A business continuity management standard would offer consistency
It seems that BCM standards, by themselves, are not necessary and may not even be useful. But demonstrated compliance with a standard is extremely useful, and a globally recognized standard used for consistent measurement is necessary to that end.
“These are my standards. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
This paraphrase of a Marxist pronouncement (Groucho, of course) seems to apply to business continuity management (BCM). It would be excellent to have a unified, consistent approach to the business continuity discipline, but what we have instead is a plethora of overlapping and somewhat contradictory statements, standards, guidelines and methodologies all purporting to be the One True Path to Enlightenment (or, at least, to recoverability).
See A business continuity management standard would offer consistency, by Steven Ross for SearchCompliance.com.
Tags: Business Continuity, Standards
