Business Continuity Consulting

Continuity Of Business is all about process.

Our team is comprised of “process people”; the certifications we hold range from Six Sigma Black Belts, to CMDSM, and we believe that the basis of a sound continuity plan has its foundation in Six Sigma. These core business principles are based on the concept of “absence of defects”, and we believe that there is no more important an area where such a philosophy should be present. Our assessments encompass:

• Project initiation; (program sponsorship development)
• Risk evaluation, business impact analysis (business cost of an event)
• Strategy development
• Emergency response procedures
• Plan development (including process workflows for each element of plan)
• Training and maintenance (ensuring the plan is not left on the shelf)
• Crisis communication (internal and external to the organization)
• Public sector coordination (first responders)

To us disaster recovery is not only the physical loss of assets like real estate, hard or soft copy data, or lost time; it is also the intellectual assets that reside within key people in your organization. We treat the retention of those assets equally with the loss of the physical elements.

Our approach to Business Continuity planning follows the GAP (Generally Accepted Practices) published by organizations like Disaster Recovery Institute, British Standards Institution, and ASIS International; and we have recently incorporated the release BS 25999 standards into each of our client engagements. When you enlist Atlantic Partners you can expect a comprehensive discovery, development, and planning process that will provide your organization with a toolset that includes critical supporting documentation such as process workflows, space planning, and Standardized Operating Procedures that support the overall Continuity Plan.