Business Continuity Planning

The word “crisis” is undoubtedly one of the most frequently-used terms of the last decade.

Via the media, we are constantly bombarded with terms like economic crisis, financial crisis, social crisis, political crisis, environmental crisis and security crisis.

 

Over the years, we have learned to manage most of the risks in our modern society.  But together with increasing risk management, the complexity of our structures and processes has also grown, to the point where sometimes that manageability exceeds the ability of human beings.

 

In parallel with this trend, a reduction of risk awareness has been observed.  That inevitably leads to risks being ignored.  Based on the idea of personal invulnerability, companies and people refuse to believe that they can also fall victim to a disaster.

 

It is not uncommon for the impact of a disaster to be worsened by an inappropriate response, due to lack of planning and underestimation of the risk. 

 

Emergency situations can arise as a result of various disasters such as: natural phenomena, industrial accidents, industrial disputes, terrorist attacks, extortion and a range of other incidents.

 

This Business Continuity program endeavours to generate insight into the dynamic of a crisis and above all, to offer a philosophy of how effective crisis management can limit the consequences of a disaster.