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29 May 2008

BSI Management Systems has become a Business Continuity Institute (BCI) industry partner as part of its ongoing efforts to raise the profile of business continuity management (BCM) as a discipline and to promote corporate excellence in the delivery of BCM. The BCI is a not-for-profit association founded in 1994 to enable members to obtain guidance and support from fellow business continuity practitioners. Professional membership of the BCI demonstrates competence to carry out BCM to a consistent high standard.

"It's important that corporate excellence in BCM is adopted more widely throughout the public, private and not-for-profit sectors," says Paul Lanham, global marketing manager, BSI Management Systems. "Our own BCM standard, BS 25999, offers clear-cut guidance to organisations hoping to achieve this level of best practice and to ensure their business is prepared for any eventuality."

"Successful business leaders are risk takers and they might see BCM as a constraint on their entrepreneurial approach," adds Lyndon Bird, technical director of the BCI. "However, business continuity helps protect your brand, your image and your market share. It can also offer higher service levels that attract new clients and give much greater confidence to your existing ones".

"The BCI Partnership encourages organisations to aim for corporate excellence in the implementation of BCM," Byrd adds. "Organisations that manage to achieve this have a more robust understanding of their business and are often better equipped to deal with 'business as usual' as well as rising to the challenge of dealing with and overcoming incidents in an efficient manner."

For more information on BCM certification: www.bsigroup.com/may08bcm

For more information on BCI Partnership: www.thebci.org/industrysuppliers.htm

© British Standards Institution 2008. This article was first published on BusinessStandards.com, BSI Group's online corporate magazine, in July 2008. It has been reproduced here with permission.