Business Management

New business continuity standard will protect reputations and cut risk, says BSI.
The new British standard for business continuity will help organisations protect their brand and reputation as well as helping them reduce risk, says the British Standards Institution (BSI).

The BSI published the requirements for the BS 25999 standard in November 2007 to enable organisations to certify their business continuity management systems (BCMS).

John Hele, global product manager for BSI Management Systems, said certification would help to protect organisations” brand and reputation, help them retain clients, and speed up the tendering process.

‘Certification will provide a faster way of proving organisations” resilience to potential customers as well as making them more attractive to insurers and potentially qualify them for preferential rates,’ he said.