BS 25999 certification survey

The deadline has now passed for taking part in the consultation process for Part One of BS 25999, the British Standard for Business Continuity Management. This is now due for publication in October or November 2006 and will, according to the British Standards Institution, ‘establish the process, principles and terminology of business continuity management, providing a basis for understanding, developing implementing and maintaining business continuity within an organization and to provide confidence in the business, as well as business-to-business and business-to-customer dealings.’

Work on Part Two of the standard is underway. Part Two will be the control framework, enabling companies who wish to comply with BS 25999 to either ‘self-declare’ or, once assessors are trained, to be audited on their compliance to the standard. A certification scheme will need to be developed to enable organisations to be independently audited and certified against the requirements of the standard. Part Two is scheduled for publication early in 2007.

You can help influence the development of the certification scheme by taking part in the following survey, which is being handled by Continuity Central on behalf of BSI and with the support of the Business Continuity Institute. The results will be collated by Continuity Central and used by BSI and the Business Continuity Institute.

Please take a few minutes to answer the questions below:

About you
Name
Job Title
Company
How large is your organisation?
What is your main industry sector?
Where is your head office located:

Business continuity management within your company
Are you aware of the development of BS 25999?	Yes No
Were you aware of PAS 56?	Yes No
(The Publicly Available Specification on BCM developed by the British Standards Institution and the Business Continuity Institute in 2003 which BS 25999 is superseding and replacing)
Have you purchased a copy of PAS 56?	Yes No Don't know
Did you change your BCM practices in line with PAS 56?	Yes No Don't know
Does your company comply with other available standards and requirements related to business continuity?	Yes No Don't know If so, which standards? Type here: Is your company certified or registered to any of the above standards? Yes No Don't know Type here:
Are you likely to purchase a copy of BS 25999?	Yes No Don't know
If so, are you likely to change your BCM practices in line with BS 25999?	Yes No Don't know If so, what advantages would you hope to achieve? Type here:
Do you wish to see a formal certification scheme for BS 25999?	Yes No Don't know If so, what benefits do you perceive from a formal certification scheme? Type here: Would you expect to see this scheme independently accredited e.g. by the UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service)? Yes No Don't know If so, would you expect to see only Registered Certification Bodies to be allowed to audit and certify to such a scheme? Yes No Don't know
Would your company be interested in taking part in a pilot scheme for certification to BS 25999?	Yes No Don't know
	You have come to end of the survey. Thank you for your participation.