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Business Resumption

What is Business Resumption?

The process of returning to normal business operations after a disruption, including verification that all critical functions are restored.

Business Continuity

What the standards actually require on business resumption

Requirements naming business resumption across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

HKMA SPM1 control

Sets the supervisory approach to business continuity planning and the sound practices expected: board and senior management oversight (policy, process and responsibility, monitoring and reporting), business impact analysis and recovery strategy, the developmen...

hkma-spm::TM-G-2 · TM-G-2 Business Continuity Planning →

The FI should set recovery time and recovery point objectives aligned to its business resumption and recovery priorities; maintain a disaster recovery plan with procedures for various disaster scenarios and the roles of recovery personnel, reviewed at least an...

monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::8.2 · 8.2 System Recoverability →

The bank defines system performance, recovery and business resumption metrics, including RPO and RTO, for all critical information systems, and risk-based metrics for others.

rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::195 · Para 195: performance, recovery and resumption metrics including RPO and RTO →

Questions people ask about business resumption

What is Business Resumption?
The process of returning to normal business operations after a disruption, including verification that all critical functions are restored.
Why is Business Resumption important for compliance?
Business Resumption is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding business resumption helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Business Resumption?
Business Resumption appears in the requirement text of HKMA SPM, Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines, RBI Cybersecurity Framework for Banks. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Business Resumption?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how business resumption applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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