Services
Business Continuity Planning
In the event of a disaster, will your operations endure? Can you protect the integrity of valuable data, systems, and infrastructure? Do you have redundancy measures in place for systematic and manual processes? Do people within and outside your organization know what to do when the time comes to implement the plan?
Solutions
MorganFranklin helps clients develop and adopt Business Continuity (BCP), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Emergency Response plans to protect key personnel, intellectual capital, facilities, and systems in the event of a business disruption. Working with our clients, we thoroughly evaluate risks and prioritize systems and processes. We identify and close vulnerability gaps and put in place standard operating procedures (SOPs) to provide a clear course of action when the time comes. Our teams also advise clients on the development of emergency response plans necessary to ensure effective communication and coordination with police, fire, and rescue when needed.
Ensuring continuity is not all about technology. To provide a more complete view of risks and to better understand the true business impacts (monetary and efficiencies), we leverage functional knowledge in finance and accounting, IT, enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance. This diverse expertise, combined with proven tools, templates, and frameworks, allows us to create end-to-end continuity plans that are appropriate for your business.
Our capabilities
- Identification of essential functions
- Business impact analysis
- Development of plan templates
- BCP and emergency response plans
- Training and testing
- Program policy and guidelines
- Standard operating procedures
- Continuity maturity assessment
- Technology evaluation and tool implementation
- Risk mitigation and enterprise recovery objectives
- Redundant operations and alternate facility planning
- IT continuity strategy
Value
- Maintain operating stability
- Ensure cash flow and revenue levels
- Avoid legal and increased insurance costs
- Sustain service-level agreements with key customers
- Protect invaluable IP and data
- Easily comply with grant and other funding contingencies
- Achieve regulatory compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA, etc.)
- Effectively manage costs during a disruption
