BC/Crisis Management Flashcards
ABCP
Associate Business Continuity Professional - From Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI) - The ABCP level is designed for individuals with less than two years of industry experience, but who have minimum knowledge in continuity management, and have passed the DRII qualifying exam.
AMBCI
Associate Member Business Continuity Institute - From Business Continuity Institute (BCI) This certified membership grade is designed for professionals that have at least one year’s experience in business continuity and who have taken and passed the Certificate of the BCI (CBCI) Examination.
Business Continuity
The strategic and tactical capability of the organization to plan for and respond to incidents and business disruptions in order to continue business operations at an acceptable predefined level.
The capability of the organization to continue delivery of products or services at acceptable predefined levels following a disruptive incident.
Business Continuity Coordinator
A role within the BCM program that coordinates planning and implementation for overall recovery of an organization or unit(s).
Business Continuity Professional
An experienced individual with responsibilities for practicing and/or managing business continuity.
3 levels from DRI - Associate (ABCP), Certified (CBCP), and Master (MCBP)
BCI
Business Continuity Institute
BCP
Business Continuity Planning - The process of developing prior arrangements and procedures that enable an organization to respond to an event in such a manner that critical business functions can continue within planned levels of disruption.
CBCP
Certified Business Continuity Professional. From DRI - The CBCP certification is for individuals with a minimum of two years of Enterprise Continuity Mgmt experience in 5 of the 10 Professional Practice areas, have passed the qualifying exam and have had their DRII - Certification Application approved.
Checklist
a) Tool to remind and /or validate that tasks have been completed and resources are available, to report on the status of recovery.
b) A list of items (e.g., names or tasks) to be checked or consulted.
Crisis
Abnormal and unstable situation that threatens the organization’s strategic objectives, reputation or viability.
Crisis Management
The overall direction of an organization’s response to a disruptive event, in an effective, timely manner, with the goal of avoiding or minimizing damage to the organization’s profitability, reputation, and ability to operate.
Development and application of the organizational capability to deal with a crisis.
CMP
Crisis Management Plan -
CMT
Crisis Management Team - A team consisting of key leaders (e.g., media representative, legal counsel, facilities manager, disaster recovery coordinator), and the appropriate business owners of critical functions who are responsible for recovery operations during a crisis.
CBF
Critical Business Functions - The critical operational and/or business support functions that could not be interrupted or unavailable for more than a mandated or predetermined timeframe without significantly jeopardizing the organization.
Vital functions without which an organization will either not survive or will lose the capability to effectively achieve its critical objectives.
Disaster
Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organization, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.
