Business Continuity Policy
What is Business Continuity Policy?
A high-level statement of an organization's commitment to maintaining operational continuity and defining the scope and objectives of its BCM program.
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What the standards actually require on business continuity policy
Requirements naming business continuity policy across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Guidance that the business continuity policy is kept current and available as documented information, is made known, understood and put into practice across the organization, and can be seen by the interested parties management has approved.
iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::5.2.2 · 5.2.2 Communicating the business continuity policy →Hold the business continuity policy as documented information, communicate it within the organization, and make it available to interested parties where that is appropriate.
iso-22301-2019::5.2.2 · Communicating the business continuity policy →The business continuity policy and scope are defined in line with the objectives of the enterprise and its stakeholders so that business resilience improves: the business processes and service activities, in-house and outsourced, that are critical to operation...
cobit-2019::DSS04.01 · DSS04.01 Define the business continuity policy, objectives and scope →The ICT business continuity policy under DORA Article 11(1) must describe its objectives (linking ICT and overall continuity and using the BIA), scope with limitations and exclusions, the timeframe covered and the criteria for activating and deactivating conti...
dora-rts-on-ict-risk-management-framework-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2024-1774::24 · Article 24: Components of the ICT business continuity policy →The organization should have an IRBC policy that is developed, approved, regularly reviewed and updated so that it stays aligned with the organization's overall objectives and its business continuity policy.
iso-iec-27031-2011::5.7.2 · IRBC policy →Financial entities adopt an ICT business continuity policy within their overall continuity policy and implement it through documented arrangements that keep critical or important functions running, contain and resolve incidents, estimate preliminary impacts, a...
DORA-Art.11 · Response and recovery →Questions people ask about business continuity policy
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