How to Audit Business Continuity Management. Audit BCM in 10 steps

the ability to respond to a natural or a

man-made threat ensure continuity of

business operations

protect human resource and assets

in an event of a disaster or a business

disruption is the primary objective of

any business continuity management

program

hello and welcome to information

security governance risk and compliance

my name is salvador and today we will

learn how to audit a business continuity

management program

in 10 steps

let's get started

point 1 check and verify that a business

continuity management policy is created

and reviewed on a regular basis

ensure the policy contains the roles and

responsibilities

workforce training framework for setting

business continuity objectives

and organizational risk appetite and

tolerance to plan

deliver and support capabilities in the

event of a business disruption

point number two make sure business

impact analysis is performed

the business impact analysis contains

identification of critical products and

services with their inherent risks

the likelihood and impact of each risk

counter measures to prevent detect and

react to the identified risk

recovery time objective and recovery

point objectives

point number three ensure a business

continuity strategy is developed to

reduce the impact of a disaster

ensure business continuity and recover

from business deceptions within the

enterprise risk appetite

make sure that the strategy includes

unavailability of all relevant

components

and all activities and processes within

the scope whether on premise or on cloud

point number four check and verify that

a business continuity plan is created

and reviewed on a regular basis

ensure that the plan consists of the

following components

scope of activity roles and

responsibilities clear lines of

communication

recovery procedures and the basis for

bcm invocation

with respect to cyber attack ensure

there is a skilled incident management

technical team to manage the incidents

in case of pandemic event that the world

is going through now the users need to

perform the functions

working from whom

ensure endpoint security and network

communication is effective to ensure

smooth business operations

point number five check and verify that

all the relevant documents such as

backup and restoration guidelines

network and architecture diagram

alternate workarounds to performing

business functions and insulin playbooks

are available instantly to support

business continuity and operational

resilience

make sure that all the documents are

reviewed for any changes that happened

previously

point number six make sure all the

business continuity and operational

resilience plans are tested at least

annually

check and verify the tabletop exercise

was performed and the report generated

and identified if there were any

shortcomings during the call

make sure that quality exercise was

performed

to ensure the communications to all the

users

sure user's contacts are stored and

acknowledged of all calls and messages

that were recorded and verified

check and verify the stress reports to

identify that the tests were conducted

as per the resilience plan

point number seven

in times of crisis communication among

stakeholders and the relevant entities

is key to successfully managing business

disruption

make sure that the communication lines

are identified and how the communication

is sent to the relevant parties

be the press municipality or business

users

make sure that response structure is

developed to communicate early warnings

and communications to the stakeholders

point number eight

business data is a key component to

recover from a disaster or a crisis

situation

make sure that a secure backup data

process

is followed for restoring data in times

of crisis

check sample backup and restoration

evidences

point number nine to recover from a

natural disaster like flooding or

earthquakes and other man-made disasters

like fire

ensure that systems and network devices

are housed in environmentally safe data

centers as well as redundancy is always

maintained

ensure alternate sites like hot warm or

cold sides are designed as per the

business requirements and tested to

effectiveness

and finally point number 10 check and

verify that a dr or disaster recovery

activity is tested

ensure

network switcher happens automatically

to secondary sites

and servers and applications run without

any issues

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