Business Continuity Planning encompasses the management processes that identify potential threats that will impact on a business' ability to provide its customers with its products or services and the actions needed to ensure the immediate future following any major disruption.

Everyone involved in business has a duty of care in respect of the hazards it may cause to anyone.

To take it one stage further a business needs to be able to demonstrate that it is able to meet its service levels and will cope with disasters competently because it has planned to do so.