Escalation

From Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) Wiki Glossary

1. Escalation is a provision that call for the intensification of communication within an organization of a event, emergency or incident which potentially may lead to a disaster or crisis. BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 2: Intermediate (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 4: Intermediate (DR)

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. The process by which an E/I/C is communicated upwards through an organization's Business Continuity and/or risk E/I/C management reporting process.

(Source: Business Continuity Institute - BCI)