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How can Orange Parachute help?
Orange Parachute's highly-experienced business continuity management experts will help you develop and implement a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) that meets the requirements of BS 25999, providing your business with all the benefits that come along with conformance and/or certification. We have the tools and methodologies in place to implement your BCMS efficiently and effectively in a timely manner. We have designed and implemented Management Systems for companies worldwide, achieving multiple certifications for our clients.

Services include: BS 25999 Assessment & Gap Analysis, Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) Implementation, and BS 25999 Certification Consulting.

Being certified to the BS 25999 Part 2 by will be the ultimate assurance to your stakeholders that you comply with internationally recognized BCM best practice.

Overview
Continued operations in the event of a disruption, whether due to a major disaster or a minor incident, is a fundamental requirement for any organization. BS 25999, the world's first standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM), has been developed to help you minimize the risk of such disruptions.

By helping to put the fundamentals of a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) in place, the standard is designed to keep your business going during the most challenging and unexpected circumstances - protecting your staff, preserving your reputation and providing the ability to continue to operate and trade.

BS 25999 has been developed by a broad based group of world class experts representing a cross-section of industry sectors and the government to establish the process, principles and terminology of Business Continuity Management.

It provides a basis for understanding, developing and implementing business continuity within your organization and gives you confidence in business-to-business and business-to-customer dealings. It also contains a comprehensive set of controls based on BCM best practice and covers the whole BCM lifecycle.

Benefits of BS 25999 Certification
The benefits of BS 25999 certification are widespread:

• Framework
  Provides a common consistent framework, based on international best practice, to manage business continuity.
• Resilience
  Proactively improves your resilience when faced with the disruption of your ability to achieve key objectives.
• Reputation
  Helps protect and enhance your reputation and brand.
• Competitive advantage
  Opens new markets and helps you win new business.
• Win more contracts more cost effectively
  Provides a marketing edge and using certification can help reduce the cost of expensive tenders.
• Business improvement
  Certification requires a clear understanding of your entire organization which can identify opportunities for improvement.
• Continuous improvement
  The certification process involves regular audits which ensure that your management system is up to date.
• Compliance
  Demonstrates that applicable laws and regulations are being observed.
• Cost Savings
  Creates opportunities to reduce the cost of BCM audits and may reduce insurance premiums.
• Delivery
  Provides a rehearsed method of restoring your ability to supply critical products and services to an agreed level and timeframe following a disruption.
• Management
  Delivers a proven capability for managing a disruption.

Who is it relevant to?
BS 25999 is suitable for any organization, large or small, from any sector. It is particularly relevant for organizations which operate in high risk environments such as finance, telecommunications, transport and the public sector, where the ability to continue operating is paramount for the organization itself and its customers and stakeholders.

The standards
BS 25999 comprises two parts:

• Part 1, the Code of Practice, has been published and provides BCM best practice recommendations. Please note that this is a guidance document only.
• Part 2, the Specification, provides the requirements for a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) based on BCM best practice. This is therefore the standard that you can use to demonstrate compliance via an auditing and certification process.