Preparing for Business Continuity Certification

Once your organization has made the decision to become certified, the preparation process begins. Based on our team’s experience with BS 25999 certification, nearly every continuity program will have some work to do in preparation for being certified. Each organization should begin with a thorough examination of their current practices and compare them to the standard they will be certified against. From there, a detailed action plan can be developed to close gaps and improve documentation in advance of the certification process.

Related Resources

Avalution has a variety of resources available to assist you in this effort, including:

How to Deploy BS 25999 (second edition)
An Avalution Consulting and BSI Americas White Paper

BS 25999 Certification: 4 Myths and a Truth
An Avalution Perspective by Robert Giffin

NFPA 1600 or BS 25999? Why Not Both?
As Published in the 2008/2009 Annual Disaster Resource GUIDE

Our Services

Avalution Consulting can help prepare your organization for certification in a variety of ways, including:

Readiness Review
Our team can perform an in-depth, current-state program assessment to measure your business continuity program's readiness for certification against BS 25999. Your organization will not only be provided with a comprehensive analysis that identifies all areas recommended for improvement, but also detailed suggestions on how to correct the issues before the certification audit begins.

Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) Implementation / Remediation
Our team can assist your organization with meeting certification requirements identified in the readiness review - in whole, or in part. Our goal, as with the first company in North America to be certified against BS 25999, is to prepare your organization in the most cost and time efficient way possible. Our team can also work with the audit team to discuss compliance, as well as assist throughout the course of the audit as your advocate.

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