Business Continuity Management Legislations, Regulations and Standard


Written by Phil on August 11, 2010 in Business Continuity.

The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has published a new overview of the various business continuity guidance documents which are currently in place around the world.

‘Business Continuity Management Legislations, Regulations and Standards’ covers four areas:

  • LEGISLATION: Government laws which include aspects of Business Continuity Management by name or are sufficiently similar in nature (Disaster Recovery, Emergency Response, Crisis Management) to be treated as BCM legislation for this purpose. To be included in this category they must be legally enforceable legislation passed by a national, federal, state or provincial government depending upon the legal structure in each particular country.
  • REGULATION: Mandatory rules or audited guidance documents from official regulatory bodies in all sectors such as Financial Services, Energy, Oil and Gas, which could reasonably be construed as having some implications on an organisation’s BCM provisions. General help, guidance and suggestions are included under Guidelines.
  • STANDARDS: Official standards from national (and international) accredited standards bodies which relate to Business Continuity as a whole or specific related subset such as IT Service Continuity. The list also includes standards for different but related topics (like Information Security) when BCM is included only as a minor requirement for compliance. ―Standards‖ that are issued by 3rd parties or professional groups will only be included if they are ratified by an accredited national standards body or accredited directly by a national accreditation service affiliated to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).
  • GUIDELINES: Guidelines published as good (or best) practice by various authoritive organisations. These documents may form part of a wider set of advice provided by a professional body for whom BCM is only a peripheral activity, or alternatively they might be issued by a BCM professional body as general guidance either locally or internationally. They will provide no mandated rules but will be used and recognised as credible by BCM professionals.

See Business Continuity Management Legislations, Regulations and Standards, from the Business Continuity Institute.

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Business continuity and related standards and regulations are discussed in the book A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity: Aligning Business Continuity with Corporate Governance, by David Kaye and Julia Graham.

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