Auditing & Benchmarking

BCM Audit is the processes of verifying and validating the adherence of the established BCM policies and procedures within the organization. BCM Audit should be conducted once a year preferably by an independent party. There are two types of audits that we provide.

Benchmarking, on the other hand is an assessment of the current practice standards against one or more industry standards such as MS 1970, BS 25999, etc. The purpose of benchmarking is to identify gaps between the current practices against industry best practices. This is a useful step when assessing the overall BCM framework of an organization and identifying ways to enhance it.

We offer several Auditing & Benchmarking services as follows:-

• BCM Framework Audit – Conduct an unbiased audit of the current practice levels against the approved policies and procedures. This audit will cover all elements within the organization’s BCM framework
   
• Recovery Site Audit – Conduct an unbiased audit of the current state of readiness of the recovery site. This site may be owned, leased or commercial site.
   
• Vendor Readiness Assessment – Conduct an unbiased assessment on level of readiness of key vendors, supplies and business partners directly or indirectly involved in the recovery effort to support the organization in the event the organization has a disaster or if the vendor has a disaster. This assessment will be conducted at the vendor site and will provide a rating value.
   
• Readiness Assessment – Conduct an assessment on the level of readiness of the organization. This assessment is different from a BCM Framework Audit. The goal of this assessment is to determine how well the organization will survive as set of incidents which includes crisis, emergency and disasters.
   
• Benchmarking – Conduct a gaps assessment against one or more recognized standards of your choice in business continuity management. Some of the more recognized standards are MS 1970, BS 25999, SS504, ISO27002, BNM BCM Guidelines, etc