Business Continuity Management in a Single System
An organization’s operations and business continuity cannot be entrusted to Excel spreadsheets and separate documents. The SeCube BCM module supports the management of critical business processes, IT resources, recovery objectives, and emergency plans in a unified environment in accordance with the ISO 22301 standard—from planning through testing all the way to actual emergency implementation.
The SeCube software is capable of integrating and managing in a unified manner
- both business continuity planning (BCP) and
- IT technology/service continuity and disaster recovery planning (IT DRP).
For more information on SeCube’s business continuity management capabilities, see the SeCube BCM module description.
Mapping Critical Processes and Dependencies
Critical business processes, IT systems, resources, and their dependencies can be managed within a single visual model. This allows the organization to precisely identify which resources, if lost, would jeopardize business operations.
Result: A transparent operational model and precisely identified critical dependencies.
Recovery objectives are not merely stated as expectations in the documents
RTO, RPO, MTPD, and MBCO values can be determined based on the results of the BIA or manually, and can then be continuously compared with actual recovery capabilities.
Result: Discrepancies between target values and actual capabilities (BCM plans) become immediately visible and can be assessed.
Developing functional BCP and DRP Plans
Using the graphical design interface, the organization can build BCP and DRP plans based on specific emergency scenarios, recovery tasks, and alternative operational solutions.
Result: Structured, actionable, and maintainable business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
Preparedness Should Be Continuous
Preparedness, training, testing, procurement, and other tasks related to the plans can be managed with assigned responsibilities, deadlines, and statuses.
Result: The organization not only plans but also continuously prepares to maintain operations.
Always Up-to-Date Plans
The SeCube BCM module continuously monitors changes that affect the plan’s operability, such as modifications to inventory data, planning flaws, deviations from time targets, or the status of preparation tasks. It also tracks Plan review tasks according to schedule.
Result: Plan owners are notified in a timely manner of necessary actions.
Test Before It’s Needed
Tests can be planned and executed based on the elements of the BCP and DRP plans. Actual execution times can be measured, results can be documented, and testing can be concluded with a report.
Result: It can be demonstrated that the plans work not only on paper but also in practice.
Audit-ready documentation with a single click
The system can generate, in a structured format, business process and resource inventories, BCP and DRP plans, preparedness tasks, test plans, test reports, and recovery time objective statements that can be presented to the relevant supervisory authorities.
Result: Up-to-date, traceable, and auditable BCM documentation.
