Business continuity plan

(BCP).

A business continuity plan is a clearly defined and documented plan for use at the time of a business emergency, event, incident or crisis.

Typically a plan will cover all key personnel, resources, services and actions required to manage the business continuity management (BCM) process.

See also

• BCM
• Business impact analysis
• Contingency plan
• CBI
• Cyber attack
• Cyber security
• Cyberspace
• Financial stability
• "Contingency planning for a downturn in the economy: a treasurer’s checklist" (https://www.treasurers.org/contingencyplanning). This is really a general pre-crisis treasury planning briefing and also discusses the impact on a firm's general business.