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Business Continuity Office Placement Within the Bank
BCO
• Ensures staff and building safety during an
event
• Provides consultative and support services
• Hosts regular tabletop top exercises for the
emergency responders and business areas
• Partners with external emergency response
agencies
• Manages Emergency Response Work Group
• Maintains Ban-wide plans including Pandemic
events
• Conducts annual training and awareness
campaigns for the Emergency Response Team
ERM
• Identifies,
assesses,
monitors, and
manages
operational risk
Technology
• Focuses on
technology and
disaster recovery
• The Bank’s Business Continuity Program is positioned within Corporate Group to maximize synergies
between services provided by the Business Continuity Office (BCO) and Real Estate (both departments
within the Enterprise Services and Resiliency Planning (ESRP) Function within Corporate
• IRT
• Contingency
Space Activation
• MC Support
•
Technology Testing
• Risk assessments
• Emerging risks
and current threats
Business Continuity*
Oversees the strategic vision for the
Bank’s BCP and ensures alignment
with 10 FRS Principles DRI
Professional Practices
Enhances the strategic vision for
the System business continuity
landscape
Leads staff awareness efforts
Provides on-going services to
support BC Community of Practice
Leads efforts related to the Bank’s
response to a contingency event
BCLT
Provides
strategic
direction for
Bank’s BCP
DRI # 1 –
Project Initiation
& Management
DRI # 2 – Risk
Evaluation & Control
DRI # 3 Business
Impact Analysis
DRI # 4 – Develop
Business Continuity
Strategies
DRI # 5 – Emergency
Response &
Operations
DRI # 10 –
Coordination With
Agencies
DRI # 9 – Crisis
Communications
DRI # 8 – Maintaining
& Exercising Business
Continuity Plans
DRI # 7 – Awareness
& Training Programs
DRI # 6 – Develop &
Implement Business
Continuity Plans
ESRP/ BCO
Business
Areas
Real Estate
•Supervises Fire Wardens and
emergency response teams
•Maintains building
infrastructure plans