Organizations Must Remain Committed to Business Continuity Management
Excerpted from The Financial Times: "Business Continuity and Risk Management"
26 July 2006
The Financial Times
Most businesses have plans that are either out of date or incomplete. Many plans are focused on the recovery of infrastructure and assets; they fail to prioritise the recovery of their most important business processes. . . .
The focus on physical assets means that people are often overlooked too. This is why avian flu is a challenge for business continuity planning. It’s potentially the neutron bomb of the risk world — leaving the assets undamaged but removing the people. Similarly, plans need to be exercised, not just to see if they work but to help people understand and practice their roles.
