How important is the business continuity of your organization to you? Are you willing to risk serious consequences for the successful operation of your organization by relying on the lucky circumstance that "nothing so drastic can happen to your organization as to threaten its successful operation"? If the answers you have answered are made honestly in the direction of the due care of a good master, then it is necessary to act immediately and start organizing the work in your organizations in such a way that, despite the upheavals that we will not be able to escape, a key part of the functions of your organizations will work continue continuously and ensure that the organization will operate successfully even in times of various crises.

To ensure system continuity, you must perform the following steps:

• Organizations must plan how and when to communicate with stakeholders in crisis situations.
  Organizations must develop plans to provide services or products to customers, even in crisis situations.
• Realistically assess and evaluate which risks and crisis situations can have the greatest impact on the operation of your organization;
• Assess which are the processes or activities of your organization that must not stop at any time;
• Who are your key personnel without whom the organization cannot function;
• Who are your key suppliers, whose non-operation would seriously threaten the operation of your organization;
• Take the appropriate steps to plan the matter in your organization and to detect and implement the necessary changes throughout the lifecycle of this system.

The business continuity system solution includes several components:

1. Planning: Organizations must develop a business continuity plan that includes protocols for handling critical situations and plans for backup systems and processes.
2. Education and Training: Managers and employees must be trained to implement a business continuity plan and manage critical situations.
3. Testing and drills: Organizations should conduct regular drills to test the business continuity plan and ensure that the plans and protocols are effective.
4. Control and monitoring: Organizations must maintain and control their business continuity systems and processes to ensure their effectiveness.
5. Flexibility: Organizations must be able to quickly adapt their business continuity plans and processes to changes in circumstances and needs.
6. Regular evaluation: Organizations must regularly evaluate and improve their business continuity system to ensure its effectiveness in all situations.

When establishing a business continuity system, the following key factors must be taken into account:

• Organizations must plan how and when to communicate with stakeholders in crisis situations.
  Organizations must develop plans to provide services or products to customers, even in crisis situations.
• Organizations need to plan how they will support and care for their employees in crisis situations.
• Organizations must plan what technology will support organizational business functions and what processes will be used if the technology is not available.
• Organizations must plan where and how they will move people and processes if necessary.
• Organizations must determine which people, teams, and even organizations are needed to implement plans and manage emergencies.
• Organizations must plan to what extent and in what order they will restore business processes and data.
• Organizations need to plan what the dependencies of business processes are.

If you need the help of an external expert team, we are happy to help you. Many years of experience in establishing business continuity systems in a national and international environment are at your disposal. For more information, you can contact us at our address info@ics-institut.si or phone number 031 358 502.