Terrorism and counterterrorism awareness for business continuity planners
Everyone is aware of the threats of terrorism and counterterrorism, but do you know how it fits into your business continuity (BC) plan?
Overall, although the threat of terrorism may look like it’s far away from your company, it’s never safe to say you’re not at risk for this type of disaster. Business continuity planners should adequately prepare and make terrorism and counterterrorism prevention an active part of their disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
“Counterterrorism and business continuity are usually in different chains of command within organizations. In most organizations, with a few exceptions, counterterrorism is not an operating function. Counterterrorism is usually associated with security and external public sector law enforcement agencies. And counterterrorism activities, similar to emergency management activities, usually precede business continuity/disaster recovery; inputs from counterterrorism professionals can be valuable to business continuity/disaster recovery (DR) staff, so that they can be aware of the types of disruptions that could occur, and from that develop appropriate recovery and restoration activities. As with business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR), counterterrorism professionals prepare, train and plan for situations that may or may not ever occur.”
See Terrorism and counterterrorism awareness for business continuity planners, by Paul F. Kirvan for SearchDisasterRecovery.com.
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