BSI launches new business tool for business continuity management

BSI has launched the world's first British standard for managing business continuity. 

The new BS 25999 Code of Practice will help organizations to minimize disruptions and demonstrate their ability to cope with major threats to their operation. By helping to put the fundamentals of Business Continuity Management in place, BS 25999 is designed to keep organizations going during even the most difficult and unexpected circumstances while protecting staff, preserving reputation and providing a licence to trade.

BS 25999 establishes the process, principles and terminology of Business Continuity Management. It also provides a comprehensive set of controls based on "best practice" that will help organizations to develop and implement a business continuity plan.

The standard can be used as a framework, so that those organizations without a business continuity plan can quickly establish one, and those that already have a plan can ensure it meets best practice.