The discipline of business continuity planning (BCP) ensuring that your organization can continue in extreme or unexpected circumstances has emerged as an urgent requirement for companies in the region in recent months, with new studies highlighting that only 35 percent of small and midsize businesses have a comprehensive plan in place.
Building on a series of recent global research projects, Middle East security specialists, ComGuard, have developed a full methodology for limiting the impact of unexpected interruptions to business, which are now being made available to companies in the region.
The collected research emphasizes the need for companies to consider the wide number of situations that could interrupt a business and damage its operations. The Disaster Recovery Journal noted that the largest single reason given by participants in its study in why businesses break-down was human error, followed by power outages. ComGuard’s advice to companies in the region is to consider as many eventualities as possible as part of their planning process.
ComGuard’s new BCP framework covers a range of key issues – starting with the most important part - the business impact analysis – and moving on to recovery planning processes for business functions and technological infrastructures. It also lays out a process improvement model to help companies manage the introduction of new BCP processes.
In addition, the framework provides a number of essential tools for identifying, assessing and monitoring business risks, including a review and test process and a number of design models.
ComGuard is an IT security solutions provider offering technology-driven security solution to the Middle East businesses and government organizations with cost-effective, cutting-edge solutions for securing the customers business. ComGuard security services and solutions are independent of any and all ties to industry products. — (menareport.com)
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