Buyer’s guide
Business continuity software
Business impact analysis, continuity plans, crisis alerts and exercises kept current.
The problem it solves
Continuity plans are written for the audit and are out of date by the next one. Contact lists, dependencies and recovery times drift without anyone noticing.
Usually bought by
- ✓BCM managers
- ✓Banks, utilities and telecoms
- ✓Government entities
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Capabilities to look for
- ✓Business impact analysis
- ✓Recovery strategies and continuity plans
- ✓Dependency and supplier mapping
- ✓Mass notification during a crisis
- ✓Emergency and incident management
- ✓Exercise scheduling and results
- ✓Plan review reminders
Questions to ask vendors
- 01Do plans stay accessible if our main systems are down?
- 02How are contact lists kept in sync with HR?
- 03Can it produce evidence for NCEMA 7000 or ISO 22301 audits?
Frameworks it should support
The process it should support
If the software can’t run this cycle, keep looking
- 01
Business impact analysis
- 02
Recovery strategies
- 03
Continuity plans
- 04
Exercise and test
- 05
Respond to incidents
- 06
Review and update
Should connect with
Questions
Isn’t a shared folder of plans enough?+
For a small organisation it can be. Software helps when plans, dependencies and contacts change often, and you need evidence that plans are reviewed and exercised.
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Next step
Not sure which area to start with?
The GRC maturity check shows where your programme is weakest. That’s usually where software helps first.