Business Continuity Planning

                 Asia Pacific - (BCP in Asia)

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Disasters happen every day...its a fact ! 

Disasters cost business money so why suffer extra costs, loss of image and regulatory problems by being unprepared?

Companies that have management foresight will have in place procedures,  processes and back-up facilities to survive such disasters.

Such companies are taking advantage of the consultancy services provided by Business Continuity International.

Business Continuity International are experts in the field of Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning, with many years of experience working with the banking and pharmaceutical sectors, plus many others.

Business Continuity International's unique approach to business continuity and disaster recovery planning combined with our industry experience ensure that clients have a plan they can depend on.

Business Continuity International are offering a complete Business Continuity Planning & Disaster Recovery Planning solution including Vendor selection and vetting.

We have been offering BCP in Asia for the last 10 years, we have BCP Consultants all round the region:

Business Continuity International's Global Reach;

BCP Consultants in Australia - BCP Consultants in China - BCP Consultants in Hong Kong - BCP Consultants in Mumbai - BCP Consultants in Japan -  BCP Consultants in Korea - BCP Consultants in Malaysia -  BCP Consultants in Manila - BCP Consultants in Singapore - BCP Consultants in Thailand

With an extensive network of Business Continuity Planning ( BCP ) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) professionals to partnerships with Disaster Recovery Vendors around the world we are in a position to offer not only a more cost effective solution but a total solution!

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A business continuity planning project has three major phases.

These phases can change based on the size and complexity of an organization. Generally, Business Continuity Planning projects include;

• Phase I Pre-Planning

  Project Initiation and Management

            Risk Evaluation and Control

  Business Impact Analysis  

• Phase II Planning                                                                                

  Developing Continuity Strategies  

  Emergency Response and Operations    

  Developing and Implementing Continuity Plans

  Phase III Post-Planning

  Awareness and Training Programs

  Maintaining and Exercising Continuity Plans

  Public Relations and Crisis Coordination

  Coordination with Public Authorities

  

   

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Business Continuity International's Planning services encompasses the whole Business Continuity Framework; we have over 18 years experience in DR and BCP planning ensuring continuity of operations for many companies.

Our real life disaster experienced consultants will ensure you receive on the best planning services.

Services include:

BCP Consultant, BCP Asia, BCP Singapore, BCP Consultants Asia, Crisis Management Asia

Risk Assessments:

Business Continuity International will help your organisation identify and control the external and internal threats that could affect  your companies facilities and infrastructure "threats to the business". Provide a detailed report on those threats, controls / strategies needed and costs to implement.

 

Business Impact Analysis:

Business Continuity International will identify the impacts on your business by running your business critical functions through a series of disaster simulations enabling quantification of such impacts. Identify time-critical functions, their recovery priorities, and inter-dependencies so that recovery time objectives can be set.

 

Business Continuity Strategies:

Business Continuity International will determine and guide you through the selection of possible business operating strategies for continuation of business critical functions within the recovery point objective and recovery time objectives ensuring a safe and correctly executed recovery at an alternate site (recovery centre), ensuring continuation of the organisation’s business critical functions. Business Continuity International builds People Recovery, Disaster Recovery and Command Centres to surpass your expectations in quality and solutioning.

 

Business Continuity Planning:

Business Continuity International will working with your departments construct, maintain and exercise your continuity plans; including Crisis Management and Emergency Response and Command Centre Operations plans.

 

Maintenance:

Business Continuity International Pre-plan and co-ordinate plan exercises, and evaluate and document plan exercise results. Develop processes to maintain the currency of continuity capabilities and the plan document in accordance with the organisation’s strategic direction. Verify that the Plan will prove effective by comparison with a suitable standard, and report results in a clear and concise manner.

 

Business Continuity Training:

Business Continuity International provides BCP training based on the Ten Key Elements:

1) PROJECT INITIATION AND MANAGEMENT

2) RISK EVALUATION AND CONTROL  

3) BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS 

4) DEVELOPING BUSINESS CONTINUITY STRATEGIES  

5) EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OPERATIONS

6) DEVELOPING & IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANS

7) AWARENESS & TRAINING 

8) MAINTAINING & EXERCISING BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANS 

9) PUBLIC RELATIONS & CRISIS CO-ORDINATION 

10) CO-ORDINATION WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

 

Business Continuity Training:

Business Continuity Training

Emergency Response Training

Crisis Management Plan Training

Disaster Recovery Plan Training

Emergency Opperations Centre Training

 

 

Plan Services Include:

Business Continuity Plan (BCP Plan)

Emergency Response Plan (ERP Plan)

Crisis Management Plan (CMP Plan)

Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP Plan)

Emergency Opperations Centre Plan (EOCP) or Command Centre Planning

Pandemic Plan

 

Need BCP Asia Training take a look at our training site:    Click on the speaker ->

 

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Business Continuity International Build Capabilities:

  Through years of service delivery Business Continuity International can provide complete location and construction guidance on all builds, whether you are looking for a new build, internal solution or relocation.

Builds include:- People Recovery Centres-Disaster Recovery Centres-Command Centres.

 

The following builds have been implemented by  Business Continuity International

 BCP Vendors Singapore-DR Vendors Singapore

 

 Command Centres                                                                  Hot Sites

                       

 

 Cold Sites                                                                  Data Centres

                  

 

 Front Office                                                                   Back Office

                  

 

Tape back up and off site storage                                                  Back up power

               

 

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Terrorist Attack / Water damage / fire / theft:    

Who reports to who 

Who will conduct the damage assessment  

Who are the Incident Response Team what will they do  

Who are the Crisis Management Team  

Who is overseeing the salvage and restoration process  

Where do you go 

What do you do 

  BBC / CNN grab you for your an interview, your company building is burning behind you, what should you say, should you be saying it?

 

                         Salvage and Restoration                                     Got it under control ?

                         

 

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Through Business Continuity International's mentoring services we will work with your company's management team, to facilitate the assembly, auditing and testing of  plans. We will train the personnel who will be tasked with managing the recovery effort.

 In fact should your organization require a totally outsourced business continuity management program, Business Continuity International's can help provide the right  solution, including vendor selection.

Business Continuity International's can also help steer the corporate towards regulatory compliance success, help resolve regulatory issues that may be holding you back. 

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Prevention:
Prevention addresses the positioning of those measures and activities that will lessen the possibility or the impact of an adverse incident occurring in your organization. The primary goals and objectives of the Prevention phase of a business continuity program are to protect the organization's assets and to manage risk.

Response:
Response is the reaction to an incident or emergency to assess the damage or impact and to ascertain the level of containment and control activity required. In addition to addressing matters of life safety, Response also addresses the policies, procedures and actions to be followed in the event of an emergency.

Resumption:
Resumption refers to the process of planning for and/or implementing the resumption of only the most time-sensitive business operations immediately following a disaster.

Recovery:
Recovery is the process of planning for and/or implementing expanded operations to address less time-sensitive business operations immediately following an interruption or disaster.   

Restoration:
Restoration is the process of planning for and  implementing procedures for the repair or relocation of the primary site and its contents,and  for the restoration of normal operations at the primary site.

 

BCP Consultancy Links

·         Business Continuity Institute

·         DRII

                                        ·         Standard Checklist Criteria For Business Recovery

·         FEMA Emergency Management Guide For Business & Industry

·         Business Resumption Planning Step-by-Step

·         Components of a Successful LAN Disaster Recovery Plan

·         Disaster Recovery Terminology

·         Getting Started in Disaster Recovery Planning without destroying your budget

·         Introduction to Security Risk Analysis

·         Portal for IT Continuity

·         Portal for Business Risk and Continuity Planning

·         Business Continuity Planners Association

·         Contingency Planning and Management Online

·         Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

·         Monetary Authority of Singapore  MAS BCP

·         Hong Kong Monetary Authority  HKMA BCP