company property;
- the failure of key suppliers to meet delivery deadlines;
- impacts on fuel supplies (electricity, gas).
These are all sound reasons to have in place a credible Business Continuity Management System.
Other drivers which should encourage organisations to take Business Continuity Planning more seriously include:
- Increased Executive/Board responsibilities (e.g. Turnbull Report/Combined Code of Corporate Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (USA), Basel II Accord etc).
- Large clients and public bodies often require that a Business Continuity Plan has been developed and implemented; even just to get on a preferred supplier list or submit a tender.
- Auditors increasingly expect to see a Business Continuity Plan in place as part of their due diligence audits.
- The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 has placed Business Continuity Management obligations on public sector organisations.
- Insurers increasingly require to see evidence of Business Continuity Plans in place.
- Holding Companies & Shareholders have rising expectations in respect of corporate governance.
- Regulatory Bodies are starting to impose Business Continuity Management on the organisations they regulate.
- Learning of a disaster to a neighbour or associate.
- Experiencing a disaster or near miss!
Lastly, there is the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you need not dread the 3AM Knock on the Door.