Overview of
Organizational Resilience Management Software Tools
It is
important that organizational resilience and continuity management
systems be based on a strong and comprehensive risk assessment and
impact analysis process. This process also requires a straightforward
and manageable process for mapping the organization’s operational
components together. The ORMS software has a fast and unique methodology
for handling this mapping process so that the dependency levels of all
related components can be quickly established thereby enabling component
risk to be measured and reviewed across all critical operational
processes instantly. This mapping process then enables risk
assessment values and impact based recovery times to be cascaded easily
through all related operational components ensuring that the whole risk
management process is quick and easy to implement. The next stage is the
resilience strategy, crisis management and continuity planning that is
also supported within this fully integrated software. The risk process
measurement process is structured strictly in accordance with the
guidelines contained in ISO 31000.
ASIS
International has been promoting organizational resiliency concepts
since the publication of its OR Standard [ASIS SPC.1-2009] in March
2009. The OR standard was approved by ANSI in March 2009 and
subsequently recognized by the Department of Homeland Security as an
approved standard under the
Private Sector Preparedness (PS-Prep) program. These products offer
a strong focus on developing effective resiliency through prevention and
protection strategies in line with the OR Standard and deliver all the features
normally expected from a quality continuity and crisis management
software suite. The software caters for all types and sizes of
organizations and delivers an exciting new approach towards meeting the
requirements of PS-Prep and strengthening the private sector
In support of these
initiatives and in order to assist US and international organizations to
achieve conformance with the OR Standard, ASIS have now launched an
exciting range of software tools designed to simplify the achievement of
these objectives.
Offering
a really low total cost of ownership, ASIS are delighted to launch a
range of highly affordable software that is easily upgradable and
scalable thereby providing an effective and practical one-stop
solution to all resiliency, continuity and preparedness
requirements.
Developed in
collaborative partnership with Easy2solve, there are five products in
the ORMS 2010 suite.
These products provide practical features ranging
from support for the basic requirements of smaller organizations to
highly sophisticated resiliency functionality designed to satisfy the
most demanding requirements of professionals within the resiliency and
continuity industry. These products are described below:
The Toolkit is the first
product in the series and is designed to provide invaluable
implementation support for organizations seeking
conformance/certification with the OR Standard.
The ORMS Toolkit delivers the full content from the Standard together
with a range of tools and professional guidance to assist the User
identify gaps in the required level of conformance and to support the
development of suitable processes and procedures to remove those gaps in
a structured and controlled manner. Includes a self-assessment
conformance questionnaire and an implementation maturity model.
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The Entry Level is the
second product in the series and supports basic analysis and planning
for an ORMS. Includes full functionality from the Toolkit version plus
risk management and assessment to ISO 31000, comprehensive business impact analysis, and risk
treatment analysis, together with resilience and response planning.
Supports full mapping of all the organizations operational components
and provides automated calculations for RTO and criticality values.
Particularly suitable for small and medium sized organizations.
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The Intermediate is the
third product in the series and supports detailed analysis and planning
for an ORMS. Includes full functionality from the Entry Level version
plus deployment of manpower resources and alternate asset planning.
Deployment of people to take responsibility for various ORMS components
and response and recovery tasks is an important additional component in
this version which also includes the set up of a business unit
structure. The Intermediate is suitable for small and medium sized
enterprises wanting a more detailed ORMS and also larger organizations
with some resiliency / continuity experience.
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The Professional is the
flagship product in the ORMS software suite. It delivers enterprise-wide
resilience analysis and planning including full functionality from the
Intermediate version plus financial resources, resilience improvement
measures and a comprehensive incident manager. Delivering the unique
ability to measure and control ORMS competency levels and shortfalls,
the ORMS Professional supports the demanding requirements of larger
organizations who have dedicated expertise in-house or smaller
organizations wishing to achieve best practise.
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The final product
version is the Consultant that delivers multiple enterprise analysis and
planning and ORMS client management. Offering the full range of
functionality from the Professional version plus the ability to handle
multiple data sets for multiple clients. Suitable for consultants
looking after the resilience needs of multiple clients or for
organizations with multiple businesses within one group.
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