Various standards and legislation relate to business continuity management - this page overviews the main ones
BS25999
This Standard establishes the process, principles and terminology of business continuity management (BCM), providing a basis for understanding, developing and implementing business continuity within an organisation and to provide confidence in business-to-business and business-to-customer dealings.
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.
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.
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.
ISO17799
A standard for an Information Security Management System. Following the requirements of ISO17799, you will identify, manage and minimise the range of threats to your information. By using ISO17799 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
