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Business Impact Analysis
Business Continuity BIA module enables BC Staff to identify Critical Processes in the organization along with their Impact
Risk Assessment
Qualitative & Quantitative Risk Assessment can be done. The module is associated with business continuity & risk management that identify
Business Continuity Testing and Exercise
Testing module enables Staff to test the Strategies/Plans created during BCP phase (In the BCP Module).
Crisis Management
Crisis Management module provides the functionality to create an incident and define its scope.
Emergency Notification
Both from Web interface and Mobile App, AutoBCM provides functionality to trigger Voice/SMS/Email Notification
Training and Awareness
AutoBCM has an integrated Training module to train Staff members both on BCM Practices and AutoBCM.
Audit Survey
Audit Survey module simplifies the Audit related compliance requirement. A year round preparedness
BC Repository
AutoBCM maintains every version of the BIA, BCP, RA and Testing records from BC Coordinator creating these
Reporting and Dashboard
Dashboard, a single stop for different Stats and metrics of BCM. User/Staff specific customizable Dashboard.
Business Continuity Planning
BCP module enables BC Staff to identify Scenarios of disruption and then enables them to build Strategies/Plan to Recover.
MITCON
If any mitigations and control have been put in the risk assessments, this module will help in the audit process and also in finding whether they are effective or not effective.
Issue & Action Tracker
All issues coming out of the testing will get collected in this module, with option to manually add other issues. The actions get tracked to closure with reminders and dashboard for stakeholders.
BIA/BCPs at any level of organization hierarchy
Provides the flexibility to develop business impact analysis & business continuity plans at any level of the organization.
Identifies gaps and conflicts in BIA dependencies and resources
Boost the effectiveness of the organization’s BCM drive with the new and advanced AutoBCM® NextGen as it can now efficiently identify any gaps or conflicts in BIA dependencies and resources for critical business operations.
Supports all known types of BIA/Impact Methodologies
Upgraded AutoBCM® NextGen is the need of the hour! This automated BCM & Crisis Management platform supports all types of Business Impact Analysis methodologies. AutoBCM® NextGen empowered organizations will no longer need to force-fit the data into the BCM system.
Product Features
In the latest AutoBCM® NextGen, we ensure that our clients get separate templates for each BCM module as per their operational requirements.
AutoBCM doesn’t restrict your options and dedicates itself to provide you the complete freedom to choose independent modules, which makes sure your program is tailor-made as per the essential requirement of your business for the necessary critical processes.
All the changes can now be tracked through the audit records as required, inside our advanced user management section.
AutoBCM with configurable workflow standardizes the processes and activities associated with each BCM activity, creating several benefits including allowing the company to define what needs to be done, as well as automatically initiates the system workflow and alerts the staff members who need to carry it out.
- Add multiple risk factors for Risk Management
- Automatically update the mapped Risk Matrix to the current assessment
- Work well with multiple attributes of Risk Matrix
- Allows multiple Risk Matrix to organization’s Risk Management Process
- Support Qualitative and Quantitative Risk matrix
- Configure to enable Matrix View for specific Risk Categories
- Work with all types of custom options
- Promote full-bodied discussion on the hazards and risks
- Provide some consistency to prioritizing risks
- Increase buy-in from stakeholders
- Help keep participants in a facilitated risk workshop on track
- Focus decision makers on the highest priority risks
A comprehensive BCP template for each recovery strategy ensure appropriate information gathering for use during recovery.
- Identify activities that have been impacted with the current disruption in the organization
- Strengthen organizational resiliency to counter major Crises by enabling the response teams and alerting them with their actionable
- Support crisis management strategic and tactical strategies by identifying the response plans which can be activated
- Implement comprehensive CM plans through automated trigger for activation
- Create and develop situation awareness through integrated notification
- Enable task allocation and tracking the status
- Support CM audit and assessment programmes for continuous improvement through learnings
- Drive organisation-wide CM program. Through support of the Mobile app for stakeholders on the move
- Ensure effective program management through automated workflow and dashboards
Document repository is used to receive, track, manage and store documents and reduce paper. It provides the evidence to audit of proof on activity and during crisis it provides reference material for recovery teams.
Notification systems indicate preparedness. They are clear indicators that the leaders in the organization are not disregarding the fact that unforeseen incidents, accidents, and disasters can occur. These systems could be vital to the safety and survival of employees in the workplace. It support effective and agile communication mode during crisis to ensure organized response to any disruption.
Gained through many years of experience, AutoBCM provides reports & dashboards to quickly gain insights into the most important aspects of your data. They get real time insights and competitive analyses, and use them to identify items that require urgent action, streamlining workflows and properly purposing resources.
AutoBCM MIS provides information for decision making on planning, initiating, organizing, and controlling the operations of the BCMS of the firm and to provide a synergistic organization in the process. It facilitates the decisions-making process by furnishing information in the proper time frame.
AutoBCM mobile app provides the organization the below benefits during a crisis:
- Provides virtual command centre for CMT
- Access and reach each and every member of your team, no matter where they are at any given time – and all at once
- Send instant messages, push notifications and alerts, in real-time
- Enable real-time two-way communications
- Provide the CMT the mode to stay connected and manage a crisis remotely
- Access information required to manage and respond
- Support emergency approvals
- Have all kinds of unique functions, depending on your organization’s distinct needs in a crisis
Integration can dramatically increase productivity, reduces wasted time due to manual processes and IT resources, and can help your business scale for future growth. It reduces errors and gaps in the BCMS and enables continuous improvement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Having a well-strategized Crisis Management Plan may heavily benefit the future of your company. To do your planning well, you need to integrate the following components:
- Activation protocol
- Detailing out the plan of actions
- Structured Communication strategies
An effective CM plan has to include the following basics:
- Chain of Command/Administration
- Risk assessment analysis
- Response Action Plans
- Internal and External Communication/Notification system
- Resources made available externally or on the cloud
- Training, exercising and reviewing
With the right integration of both human and automation, plus the scope of BCM tools like BIA, RA, and MIS Reporting, it has become possible to automatically map out the impact any disaster situation might have on your business. Hence you can create an appropriate plan that keeps all the various processes up and running, also unifying all gaps which could potentially put your organization at risk. Most importantly, subject your BCP to reviewing and modification until you have a decent plan at hand.
Here is a step-by-step list of measures to be taken to review your business continuity plan:
Step 1– Have a cursory walk-through with your staff about what the review is about so everybody knows what to expect.
Step 2– List down the new objectives beforehand to maintain transparency.
Step 3– During the plan review, check how resilient different areas of the organization are, how quickly you’ll be able to bounce back after a crisis
Step 4– Focus on calculating the effectiveness of all the Continuity Plan phases.
Step 5– Assess your Contact lists, Communication channels, Supply chain, Essential personnel, Equipment, Data backup, and restoration.
Step 6– Evaluate the effectiveness of the main BCP phases, like Initial Response, Availability of Staff & Resources, and Recovery & Restoration.
The BIA or business impact analysis highlights the results of an interrupted operation or activity due to a certain event of disruption and information that will be required to build new plans for the recovery process to initiate.
A BIA is a process that comes at the first stage in identifying the impact that organizational disruptions might have on business processes. Without the BIA, the BCP will not be able to identify or prioritize which processes and systems must be kept functional during times of crisis and provide the necessary instructions for their upkeep.
Planning business continuity involves ensuring that your business remains operational or has the ability to at least bounce back quickly after a disaster. Business Continuity Risk assessment is crucial before taking any other steps to develop organizational immunity. Hence here is how you do a risk assessment the right way-
- Identify the risks to your business, maybe create an ascending order of these risks, as per the potential for damage
- Analyse the impact a disruption arising in a particular risk factor might have on your business.
- Check the probability of the Risk occurring once and recurring in the future
- Think of ways to mitigate or control the risk exposure.
- Prepare a risk treatment plan that best works for your requirement.
A Business Impact Analysis or BIA predicts the subsequent effects of a disruption of a business function or process and collects the necessary information required to develop recovery strategies. A successful BIA generally includes these five elements:
- Executive sponsorship
- Understanding of the organisation
- BIA tools
- BIA Processes
- BIA Findings
Ascent supports the organization to migrate the current data to AutoBCM before the handover is completed to the client team. It also provides active support post going live for the duration of the warranty period agreed in the contract.
The deployment of AutoBCM software is swift and easy. Select SaaS or On-Premise model based on your requirement and our implementation team will do the rest.
AutoBCM is a simple business continuity software. It enables your workforce to plan, implement, and execute your business continuity plan easily. Use AutoBCM’s expertise to ensure that, in the event of a disruption, your company will be able to get back on its feet and resume business operations as quickly as possible.
Involve your workforce in the process of business continuity planning with AutoBCM. The role-based access followed by AutoBCM, grants authorized access to each user of the software. This brings a sense of ownership to the organization as each individual is able to view the BCP depending on the rights given by the System Admin. Create a long-lasting BCP program by getting everyone on the same page by emphasizing the importance of the plan in an easy-to-understand way.
Our tool is designed with the Global Best Practices and would recommend adopting our methodology. However, as exceptions, we can create customizable solutions to meet your needs.
Our core offering is our software solution, but we can also offer consultancy services to assist in the initial design of the BCM Process.
Both. It is totally up to the Client to choose either; our solution can be hosted in-house or on the cloud.
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