TheBritish standard for business continuitypublished this week can help organisations differentiate
from the competition and become more agile, according to Sungard
Availability Services.
The BS 25999 standard establishes definitions of key business
continuity processes, and lays down guidelines for the development,
testing and analysis of
business continuity plans.
Organisations are independently audited and accredited against
the standard to provide business continuity assurances to
employees, customers and partners.
"It is hard to overstate the importance of BS 25999 - not just
to the organisations that adopt it, but to the UK economy as a
whole," said Keith Tilley, managing director UK and senior
vice-president Europe, SunGard Availability Services.
Tilley said the impact of BS25999 was likely to be very
far-reaching in sectors such as finance, retail and manufacturing
where the large players will look to do business only with
suppliers that can prove that they have BS25999 accreditation.
Sungard, which was directly involved in the development of the
BSI British Standards BS 25999 specification, is the first business
continuity organisation to be certified against the standard,
receiving full accreditation for its European headquarters.