Resilience Services · Bangladesh
Business Continuity Planning in Bangladesh
Floods, power cuts, internet shutdowns, fires and cyber attacks will happen. We help companies in Bangladesh find their critical operations, set recovery targets, and write and test a business continuity plan that keeps customers served when something goes wrong.
When one route fails, work moves to the next, as planned and tested.
Definition
What Is Business Continuity Planning?
Business continuity planning is the process of finding the operations a company cannot stop, deciding how fast each one must recover after a disruption, and preparing tested steps, people and backup resources to keep them running or restore them in time.
It covers the whole business: people, premises, technology, suppliers and communication. Disaster recovery is the IT part of it, focused on restoring systems and data.
In July 2024, Bangladesh lost mobile internet for about ten days and broadband for about six. Companies with a second connection, offline procedures and a clear call tree kept working. Many others simply stopped.
- 18 JulInternet cut
- 24 JulBroadband back
- 28 JulMobile back
The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh estimated Tk 14 billion in e-commerce losses in the first 10 days alone.
Sources: Wikipedia, 2024 Bangladesh internet blackouts; The Financial Express, 28 Dec 2024Know your risks
Disruptions a Bangladesh Plan Must Cover
Every plan starts with the threats that are real for your sites and your sector. This is how they often look for an office or factory in Bangladesh.
Key terms
Four Terms Every Continuity Plan Uses
These four numbers drive every decision in the plan, from backup frequency to how many spare laptops you keep.
A study of each business process that shows what happens, and how much it costs, if the process stops for an hour, a day or a week.
The longest time a process or system can be down before the damage becomes unacceptable. Example: payroll RTO of 48 hours.
How much data you can afford to lose, measured in time. An RPO of 4 hours means backups at least every 4 hours.
The point after which the business may not survive the disruption. Every RTO must be shorter than this.
How we work
From First Interview to Tested Plan
We follow the business continuity cycle used in ISO 22301, the international standard for business continuity management, in a format that fits a Bangladesh business.
Typical shape for a mid-sized office. Your actual timeline is set after scoping.
What you get
A Plan People Can Actually Use
A continuity plan only works if staff can find the right page in the first hour of a crisis. We write short, action-first playbooks, keep printed and offline copies, and test them with your team.
Your plan also covers the vendors you depend on. See our third-party risk assessment, vendor cybersecurity assessment and fire, electrical and structural safety inspection services.
Your continuity plan
Six sections, one binder
Call tree and contactsWho calls whom, with backup numbers and offline copies.
Critical processes and RTOsRanked list from the BIA, with recovery targets.
Incident playbooksStep-by-step actions for floods, outages, shutdowns, fire and cyber attack.
IT recovery stepsBackups, second connections, cloud access and restore order.
Supplier fallbacksAlternatives for vendors you cannot work without.
Message templatesReady texts for staff, customers, buyers and regulators.
FAQs
Business Continuity Planning: FAQs
What is business continuity planning?
It is the process of finding the operations a company cannot stop, deciding how fast each must recover after a disruption, and preparing tested steps, people and backup resources to keep them running or restore them in time.
What is the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?
Disaster recovery focuses on restoring IT systems and data. Business continuity covers the whole business, including people, premises, suppliers, customers and communication. Disaster recovery is one part of a continuity plan.
What is a business impact analysis?
A business impact analysis, or BIA, studies each process to show what happens and what it costs if that process stops. It sets the recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) for each process.
Is there a standard for business continuity?
Yes. ISO 22301 is the international standard for business continuity management systems. The current edition is from 2019, with an amendment in 2024 that adds climate change considerations. We can align your plan with it. Certification is issued by accredited certification bodies.
What risks should a business continuity plan in Bangladesh cover?
Most plans cover floods and cyclones, power outages, internet shutdowns, political unrest and transport disruption, fire, cyber attacks such as ransomware, loss of key staff, and failure of critical vendors.
How often should a business continuity plan be tested?
A common practice is to test it at least once a year and after any major change to your people, sites or systems. Tests can range from a short discussion exercise to a full switch to backup arrangements.
Do small and medium businesses need a continuity plan?
Yes. Smaller firms often have fewer backups and less cash to survive a long disruption. Their plans can be shorter and simpler, focused on a few critical processes.
How much does a business continuity plan cost?
It depends on the number of sites, processes and systems in scope. We give you a written fixed quote after a short scoping call.
Be Ready Before the Next Disruption
Tell us about your sites, teams and the systems you cannot work without. We will scope the plan with you and give you a written fixed fee before any work starts.
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