Listed below are organisations, providing BCM products and services that have joined the BCI Partnership scheme as Industry Partners. Details on becoming an Industry Partner can be found at http://www.thebci.org/IndustryPartnerApplication.pdf

4C Strategies is a leading provider of risk management solutions and services in Scandinavia. As consultants and suppliers of software systems 4C provides clients with the tools to achieve better results and higher returns through strategic, tactical and operative solutions in the areas of risk, business continuity, crisis and exercise management.

4C anchors its methods on recognized international best practice and on years of experience from a multitude of industries and countries. Some 4C products for exercise and training management purposes, such as Exonaut and CrisisTrainer, are recognized as world leading systems in their field. 4C has offices across Scandinavia and conducts business in Europe, North America and the Far East.

Atkins Atkins Transport Resilience and Security Group is a provider of Business Continuity Management services in the transportation sector; within the areas of road, rail, aviation and maritime. Atkins provides a range of services, from the development of policy and strategy, audit and assessment, design of plans, training, exercising and maintenance. We have worldwide experience of delivering cost effective and innovative solutions to add benefits to you and your customers. We also provide Emergency / Contingency Planning and Security services to multiple clients worldwide.

For more information please contact Ian McLellan or Scott Hughes on 0121 483 5000 or scott.hughes@atkinsglobal.com

BSI Management Systems is one of the world’s largest certification bodies, with over 60,000 certified locations and clients in more than 100 countries. Operating through a global network, we provide assessment, certification and training services in all critical areas of management disciplines including Business Continuity. We are part of BSI Group, a global independent business services organization that inspires confidence and delivers assurance to customers with standards-based solutions. Originating as the world’s first national standards body, the Group has over 2,250 staff in more than 50 global offices.

BSI & BCM
BSI has pioneered the development of BCM standards withthe development of PAS 56 and more recently BS 25999. We have also created numerous BS 25999 related implementation and self-assessment tools and support publications along with comprehensive training courses. Demonstrating compliance with BS 25999 is available through independent third party certification.

BS 25999 certification
Interest in certification has been unprecedented. Organizations are very keen to demonstrate to others, particularly clients, that their BCM processes meet good practice. Furthermore, it is expected that certification will help organizations meet their contractual, legal and regulatory obligations while also assisting in the management of their supply chains. BSI Management Systems has already certified organizations against the requirements of BS 25999 and many companies are lining up to do the same.

Summary of services & solutions
• Information, guidance & advice
• Standards & publications
• Tailored customer events
• Training e.g. implementing, auditing
• Gap analyses & self-assessment tools
• Entropy Software™ enterprise solution
• Third-party auditing & certification

Business continuity management portal
BSI has recently launched a new portal promoting business continuity:
www.talkingbusinesscontinuity.com

Recent news:
- BSI receives prestigious award for business continuity services in Asia
- BSI announces new business continuity services in Singapore

Further information
Online: www.bsigroup.com/bs25999ms and www.bsigroup.com/bcm
Email: paul.lanham@bsigroup.com

Continuity Central is the global portal for business continuity news, information and jobs. Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to business continuity Continuity Central will meet your needs.

ContinuitySA ContinuitySA is the African Continent’s leading business continuity management company. ContinuitySA are highly skilled and experienced industry experts who can help clients prepare for and deal with any disaster or disruption to their business. ContinuitySA's services are focused on the provision of end-to-end, comprehensive business continuity planning; including risk management, business impact analysis, business continuity plans, crisis management planning, and the provision of IT and business recovery facilities, including office, contact centre and treasury dealing rooms. The company operates the largest recovery facilities in Southern Africa with each recovery centres specifically designed to offer clients a complete recovery capability.
ContinuitySA offers:
- Professional business continuity consultancy services
- Accredited training
- State-of-the-art recovery facilities
- High availability business continuity management solutions.

Crisis Solutions is Europe’s leading specialist provider of crisis readiness services. It is our core activity. We provide a range of services to improve an organisation’s crisis management skills, from workshops and training events to full crisis simulation exercises, where a virtual world is created giving participants the feel of a real crisis. We were also selected to write the authoritative book on Crisis Rehearsing for the BSI, “Exercising for Excellence”.

We work with major organisations throughout Europe to help them improve their ability to manage a crisis. Our client portfolio includes leading financial groups, insurance companies, manufacturing and retail market leaders, international property management, and air traffic control authorities. We work with Europe’s top organisations – all of them leaders in the field. Many of them have been clients for years. We pride ourselves on the quality of our service delivery and client satisfaction. 95% of all clients in the last 6 years have asked us to deliver additional services after our first assignment.

EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to its clients across many industries throughout the world. As a company’s trusted advisor, EDS provides best solutions for organisations to maximise the return on their IT investment. EDS's industry knowledge and wealth of experience allows it to address issues specific to its clients and its unmatched global infrastructure provides the capacity and capability to help ensure that it provides the best possible service. The EDS Business Continuity practices cover Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. With over 100 professionally certified staff, EDS provides business continuity support, consultancy and operational delivery across a global client base. Should you require further information please contact Stephen Nuttall. www.EDS.com

Garrison Continuity is an independent, specialist business continuity management consultancy. All of its consultants are members of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and over the past 12 years, Garrison has helped more than 150 organisations develop and implement high-quality business continuity programmes. The company’s clients – many of which are household names - come from a variety of industry sectors, including banking, insurance, media, communications, local and national government, transport, manufacturing and utilities. Garrison states: “We believe that, as our clients manage unique businesses, we should work in partnership with them, tailoring our services to meet their needs rather than delivering standard products. Consequently, our work spans the entire business continuity and crisis management spectrum, from risk identification and impact analysis through to planning, training and testing. The scale of our assignments ranges from providing independent advice and guidance at key points within a project to developing and implementing full business continuity management programmes.” To find out more, contact steven.garrod@garrisoncontinuity.com or telephone +44 (0)1933 666800.

HP provides proven strategies, services, and technologies to reduce your exposure and vulnerability, help protect your mission-critical operations against diverse downtime threats, and ease your recovery if an unforeseeable catastrophe strikes.

ICM Business Continuity Services Ltd

Consistent with its market-leading approach, ICM Continuity Service’s vision and professionalism have been recognized with a string of awards over the years, most notably with the coveted CIR Business Continuity Provider of the Year Award in both 2007 and 2008. In 2007 ICM also won Most Innovative Product of the Year for Disaster Cover Direct and in 2008 Mike Osborne, MD of ICM, was awarded Industry Personality of the Year.

As the UK’s fastest growing Business Continuity specialist, ICM delivers clients with an unrivalled level of service in business continuity planning and vendor neutral IT disaster recovery as well as consultancy services and high availability solutions. With 15 Business Continuity Centres across the UK, within just an hour’s drive of the majority of UK firms, all fully connected by a Gbit Ethernet network, ICM is at the forefront of UK business continuity provision. From replacement premises, Mobile Datacentres, standby IT and telephony systems through to professional BC planning and technical recovery expertise ICM offer 100% disaster recovery scenario coverage and support to companies across every business sector.

Find out more about ICM call 08448 63 00 63, email info@icm-continuity.co.uk or visit www.icm-continuity.co.uk

JBTGlobal is an independent specialist management and corporate advisory consultancy. JBT provides integrated business solutions for government and private sector clients.
- TRAINING
JBTGlobal delivers BCI Certificate Training through professionally qualified trainers and it is a founding Industry Partner of the BCI.
- CONSULTANCY AND ADVICE
Professional services offered include:
Risk Management
Corporate Security
Business Continuity Management
Regulatory Compliance Auditing
Crisis and Emergency Management
Project Management and Design
Business Intelligence and Investigation
Training.

LINK Associates For the last twenty two years, LINK has provide an integrated service for the management of corporate and organisational risk that include; programmes for strategic control during business continuity, corporate solutions to risk and emergent issues, crisis avoidance, building business continuity, emergency and incident management and response structures, evaluation testing and competence assessment, preparing and running crisis management exercises and tests. LINK is a BS 25999 Certificated Company. Provider of BCI approved training courses.

Latest news: LINK Associates forms new Division

NCC Group provides comprehensive, independent business continuity and disaster recovering planning services to a wide range of organisations across the public, private and not for profit sectors within our greater portfolio of consultancy and testing services. Our highly skilled and professionally qualified consultants bring with them many years’ consultancy experience and, in most cases, extensive experience as BC, security and IT managers in their own right, so we have a real understanding the issues you are facing. Importantly, we understand the close interrelationships between your business continuity needs and your information security requirements and your need to achieve best value. Unbiased and independent, we evaluate and propose the best solutions for you and guide you through the process, based on best-practice, PAS 56 (shortly BS 25999), and the BCI’s good practice guide. As well as being a gold sponsor of the BCI, NCC Group is also BS7799/ISO 27001 accredited.

Steelhenge – experts in organisational resilience. We provide end to end business continuity, crisis management and emergency planning services to a broad range of corporate clients internationally, as well as to UK Government Departments, local authorities, the European Commission and NGOs. We also deliver specialist services in energy & utility resilience and pandemic planning.

Steelhenge has particular expertise in the preparation of people to perform effectively in implementing business continuity and crisis plans and in communicating both internally and externally with stakeholders during crisis. Steelhenge is the UK’s leader in the delivery of bespoke training and exercises for staff at all levels from the strategic through the tactical to the operational.

We have real experience in designing effective exercises of all complexities to meet our clients’ needs from UK national events through Board level exercises to straightforward desktop ‘walk throughs’.

All our work is aligned with BS25999.

To find out more or request a brochure, please call Isobel Cockram on +44 (0) 1722 345470; ic@steelhenge.co.uk; www.steelhenge.com.

Strohl Systems has been providing tools necessary to build continuity plans, practice for disruptions and to prevail over disasters for nearly 20 years. We have been solely devoted to business continuity planning software and services since 1988. As a leader in the BCM industry, Strohl provides thought leadership as well as BCP software and consulting services to large and mid-sized organisations worldwide.. Products include LDRPS business continuity planning software, BIA Professional business impact analysis software, Incident Manager command center automation software, and NotiFind, an emergency notification system. These solutions are offered in licensed and On Demand platforms. Strohl Consulting Services can manage the entire BCP process or provide more strategic assistance. For more information visit www.strohlsystems.com, info@strohlsystems.com or telephone +44 (0) 1252 761316 or +1-610-768-4120.

SunGard Availability Services From assessing availability and continuity requirements to delivering answers via the company's Professional Services, Disaster Recovery and Managed IT Solutions; SunGard is confident that it is the only Information Availability provider that can provide comprehensive support for your infrastructure, people and data so your organisation is ‘always prepared, always ready and always on’.

WHITE PAPERS FROM INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS

- Windows desktop hardening datasheets (zip file)
- Various Siemens information papers (zip file)
- Information security policy papers (zip file)