If management (or an auditor) were to ask you the following questions today, could you definitively answer “yes” to all of them?
If you can’t say yes to all of the above, then it’s time to take action. And taking action isn’t as hard as you think.
Business continuity software is an excellent way to evaluate and improve your program, without hiring outside help. The right business continuity planning software can do the hard work of ensuring standards alignment, identifying gaps in your program, calculating levels of risk, and even helping to determine if you’re using your resources effectively—making it easier for you to build a stronger business continuity management (BCM) program.
If the BCM software tool you’re using is cloud-based, it should be secure and ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your company information. Your data should also be protected against loss due to server crashes or outages.
About BCMMetrics™: We understand the importance of protecting sensitive company information and take data security seriously. Your data is protected by firewalls and 256-bit SSL encryption; it’s also backed up daily with military-grade encryption to multiple off-site locations. You don’t have to worry about backups, updates, or security—we’ve got you covered.
A good BC program should align with one or more sets of standards to ensure high recovery potential and prove to stakeholders that you’re managing the program responsibly. So it’s important that your business continuity management software uses standards as the basis for evaluation.
About BCMMetrics™: Our tools were designed to address overall BCM management using today’s most current industry standards, so it accurately reflects where your program is. If your business receives a high score within our tool, you can be absolutely certain that you have a high-performing program. Also, the software is updated whenever industry standards change. Our tools align with eight standards, including ISO 22301, FFIEC, BCI Good Practices, and NFPA 1600.
Before you commit, give any BCM software tool a thorough evaluation to ensure it does what it’s supposed to do: measure your level of compliance according to a set (or sets) of standards and evaluate your level of risk. You should be able to give the tool a test run first.
About BCMMetrics™: Our BIA On-Demand (BIAOD) tool uses only the most pertinent and targeted questions to evaluate the criticality of your business units and processes.
Compliance Confidence (C2) maximizes your standards compliance with a broad set of questions modeled after today’s leading practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure optimal evaluation and measurement of your program. It assesses your program across seven dimensions for a thorough evaluation:
Residual Risk (R2) weighs the potential impacts of various losses and evaluates your mitigating controls to formulate a complete and accurate assessment of your recovery plans.
The business continuity software you choose should be easy to use without outside help (though there should be access to help if you need it!).
About BCMMetrics™: It’s our belief that simpler is better, so each of our tools is intuitive and easy to use. All can be accessed from a central portal, making it simple to navigate from one tool to the next. Questions are straightforward and easy to answer. If you do need help anywhere along the way, we offer eight hours of consulting with each subscription. All of our tools are highly flexible and can be configured to match the needs of your individual business.
Evaluations and assessments aren’t useful unless you can act on them. Your business continuity management software should present clear results, provide simple analysis of them, and enable you to share those insights with your team.
About BCMMetrics™: Each of our tools offers a variety of insightful reports that are easily shared with stakeholders, including the following (and more):
Here’s what you’ll get with each of our tools:
Want to see the BCMMetrics™ suite of business continuity software in action? We’d be happy to walk you through it. Visit our website to schedule a demo at your convenience, and take the first step toward greater confidence in your business continuity program.