2. Principles of a business continuity plan
This section defines the main principles of a business continuity plan, as well as the trigger points.
2.1 Business continuity and recovery management
The aim of the business continuity and recovery management plan is to ensure that continuity and recovery actions are implemented progressively and by choice, prioritizing critical activities, and then to envisage a return to normal operations throughout the company. The business continuity plan, which is then broken down by business line or organizational activity, aims to implement back-up measures to minimize the consequences of physical, IT or human disasters, and to define the minimum conditions for business continuity.
In practice, these plans also include measures aimed at recovering...
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Standards
- Safety and resilience – Business continuity management systems – Requirements - ISO 22301:2019 - 2019
Regulations
Order of November 3, 2014 on banking regulations imposing the implementation of an emergency and business continuity plan.
Solvency 2 Directive of November 25, 2009 – Article 44 on insurance regulations requiring the implementation of a business continuity plan.
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