ASIS Int'l to Develop Business Continuity Management, Risk Assessment Standards
August 13, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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ASIS International will develop a business continuity management standard based on the ASIS Business Continuity Guideline and a risk assessment standard based on the ASIS General Security Risk Assessment Guideline.
The Business Continuity Management standard, based on the ASIS guideline, will include auditable criteria for preparedness, crisis management, business and operational continuity and disaster management.
The General Security Risk Assessment standard, based on the ASIS guideline, will provide a needed basis for the process involved in the objective analysis of the efficacy of risk management controls that protect an organization’s assets. It will address operational risks and not financial risks.
Both standards will use a management systems process approach using the plan-do-check-act model, said ASIS International.
In 2007, ASIS helped contribute to the process of developing both national and international standards in the security arena by way of its American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards Developing Organization status and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Liaison A status.
Next steps include the formation of ASIS standards committees that will begin the process of developing the standards, as well as letter balloting and ANSI public review.
Source: ASIS International.