Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

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A business continuity plan (BCP) is a collection of processes and resources that enable an organization to maintain normal business operations in the face of some adverse event.

• help define how to resume services to customers and vital business operations,
  • while auxiliary services may remain offline
• aka continuity of operations plan (COOP)
  • although, not exactly the same
• focuses on the functions performed by a business or other organization:
  • Business impact analysis (BIA)
    • identifies:
      • mission essential and primary business functions
      • and the risks that would arise if the organization cannot fulfill them
  • IT contingency planning (ITCP) or IT service continuity planning (ITSCP)
    • ensures that these functions are supported by resilient IT systems, working to identify and mitigate all single points of failure from a process or function