The following glossary of terms relate specifically to Business Continuity.
We currently are developing a great module that will hold our glossory such as below:-
Terms in conjunction with BSI 25999 (draft paper)
The latest moment at which the decision to invoke emergency procedures has to be taken in order to ensure the continued viability of the enterprise.
A formal statement that a state of disaster exists.
Any accidental, natural or malicious event which threatens or disrupts normal operations, or services, for sufficient time to affect significantly, or to cause failure of, the enterprise.
The process of returning a business function to a state of normal operations either at an interim minimal survival level and/or re-establishing full scale operations.
A plan to resume, or recover, a specific essential operation, function or process of an enterprise.