For Security & Risk Professionals (Length: 14 pages)

January 13, 2009

More Businesses Now Institutionalize Business Continuity Management

This is the first document in the "State Of Enterprise Business Continuity" series.

by Stephanie Balaouras

with Simon Yates, Allison Herald


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

In our Forrester/Disaster Recovery Journal Business Continuity Preparedness Survey, Q4 2008, 89% of the business continuity (BC) decision-makers and influencers we surveyed said that BC had executive-level support. In addition, about two-thirds of respondents said that BC was a priority or critical priority for senior executives. The executive support and prioritization has translated into the institutionalization of BC management (BCM). Approximately 66% of respondents said they had an established BCM program, and 60% of respondents said they held the job title of BC director, manager, or planner. For security and risk management professionals, this means that treating BC as a one-time planning event is no longer acceptable, and this is true regardless of the size of your business. In this survey, Forrester found that enterprises as well as small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) had executive sponsorship for BC, it was a priority for their executives, and they had established BCM programs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemUnless BCM Is A Full-Time Responsibility, Preparedness Suffers

itemBCM Must Be A Primary Job Objective

itemBCM Requires Executive-Level Sponsorship And Support

itemBCM Must Be An Institutionalized Program

itemFunding Is The Toughest Ongoing BCM Program Challenge

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itemDisasters Won't Wait Until The Economy Recovers To Strike

itemSupplemental Material

This report contains data from an online survey that Forrester Research and the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) conducted in October 2008 of 295 business continuity decision-makers and influencers at global businesses.

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Analyst: Stephanie Balaouras
Technology: Data Center Management, Governance, Risk, & Compliance, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Security & Risk, Security Operations
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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