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Business Continuity subscription

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Business Continuity Audit subscription includes and allows organisations to:
– Unlimited number of Audits
– Month by month subscription
– Self-Paced Audit
– Over 350 questions
– Includes 3 users
– Audit Report Generation
– Hosted In Microsoft Azure in Australia
– Maintain records of Previous Audits
– Customisable references per company
– Multiple Dashboards
– Part of BC360 Framework

Importance of Business Continuity Audit Subscription

Having a Business Continuity Audit subscription enables organisations to perform multiple audits (during their active subscription) which will bolster their Business continuity management efforts. Business Continuity self-audit will give the organisation an insight into their maturity, provide feedback as to what is working in the plan and what needs improvement. A comprehensive Business Continuity Plan (BCP) audit provides objective feedback that can improve a business continuity plan with actionable changes and updates.

For a successful Business Continuity Plan Audit we need:

Audit team, consisting of internal staff or external consultants that can be supported by our self-audit tool. If the team members involved are familiar with the business continuity process the results will be more accurate
Documentation, Business impact analysis, risk assessments and established business continuity/disaster recovery/incident response plans provide integral audit information
Guidance, Standards and general industry best practices can guide your audit to ensure that all of your bases are covered and your business continuity plan meets all the requirements for your organisation
Interviews, Conducting interviews with staff familiar with the business continuity process can add significant insights to an audit.
Actionable results, Once your audit is complete, your findings should provide you with the next steps for improving your business continuity plan an getting ready for your next audit.
Source: TechTarget

BC360 Business Continuity audit enables the organisations to do the following:

In terms of responding to ICT risks, according to LIFARS, the importance of IT audits subscription includes two levels. Firstly to prevent risks: IT audits can help companies identify and prevent risks in the IT systems that support the business. Certainly, it helps companies audit IT systems to avoid possible risks from external compliance.

Secondly an information technology audit, or information systems audit, is an examination of the management controls within an Information technology (IT) infrastructure. However the evaluation of obtained evidence determines if the information systems are safeguarding assets, maintaining data integrity. Consequently it also provides an indication if they are operating effectively to achieve the organisation’s goals or objectives.

How often do I need to do the ICT Audit?

Most importantly it is recommended and is a best practice to undertake periodic external reviews of ICT. The review should consider efficiency, costs, service levels, risk profile and business alignment. Lastly, these may include a full ICT Audit and Review or specific components of ICT. ICT Audit subscription is offered on a month-by-month or annually term. Regardless of the term of your subscription you can undertake an audit whenever you wish. As a result of that and following our self-audit tool you could do a quarterly audits.

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BC360: Continuous Improvement

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– Month by month subscription
– Unlimited number of CI’s
– Includes 3 users
– Great add-on for any of the Audits
– Add CI straight from the Audit Report
– View Own, Logged, Associated, On Hold, Closed and older then 30 days
– CI Dashboard
– CI History
– Print CI Details and History
– Hosted In Microsoft Azure in Australia
– Customisable references per company
– Multiple Dashboards
– Part of BC360 Framework

CI subscription offers a month-by-month or annual basis.

Continuous Improvement

Also called CI, is the ongoing improvement of products, services or processes through incremental and breakthrough improvements. These efforts can seek “incremental” improvement over time or “breakthrough” improvement all at once.Source: ASQ

Phase 1 “Plan”: Plan for change and identify improvement opportunities.
Phase 2 “Do”: Implement changes identified.
Phase 3 “Study”: Check to determine if the change had the desired outcome.
Phase 4 “Act”: If successful, implement across the organization and process Continuous improvement: A subset of continual improvement, with a more specific focus on linear, incremental improvement within an existing process. Some practitioners also associate continuous improvement more closely with techniques of statistical process control. Source: ASQ

Hosted in Azure in Australia

Firstly, BC360 provides a cloud based SaaS tool. Given that users within any organisation can use to raise or identify an opportunity for improvement. Secondly, they can add selected CI to a Risk Matrix for easier tracking and reporting. Morover, CI’s can be added directly from any BC360 Audits by the Audit Reviewer or Company Admin.

In Conclusion, BC360 tool allows the usrs to see their own CI, CI’s they logged, Any that they are associated with, Closed or CI’s older than 30 days

In addition to CI subscription, Risk Matrix is another add-on that is part of the suit of apps in BC360 in Azure, Australia. Another key point is that we offer both 2D and a unique 3D view of risks with third factor being People, Time or Cost. As shown aboveboth the CI and Risk Matrix significantly improve the maturity of the organisation.

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ICT Audit subscription

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However Audit subscription alows organisations to:
– Over 150 questions
– Month by month subscription
– Unlimited number of Audits
– Includes 5 users
– Self-Paced Audit
– Audit Report Generation
– Hosted In Microsoft Azure in Australia
– Maintain records of Previous Audits
– Customisable references per company
– Multiple Dashboards
– Part of BC360 Framework

Importance of ICT Audit Subscription

Secondly an information technology audit, or information systems audit, is an examination of the management controls within an Information technology (IT) infrastructure. Hoever the evaluation of obtained evidence determines if the information systems are safeguarding assets, maintaining data integrity. Consequently it also provides an indication if they are operating effectively to achieve the organisation’s goals or objectives.

How often do I need to do the ICT Audit?

Most importantly it is recommended and is a best practice to undertake periodic external reviews of ICT. The review should consider efficiency, costs, service levels, risk profile and business alignment. Lastly, tThese may include a full ICT Audit and Review or specific components of ICT. ICT Audit subscription is offered on a month-by-month or annualy term. Regardless of the term of your subscription you can undertake an audit whenever you wish. As a result of that and following our self-audit tool you could do a quartely audits.

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