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Business continuity management

Skill definition

Business continuity management helps mitigate risks to the disruption of an organisation or service, by identifying critical elements including information, assets and infrastructure, and then planning to ensure that the organisation or service can operate to the extent required in the event of a disruption.

Awareness

  • Describes the basic principles of business continuity management
  • Follows documented business continuity management principles and guidelines

Working

  • Explains the importance of business continuity management
  • Follows documented principles and guidelines for business continuity management activities with limited direction/supervision
  • Assists with the design, development and implementation of business continuity management
  • Assists with the implementation and execution of business continuity management

Practitioner

  • Leads business continuity management activities
  • Advises others on principles and guidelines for business continuity management activities
  • Leads teams designing, developing and implementing of business continuity management
  • Leads teams implementing and executing business continuity management
  • Promotes the sharing of business continuity management best practice

Expert

  • Leads business continuity management activities for an organisation
  • Promotes business continuity management principles and guideline
  • Advises others on business continuity management processes providing thought leadership to the field
  • Champions business continuity management best practice

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