Reduce

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

1. Reduce refers to the positioning and implementation of measures and activities to lessen the impact of adverse incidents occurring in an organization. Related Terms: Business Continuity Life Cycle,Disaster Recovery Life Cycle. BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 1: Foundation BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 4: Intermediate (DR)

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. Activities,tasks,programs and systems developed and implemented prior to an emergency that are used to support the prevention of,mitigation of,response to and recovery from emergencies.

(Source: NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs, NFPA 1600:2007)

3. Activities to avoid an incident or to stop an emergency from occurring.

(Source: NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs, NFPA 1600:2007)