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Various standards and legislation relate to business continuity management - this page overviews the main ones
PAS 56
The first dedicated BCM Publicly Available Specification from the BSI (British Standards Institution). It was compiled in association with the BCI and Insight Consulting.
Influenced by the BCI Good Practice Guidelines, the BSI PAS 56 Guide to Business Continuity Management describes the activities and outcomes involved in establishing a BCM process and provide recommendations for good practice.
How to order
PAS 56 Guide to Business Continuity Management costs £60/$111, including post & packaging). To order your copy download the order form, complete and forward with your payment to the Business Continuity Institute.
BS7799
A standard for an Information Security Management System. Following the requirements of BS7799, you will identify, manage and minimise the range of threats to your information. By using BS7799 as the basis for your ISMS, you can become registered by BSI.
Compliance to this BSI Information Security standard will demonstrate to your stakeholders and third parties that your organisation takes the issues and activities of the protection and preservation of information seriously
More details can be found at at http://www.bsi-global.com/Global/bs7799.xalter
ITIL
Continuity Management, IT Security and Availability Management appear as part of the IT Infrastructure Library’s Service Delivery management practices; designed to ensure that IT services are provided and remain as intended.
Risk management
The IRM’s Risk Management Standard was the result of extensive work by a team drawn from the major risk management organisations in the UK including the IRM, AIRMIC and ALARM. The standard can be downloaded or ordered from www.theirm.org/publications/PUstandard.html
Civil Contingencies Act
The Civil Contingencies Act received Royal Assent on 18th November 2004 and is split into two parts. Part 1 addresses local arrangements for civil protection and part 2 concerns the conditions and scope of the necessary emergency powers
A comprehensive history of related press releases, letters from the Civil Contingencies Secretariat and further information can be found on the UK Resilience website.
The existence of a Civil Contingencies Act, and accompanying non-legislative measures, aims to deliver a single framework for civil protection in the UK, dealing with major incidents and improving contact between agencies and (local) government.
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