BS was
BSI's standard in the field of
Business Continuity Management
Business continuity may be defined as "the capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident", and business continuity planning (or business continuity a ...
(BCM). It was withdrawn in 2012 (part 2) and 2013 (part 1) following the publication of the international standards
ISO 22301
ISO 22301:2019, ''Security and resilience – Business continuity management systems – Requirements'', is a management system standard published by International Organization for Standardization that specifies requirements to plan, establish, im ...
- ″Societal Security — Business continuity management systems — Requirements″ and
ISO 22313
ISO 22313:2020, ''Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems – Guidance to the use of ISO 22301'', is an international standard developed by technical committee ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience. This document provides guid ...
- ″Societal Security — Business continuity management systems — Guidance″
Upon its publication in 2007 BS 99 replaced PAS 56, a
Publicly Available Specification A Publicly Available Specification or PAS is a standardization document that closely resembles a formal standard in structure and format but which has a different development model. The objective of a Publicly Available Specification is to speed up ...
, published in 2003 on the same subject.
Structure
BS 99 was a Business Continuity Management (BCM) standard published by the British Standards Institution (BSI).
It had two parts;
* Part 1, "BS 99-1:2006 Business Continuity Management. Code of Practice", took the form of general guidance on the processes, principles and terminology recommended for BCM.
* Part 2, "BS 99-2:2007 Specification for Business Continuity Management", specified a set of requirements for implementing, operating and improving a BCM System (BCMS).
Timelines
The first part of BS 99 (BS 99-1:2006) was published by the
British Standards Institution
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in December 2006. The second part of BS 99 (BS 99-2:2007) was published in November 2007.
BS 99-2 was withdrawn in November 2012 having been replaced by the International Standard, ISO 22301. BS 99-1 was withdrawn in early 2013 having been replaced by ISO 22313.
Development
Both parts of the standard contributed significantly to the international standards that succeeded then and to the development of other national and international standards (such as ASIS/BSI BCM.01:2010).
Other related standards
There are a number of similar worldwide standards:
North America - Published by the National Fire Protection Association
NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs.
ASIS/BSI BCM.01:2010 Business Continuity Management Systems: Requirements with Guidance for Use. Published in December 2010 and developed jointly between ASIS and BSI for North America
Australia - Published by
Standards Australia
Standards Australia is a standards organisation established in 1922 and is recognised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian government as the primary non-government standards development body in Australia. It is a com ...
HB 292-2006 : A practitioners guide to business continuity management
HB 293-2006 : Executive guide to business continuity management
AS/NZS 5050 : Business Continuity Managing disruption-related risk
See also
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Physical security
Physical security describes security measures that are designed to deny unauthorized access to facilities, equipment and resources and to protect personnel and property from damage or harm (such as espionage, theft, or terrorist attacks). Physica ...
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Societal security
Standards Australia have published AS 5050:2010.
External links
BCM Page at BSIBusiness continuity and risk.
PAS56 and BS25999The original portal dedicated to PAS56 and BS 99.
BSI FranceBSI's French portal
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