Business Continuity

 

Every day, somewhere in this country, business operations are disrupted by a serious natural hazard event, manmade threat incident, or technology failure. You cannot stop any of these, but your business must prepare plans that can respond to:

• Safety, accountability, and communications to people
• Resilience and continuity of operations
• Delivery of products and services
• Resumption of business – back to normal

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the need for business continuity from the private sector is part of the larger strategy for homeland security established by the Department of Homeland Security.

• Our National Preparedness Goal states: “A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.” These risks include events such as natural disasters, disease pandemics, chemical spills and other manmade hazards, terrorist attacks and cyber-attacks.

At Invictus, our subject matter experts are knowledgeable with established industry standards that can fit specifically for your organization. In addition, regulatory compliance is also important to comply with business continuity requirements. A few examples are:

• Regulatory (all companies must comply)
  • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • IRS Procedures 86-19
  • Dodd Frank Consumer Credit Protection Act Section 2001 Title X1
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977
  • Healthcare HIPAA
  • Finance BASEL
• Standards (industry-specific)
  • NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Programs
  • ISO 22301:2012 Societal security — Business continuity management systems
  • Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Information Technology (IT) Examination Handbook

Our services will provide your organization with business continuity expertise to create a plan and program that is sustainable and scalable for your business operations’ resiliency and continuity of operations.  Don’t let the absence of a business continuity plan keep you from winning future customer business or having your customers slip away to the competitor. Talk to our experts on how we can help your organization with your business continuity plan and program.

Invictus business continuity consulting and service offerings include:

• Business Impact Analysis
• All Hazards Threat Assessment
• BC Planning and BC Plans
• Crisis Management Plans and Communications
• Recovery and Resumption Plans (pandemic, fire, flood, loss of power, loss of technology, loss of facility, loss of logistics)
• Procedure and Internal Control Testing
• Information System Continuity Plans and IT DR Plans
• Writing and Project Management
• Employee Training and Awareness
• Exercises
• Mass Emergency Notification