Business Continuity Management

Now’s the time to prepare for the future

Businesses today are exposed to unprecedented uncertainty from higher frequency and magnitude of natural disasters and human-made hazards, as well as the impacts of climate change and scrutiny around compliance with legislation and regulations. And this is just to name a few challenges.

In this increasingly complex world, an effective business continuity management program is a critical component of successful business management. Robust business continuity planning improves organizations’ readiness to respond to and recover from business disruption, while bringing a host of other important benefits:

minimized costs, losses and duration of disruption

 

quicker return to a state of business as usual

stronger brand trust and reputation in the public eye

increased confidence among stakeholders and employees that your organization can withstand adversity while upholding objectives and contractual obligation

compliance with legal and regulatory requirements

potential reduction of insurance premiums with the appropriate risk mitigation measures in place

Let us help you better equip your organization to enable a cohesive response and swift recovery, as well as to emerge stronger after disruption. The time is now.

Our lean and pragmatic approach

As a global leader in business continuity management, with decades of experience helping our clients prepare for and respond to disruption, we’ve honed our processes and tools to help you recover from any event efficiently and successfully.

We use business understanding, innovation in technology and human insight to help solve your important problems, meet human needs and build the resilience of your organization. The goal is for you to be better prepared to respond to disruption and emerge stronger as a result.

We understand every organization faces unique challenges and brings specific strengths. Our philosophy is based on the belief that business continuity isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution and must continuously be developed and improved to ensure it meets the unique needs of your business.

We take a pragmatic approach to enhance your business continuity management program with a focus on building capability within your team, rather than building binders of documentation.

How we can help

Effective business continuity management is about harnessing your organization’s capacity to anticipate and react to disruptions not only to survive, but to evolve.

Our experienced and dedicated business continuity specialists will help your organization establish, refresh and maintain a robust and integrated approach to business continuity management within your business-as-usual processes.

Business continuity health check

Assess your current capability

We benchmark your organization against standards and common industry practices, providing insight around strengths and weaknesses, as well as a roadmap for enhancement based on what we’ve seen work well elsewhere.

Business continuity program development

Design and implement a lean, pragmatic program

We build a lean and effective program that allows you to continue your most critical business functions in the event of a disruption that results in the unavailability of key technology, staff and skills, workspace and/or third-party service providers.

Business continuity exercises

Build your muscle memory

Starting with traditional tabletop exercises and moving through immersive simulations is the best way to hone your organization’s capabilities to respond to and recover from any incident that may impact your ability to continue your most critical business functions.

After-action reviews

Turn lessons observed into lessons learned

There are lessons to be learned from every activation of your business continuity plan. We’ll help you capture those lessons, and we’ll work with you to implement the required changes and continue to evolve your business continuity program and capability over time.

Business continuity managed service

Sustain your business continuity capability

We’ll help make sure your capabilities evolve with you through training, exercising, and program development and refreshment over a multi-year engagement.

Contact us

Edward Matley

Edward Matley

National Crisis & Resilience Leader, Partner, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 604 806 7634

Sarah Vakil

Sarah Vakil

Managing Director, Crisis & Resilience, PwC Canada

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