Most small business have little or no provision for contingency should their IT systems fail. Many use non-networked laptops (particularly, of course, “one-man bands”) and never take back-ups of the data on their computers.



The British Standards Institute (BSI) has launched an official code of practice so that companies can show it they are prepared for an IT disaster. It may be something worth considering for even the smallest firms.



The new standard will demonstrate that a firm has an effective strategy to deal with the loss of access to the internet or email or company data, which will help give confidence to business partners.



Mike Low, director of business standards at the BSI, said: “BSI’s latest standard in the area of continuity management focuses on the specific area of IT continuity that will help an organisation survive a crisis. We have brought together a wide range of expertise to produce a robust best practice guidance document which should help organisations, regardless of size, complexity or sector.”

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