Is your business vulnerable?

Businesses and organisations of all sizes are highly dependent on their networked IT infrastructure, as well as intangible assets such as customer and financial data. All are highly vulnerable to external and internal attacks. Having a comprehensive business continuity plan is essential to protect your organisation’s key assets – critical processes, systems, proprietary information and people.

A trusted partner

The depth and breadth of our experience means that BT:

Has one of the largest dedicated security and business continuity practices in the world.
Has over 30 members and certified practitioners of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII).
Was the first UK-based commercial organisation to have an internationally accredited Computer Emergency Response Team.
Provides a security firewall that continually protects against 75,000 viruses a month and 500,000 attempted network breaches every day.
Has been awarded the coveted ‘green mark’under the IT Health Check scheme run by the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG).
Has invested over £10 billion in our new resilient and highly available 21st Century IP Network.
Is a key provider of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure, and manages the secure data networks for 90% of the UK’s major financial institutions.

Individual solutions to individual problems

BT’s customised contingency plans bring you the benefits of:

Holistic business continuity

BT provides complete operational resilience and risk management by addressing all the layers of your business environment, including: critical processes, networks, platforms, data and applications, as well as your people.

International compliance

Our services are scalable, recoverable, secure, and designed to meet industry, governmental and global compliance requirements.

Operational resilience

By helping you clearly define and prioritise your business requirements, we can build availability and resilience into the continuity plan from the outset. This will keep your enterprise operational on a global scale, enabling you to resume critical business processes and functions rapidly in the event of a crisis.

Verified continuity

While a business continuity plan may appear on paper to meet the needs of the organisation, only regular rehearsing and testing will ensure that it delivers the desired results. That’s why BT rigorously tests every aspect and scenario of the Business Continuity solution we customise for your enterprise.

Meeting your needs

BT’s Business Continuity solutions provide:

Consulting and Professional Services – Business Continuity “Quick Start,” planning, testing, maintenance, and audit services.
Data Centre Services – a secure data centre environment for the hosting, management, back-up, storage, and archiving of mission critical applications, data, and IT services. This also facilitates world-class ‘high availability’ solutions.
Resilient Network Services – flexible and highly resilient bandwidth on demand, including converged networks.
Recovery Services – voice, data and IT services, and workplace recovery should your primary facilities become unavailable.

Substantial benefits

The BT approach covers every aspect of business continuity, from surveying existing measures to recommending and implementing new systems. This means that you can:

Benchmark against best practice measures and industry standards (e.g. BS25999).
Identify and resolve any weaknesses.
Ensure data safety and security.
Build a compelling business case for introducing a business continuity programme.
Resume business-critical processes quickly so that downtime is kept at absolute minimum.
Minimise losses in the event of a crisis.
Provide insurers with evidence to justify a reduction in premiums.
Strengthen your competitive position when approaching potential clients.

Next steps

The Business Continuity Quick Start is an ideal way of enhancing your business continuity capability and/or benchmarking against industry best practice. Contact your BT Account Manager for details.