Ongoing management and governance process supported by Top Management and appropriately resourced to implement and maintain business continuity management.

Part of the overall management system that establishes, implements, operates, monitors, reviews, maintains and improves business continuity.

A group of individuals functionally responsible for directing the development and execution of the business continuity plan, as well as responsible for declaring a disaster and providing direction during the recovery process, both pre-disaster and post-disaster.

A tool to measure the level and degree to which BCM activities have become standard and assured business practices within an organization.

The designated individual responsible for plan documentation, maintenance, and distribution.

Documented procedures that guide organizations to respond, recover, resume and restore to a pre-defined level of operation following disruption.

The process of developing prior arrangements and procedures that enable an organization to respond to an event in such a manner that critical business functions can continue within planned levels of disruption.

A management group to give advice, guidance and management authorization to the BC Manager/coordinator/professional.

A committee of decision makers, (e.g., Business leaders, technology experts and continuity professionals) tasked with making strategic policy and continuity planning decisions for the organization, and for providing the resources to accomplish all business continuity program goals.

An approach selected by an organization to ensure its recovery and continuity in the face of a disaster or other business disruption