IT service continuity
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IT Service Continuity is a specific form of business continuity planning
. It is the process of assessing and managing risks associated with information technology
(IT) departments. It involves the evaluation of values, threats, risk
s, vulnerabilities and development of countermeasures to ensure continuation in the event of a disaster.
This terminology is mainly used in Corporate America
. In 2008 the British Standards Institution
launched a specific standard connected and supporting the Business Continuity Standard BS 25999
titled BS25777 specifically to align ICT Service Continuity with Business Continuity. The two standards can be implemented separately.
Business continuity planning
Business continuity planning “identifies [an] organization's exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recovery for the organization, whilst maintaining competitive advantage and value system integrity”. It is also called...
. It is the process of assessing and managing risks associated with information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
(IT) departments. It involves the evaluation of values, threats, risk
Risk
Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity will lead to a loss . The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists . Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks"...
s, vulnerabilities and development of countermeasures to ensure continuation in the event of a disaster.
This terminology is mainly used in Corporate America
Corporate America
Corporate America is an informal phrase describing the world of corporations within the United States not under government ownership....
. In 2008 the British Standards Institution
BSI Group
BSI Group, also known in its home market as the British Standards Institution , is a multinational business services provider whose principal activity is the production of standards and the supply of standards-related services.- History :...
launched a specific standard connected and supporting the Business Continuity Standard BS 25999
BS 25999
BS 25999 is BSI's standard in the field of Business Continuity Management . This standard replaces PAS 56, a Publicly Available Specification, published in 2003 on the same subject.-Structure:...
titled BS25777 specifically to align ICT Service Continuity with Business Continuity. The two standards can be implemented separately.