Business Continuity Planning Pros and Cons

parentage Continuity Planning Pros and ConsAdvantages and Disadvantages of Business Continuity Planning In a Financial Organization chthonic the Incident Command SystemAbstractThis research paper is primarily focused on highlighting the specific pros and cons of a business continuity innovation that is used in a financial organization under the incident management system. The advantages associated with the use of incident command systems in a BCP in some(prenominal) financial organization are paramount including being able to inst both preventive and corrective measures that depose either reduce partial or nail impact in cases of disruptions. However still there exist some cons associated with its usage i.e. fast amounts of time required for its implementation, asset acquisition and in close cases the size of the organization might hinder the implementation of an incident command system.IntroductionA business continuity plan is very critical in the facilitation of the smooth r unning of the organization or guidelines that can help recover from disruptions so ensuring the provision of attend tos even in cases of disturbances. The process focuses on mind and identification of all the potential flagellums that might disrupt service delivery and their potential impacts with the aim of creating measures to ensure the resilience of the system. Technology should enable recovery of applications from disruptions and separate critical data through the misfortune recovery plan. An incident command system is the technical developments for a given party that entails its main functionality being to justify the impacts of the unforeseen incidents that can result in loss of critical data. Business continuity planning are corrective measures established in an organization or an institution to govern the daily and future activities within it (Ramakrishnan et al., 2015).These measures are for ensuring that there is smooth running of the necessary activities. Failur e to establish the plan could lead to the company collapsing, low profit in the day to day sales or even shut down of the business which is a big loss to the business. Business continuity planning should be done to any organization that takes its customers or clients seriously. Continuous planning takes the owner of the business miles ahead of the other competitors within the alike field (Heng, 2015).AdvantagesI. During planning the potential of the business booming up is established plus the possible weaknesses and challenges the company might face are outlined and efficacious solution are established in advance.II. The main advantage that any financial institution stands to gain from the use of an incident command system is the susceptibility to identify potential threats and plan in advance hence avoiding suspension of critical financial operations. The threats might range from natural epidemics, cyber-attacks or just estimator failures as a result of hardware or software iss ues.III. The financial organization has increased abilities to maintain efficacious coordination and to maintain the response directions. Besides, the organization can gain insights on the importance of coordination of resources and the ability to identify the incident priorities.IV. The financial institution has a good platform for testing and reviewing the most likely threat hence allowing for coordination of BCP with external stakeholders.V. The long-term use of incident command systems is an advantage in itself as it leads to gaining of experience hence I the long run go out lead to higher efficiency in restoration and fast recoveries. However, the full implementation becomes a disadvantage as it is time-consuming.VI. The financial section of the organization if it implements the recovery systems well can work as a rivalrous advantage as it safeguards against financial losses of the organizationVII. Although this is later on stipulated as a disadvantage, it can still be an a dvantage. Incident command system can be used to accomplish tasks that people couldnt do in disaster habituated areas hence preventing payment disorder whereas reducing the risks associated with miscommunication between the responder.VIII. Embracing the current evolution computing technology brings efficient fast and timely delivery of the service given by the organization. This can help in record keeping and monitor the business activities.IX. Business continuity planning helps one in soft touch the best insurance cover that matches the criteria of business. The cover is of great help in case of disasters like fire or thefts or any other disaster that could strike the organization.X. Business continuity planning helps one building best platforms for marketing and branding of the business and products.one is in a position to establish the effective and most suitable mode of reaching out that is fault tolerant and can assure customers of uninterrupted service delivery.XI. The targ et audience is created. He/she is in a position to outline the reach people or group one is aiming at. This helps one avoid going out of the set individuals.DisadvantagesFailure to do business continuity planning one is at a significant risk of eitherI. The implementation process is often considered as tedious hence requiring professionals to handle it. Besides the organization has to employ qualified personnel to handle that. No business intends to invest heavily in preparing for unknown threats as they sooner wait for it to happen then defend (Systems, 2012).II. The process of using incident command systems as a business continuity planning tool is both(prenominal) costly and time-consuming. This may lead to over investment of funds that could have otherwise been dedicated to other business operations.III. Business collapsing or failure that is as a result of poor management skills, techniques, and evaluation techniques. Hence, one is not in a position to establish the coming dan ger and ends up regretting the already outcome.IV. The death of individuals could occur after the fire, building collapsing where the insurance covers have been ignored, have not been implemented by professionals or due to lack of adequate testing of the possible scenarios.ConclusionsThe implementation of a business continuity plan through incident command systems has been faced with numerous advantages and disadvantages. Some of the benefits include response, recognition of threats, competitive benefits, coordination mechanisms, experience and an excellent testing platform with the option testing and reviewing. The main disadvantages include the need for specialized skills in handling the recovery systems. In gain to this, small businesses cannot implement the system as this may result in losses through maintenance cost. However, analysis of the pros and cons suggests that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. All this indicates the importance for all financial institutions t o implement the incident command system as part of the business continuity plan (Drennan, 2014).ReferencesDrennan, L., McConnell, A., Stark, A. (2014). Risk and crisis management in the public sector. second ed. Routledge Taylor Francis Group London and New York.Heng, Goh Moh. (2015) Business Continuity Management Planning Methodology. International Journal Of Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity, vol 6, 2015, pp. 9-16. Science And Engineering seek Support Society, doi10.14257/ijdrbc.2015.6.02.Ramakrishnan, R. K., Viswanathan, S. (2015). The Importance of Business Strategy in Business Continuity Planning. The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, 31-35. doi10.1002/9781119205883.ch3Systems, S. (2012) The CEOs Guide to while Planning Managing Risk Ensuring Business Continuity. SSRN Electronic Journal. http//dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1633523