Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is the process of establishing frameworks to ensure that critical business operations can continue running during a major disruption. BCP frameworks must be aligned with the ISO 22301 standard for societal security and business continuity management systems.
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  │               BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS (BIA)           │
  └───────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┘
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  │             CONTINUITY DESIGN PARAMETERS               │
  │   • Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Boundary             │
  │   • Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Constraint          │
  └───────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┘
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  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │                 STRATEGIC WORK STREAMS                 │
  │   • Multi-Site Database Replication                     │
  │   • Alternative Workspace Configurations               │
  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The BCP framework requires completing a formal Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to map process dependencies and define two core recovery parameters:
  • Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The maximum acceptable duration of downtime before a process must be restored to prevent significant financial or regulatory damage.
  • Recovery Point Objective (RPO): The maximum acceptable volume of data loss measured in time (e.g., hours of transactions) that can occur during an outage before impacting operational continuity.

 
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