A Manager's Guide to Auditing and Reviewing Your Business Continuity Management Program

Book excerpt: This book aims to prepare novice and experience auditors on the process to audit a BC plan, BCM Program and BCM system. The content is written to focus on the planning and formulation of the audit plan. It is followed by the review, documentation, prioritization of audit reporting, preparation and corrective actions be taken, before and after an audit reporting. The reader is guided to conduct a typical BCM Audit. It includes the formulation of an audit plan, management of the entire audit activity and review process, be certain that the audit is carried out in a timely and economic fashion and oversee the quality of the audit as it progresses. The author has provided a complete set of templates and also a comprehensive list of BCM audit questionnaires to assist in the development of the standardized audit program. The content does not only apply the author's experience as a seasoned BCM practitioner, it also included his previous roles as both an internal and an external auditor specializing in BCM Audit.