Major Incident
UK Emergency Services definition. Any emergency that requires the implementation of special arrangements by one or more of the Emergency Services, National Health Service or a Local Authority
Management Practices
Policy and Programme Management and Embedding Business Continuity stages of the BCM Lifecycle.
Management System
Set of interrelated or interacting elements of an organization to establish policies and objectives, and processes to achieve those objectives.
Manual Procedures
An alternate method for continuing critical business services or processes following the loss of technology.
Marshalling Area
A safe area where resources and personnel not immediately required can be directed to standby to await further instruction.
Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO)
Time it would take for adverse impacts, which might arise as a result of not providing a product/service or performing an activity, to become unacceptable.
Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
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Maximum Tolerable Outage (MTO)
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Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD)
The time it would take for adverse impacts, which might arise as a result of not providing a product/service or performing and activity, to become unacceptable.
MBCP
Master Business Continuity Professional. The Master level certification is for individuals with a minimum of five years of Enterprise Continuity Mgmt experience in 7 of the 10 Professional Practices, have passed both the qualifying exam and the Masters case study, and have had their DRII Certification Application approved.
