Business Continuity Management: Choosing to Survive

APPENDIX 1: BCM POLICY

<Organization>

Business continuity management policy

<Version>

<Date of approval and publishing>

Objective

The objective of the business continuity management (BCM) policy is to ensure the sufficient and effective design, initiation, implementation and maintenance of the BCM program within <organization> according to the stakeholders’ requirements, legal and regulatory mandates, and recognized and adopted standards and best practices.

Policy statement

<Organization> will initiate, implement, and maintain an effective BCM program and related activities to ensure proper identification and protection of critical assets, proactive threat reduction and risk management, and effective recovery from failures and incidents in order ...