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Facilities & Infrastructure -- Safety, Security & Dependability
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The enterprise that truly wants to be resilient will first mitigate its risks to reduce the likelihood of an occurrence. Investments in enhancing or "hardening" facilities to comply with an acceptable percentage of failure or breach probabilities are typical as a starting point. Increased investments in physical, network and software security are often wise investment requirements. Risk can be in the form of man-made risks, natural risks and infrastructure risks. Risk can also come from internal as well as external sources.
Safety, Security & Dependability: Job #1 is ensuring the safety and security of the personnel, and then the security and dependability of the business. The facilities' safety and security procedures are foundational to the establishment of an Emergency Response Plan for the enterprise. The Emergency Response Plan will integrate the emergency needs of all other business aspects, once people and property are secured. The current ongoing viability and effectiveness of the Safety, Security and Dependability of the enterprise facilities and infrastructure are key criteria in all accepted standards and guidelines and regulations (i.e. BS 25999, ANSI NFPA 1600, FFIEC, HIPAA, NASD & NYSE) for best practices in Business Continuity Management.
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Strategy