Draft Details

1.1 Scope

This Standard establishes criteria for an emergency and continuity management program.

1.2 Purpose

1.2.1 General

This Standard provides the requirements to develop, implement, evaluate, maintain, and continually improve an emergency and continuity management program for prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery of an incident.

1.2.2 Continual improvement process

The elements of a continual improvement process included in this Standard are

a) program management;

b) planning;

c) implementation;

d) program evaluation; and

e) management review.

1.3 Application

This Standard applies to all organizations.

1.4 Terminology

In this Standard, “shall” is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; “should” is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and “may” is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard.

Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.

Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements.

Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (nonmandatory) to define their application.