Emergency and Recovery Planning
A functioning BCM shows its effect in an emergency: If a malfunction occurs, it must quickly be clear who has to do what and when and how operations can be safely restarted. This is exactly what requires well-thought-out emergency and restart planning.
The focus is not on theoretical documents, but on actionable plans and instructions that help organizations remain capable of acting under pressure – tailored to the risks, processes and resources of your company.
With BC Consulting, we have structured our crisis management system according to the SKKM model. The overall package of emergency plan, table-top exercise and reliable advice gives us security in the event of an emergency.
What Is Part of Emergency and Restart Planning?
Scenario-based contingency plans: Concrete measures for defined events – in the form of checklists and instructions for action.
Roles & Responsibilities: Who takes on which tasks? Which teams need to be involved?
Business Continuation Plans (BCP): Structured plans to continue critical processes in an emergency operating environment.
Restart plans: Step-by-step recovery of affected assets and systems – based on the BIA.
Continuity strategies: Basic approaches to securing critical resources.
Link to IT Emergency Planning (DRP): Alignment with existing IT and technical contingency plans.
Documentation & Maintenance: Uniform structure, easy maintenance, clear usability in an emergency.
Handling an incident with and without emergency and restart planning (according to BSI 200-4)
Where We Support You
1
Plan Concept & Structure
We develop a standardized, but individually adaptable framework for your emergency and restart planning.
2
Action planning for scenarios
Based on your risk profile, we develop concrete, scenario-based emergency plans – together with your departments.
3
Preparation of BCP & recovery plans
We take over or accompany the creation of practical business continuation and recovery plans based on the BIA.
4
Review & further development of existing plans
We check existing emergency concepts for completeness, up-to-dateness and connectivity – with clear recommendations for optimisation.
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Integration with IT & DRP
We ensure consistent alignment between organizational BCM plans and existing IT emergency concepts.
Your Added Value – the Ability to Act Instead of Documentation.
We support you in developing plans that really work in the event of a crisis:
- Practical plans that create room for manoeuvre – not theoretical constructs.
- Checklists and process structures that lead clearly in the hustle and bustle.
- Reliable restart strategies, tailored to processes and resources.
- Unified plan design that facilitates training, maintenance, and application.
- Seamless integration into existing systems – e.g. IT, risk management or information security.
Crisis-Proof With a Plan: Structured, Scenario-Based, Ready for Action
With bcPLAN , you can create clear, scenario-based emergency and restart plans – with defined measures, responsibilities and time limits. The module supports you in deriving checklists, BCPs and restart strategies directly from the results of BIA and risk management.
In this way, your planning is not only documented in an audit-proof manner, but can also be used immediately in an emergency.
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The First Step Towards Resilience: Contact us!
Together, we strengthen your company’s resilience – with well-thought-out BCM that works. Let us advise you without obligation.