Operational continuity refers to the ability of a system to continue working despite damages, losses, or critical events. In the
Human Resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ' ...
and Organizational domain, including
IT, it implies the need to determine the level of
resilience
Resilience, resilient, or resiliency may refer to:
Science
Ecology
* Ecological resilience, the capacity of an ecosystem to recover from perturbations
** Climate resilience, the ability of systems to recover from climate change
** Soil resilien ...
of the system, its ability to recover after an event, and build a system that resists to external and internal events or is able to recover after an event without losing its external
performance management
Business performance management (BPM) (also known as corporate performance management (CPM) enterprise performance management (EPM),) is a management approach which encompasses a set of processes and analytical tools to ensure that a business o ...
capability. Organizational Continuity is achieved only with specific
corporate planning. In the material domain, it determines the need to adopt redundant systems, performance monitoring systems, and can even imply the practice to cannibalize or to remove serviceable assemblies, sub-assemblies or components from a repairable or serviceable item of equipment to install them on another, in order to keep the external system performance active.
[North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO Standardization Agency AAP-6 – Glossary of terms and definitions, p. 188.] Operational continuity may be referred to single systems, single individuals, up to teams or entire complex systems such as
IT infrastructures, implying the ability of an organization or system to continue to provide its mission.
See also
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Business continuity
Business continuity may be defined as "the capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident", and business continuity planning (or business continuity ...
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Disaster response
Disaster response refers to the actions taken directly before, during, or immediately after a disaster. The objective is to save lives, ensure health and safety, and meet the subsistence needs of the people affected.UNGA (2016)Report of the open- ...
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Emergency management
Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actu ...
References
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External links
National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-34: Contingency Planning Guide for Information Technology SystemsThe Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI), 2017.
Business continuity
Information technology
Systems theory