Resilience

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

1. Resilience is the capability of an organization to continue its Minimum Business Continuity Objective, if not immediately then very quickly, when it has suffered a disaster or crisis. BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 7: Program Management CL 1: Foundation BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 7: Program Management CL 4: Intermediate (DR)

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. The ability of an organization to resist being affected by an incident.

(Source: British Standard BS25999-1:2006 Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management)

3. The ability of an organization to absorb the impact due to a risk occurrence and to continue to operate in such a way as to achieve its Minimum Business Continuity Objective.

(Source: Singapore Standard 540 - SS 540:2008)

4. The ability of an organization, staff, system, network, activity or process to absorb the impact of a business interruption, disruption and/or loss and continue to provide a minimum acceptable level of service.

(Source: Business Continuity Institute - BCI)