BUSINESS RESILIENCY
Man- made and Natural disasters sometimes have impact on the business processes of an organization by destructing either facilities or people or process. The 9/11 attacks on the USA, the frequent natural disasters that struck japan are some examples that have a huge toll on the business operating in the vicinity. It should be the constant endeavour of the organisations to reduce the impact of disasters on their business processes. Regulations such as FFIEC, ISO 22301, NFPAA 1600, FINRA Rule 4370 detail out the steps to be taken for a successful business continuity management. These regulations typically say the steps to be taken for a successful business continuity management. These regulations typically say that the organisation has to first prioritize the list of business processes based on their criticality to the businesses. The critical ones are attributed financial metrics to quantify the losses if they go out of order during disasters. Metrics such as Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Recovery Time objective (RTO) are found out during the span of the exercise. Contingency plans are made to make sure if ever a disaster strikes, the critical business processes come back within acceptable time. These contingency plans are tested, with results documented and analysed if they are acceptable. Such test runs would bring in confidence among the senior management that their businesses are not so vulnerable. crisis management piece of solution enables coordinated and consistent approach for faster response and mass communication. RSA Archer’s Business Resiliency solution brings in such cases such as Business impact analyses, Incident Management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning and Crisis management to facilitate the above processes thereby to make an organization business resilient.