business continuity& Organisational Resilience
Business continuity is about understanding what your organisation must continue to deliver during disruption, what those activities depend on, and having practical arrangements to maintain or restore them. Maelstrom Consulting supports organisations to establish, review, and improve business continuity arrangements that are proportionate to their risks and operational needs.
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BCMS Review & Development
Independent review and development of business continuity management arrangements against organisational requirements, recognised good practice, and relevant standards. This can include governance, policy, BIA methodology, continuity plans, exercising, maintenance arrangements, and how effectively business continuity is embedded across the organisation.
Business Impact Analysis
Business impact analysis identifies the activities and services that matter most during disruption, the impacts if they are unavailable, their recovery requirements, and the people, systems, suppliers, facilities, and other dependencies they rely on. This provides the evidence base for continuity priorities, strategies, and plans.
Business Continuity Planning
Continuity planning turns BIA findings and recovery requirements into practical arrangements for responding to disruptions. Maelstrom Consulting facilitates planning with the people responsible for delivering the response, developing plans that establish priorities, actions, responsibilities, dependencies, and escalation arrangements. The objective is a usable response tool, not simply a document that satisfies a planning requirement.
Continuity Strategy & Improvement
Where continuity analysis identifies unacceptable vulnerabilities, dependencies, or recovery gaps, Maelstrom Consulting can support the development of practical continuity strategies and improvements. This can include alternative operating arrangements, dependency treatment, recovery options, and implementation support.
Integration with Crisis Management
Business continuity arrangements should integrate with the organisation’s incident and crisis management framework, providing clear escalation and coordination when disruption exceeds established continuity arrangements.
exercising & Training
Continuity arrangements should be exercised regularly to confirm that plans remain workable, develop the people responsible for using them, and identify improvements before a real disruption occurs. Maelstrom Consulting designs and facilitates continuity exercises ranging from focused team discussions through to complex multi-team scenarios.