Business Continuity

Business Continuity > Business issues

Too few organisations give sufficient thought to the subject of their business continuity. After all, disasters happen to other people, don’t they?

And what constitutes a disaster? In the current climate, we are constantly reminded of the more dramatic natural and man‐made events that cause disruption to life and business. Although these ‘headline’ events grab our attention, it is the less extreme events such as power failure, fire, flood, denial of access or exclusion zones which are far more likely to disrupt the efficient running of your business, possibly damaging your reputation too.

Rarely is sufficient information made available to the IT department for their business continuity planning. Has the business decided what its RTO and RPO should be? And if plans are prepared, where are they stored? Who has access to them and what is the invocation process?

Business Continuity > The Anix Service

Anix has a twofold approach. We use accredited, experienced consultants to facilitate your risk analysis and planning process, which is augmented by a powerful software solution to help create, maintain and deliver the Business Continuity plans with minimum effort.

As a corporate partner of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), we use their methodology to assist in the analysis and design planning of your business requirements. It provides the necessary steps to create a secure, sufficient and proven recovery process. Experienced consultants use BS25999 guidance and continuity software tools to deliver the following services

• Business Impact Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Requirements Analysis
• Solution Planning and Design
• Testing Assistance
• Invocation Support
• Secure Hosting of Plans

Business Continuity > Key benefits

• Reduction of uncertainty in the event of a disaster
• A full analysis of the impact to the business of unplanned events, prior to a disaster happening
• Documented business continuity procedures
• Greater likelihood of appropriate application and data availability in the event of a disaster
• Regular testing of business continuity plans with defined success criteria
• Adherence to good governance practices through proper professional preparation