BCR: Business Continuity and Recovery
Document Type
Code: BCR
Name: Business Continuity and Recovery
Domain: Risk & Governance
Abstract
This specification defines the Business Continuity and Recovery document type within the BSpec 1.0 Universal Business Specification Standard. It codifies continuity requirements, recovery objectives, and restart priorities for critical operations.
Purpose and Scope
Business Continuity and Recovery focuses on maintaining essential services during and after disruption events. It complements crisis (CRI-*) and incident operations (INC-*) with restoration planning and testing discipline.
Document Metadata Schema
yaml
---
id: BCR-{continuity-program}
title: "Business Continuity & Recovery — [Program Name]"
type: BCR
status: Draft|Review|Approved|Active|Deprecated
attribution_required: false
version: 1.0.0
owner: Continuity-Lead|Operations-Lead
stakeholders: [operations-team, security, IT, leadership-team]
domain: risk-governance
priority: Critical|High|Medium|Low
horizon: strategic
visibility: internal
depends_on: [CRI-*,OPS-*,INF-*]
enables: [INC-*,COM-*,GOV-*]
critical_services: [service, process, data, communication]
rto_minutes: [number]
rpo_minutes: [number]
recovery_priorities: [revenue, safety, legal, customer, brand]
test_cycle: annual|semi-annual|quarterly
---Continuity Architecture
- Business Impact Analysis: Criticality ranking by function and customer impact.
- Recovery Objectives: Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective definitions.
- Alternative Sites and Processes: Manual and fallback procedures.
- Vendor and dependency resilience: Third-party and infrastructure dependencies.
Governance and Testing
- Preparedness: Roles and readiness criteria.
- Testing Cadence: Simulation and failover drills.
- Plan Currency: Revision ownership and version control.
- Reporting: Readiness reporting and executive summaries.
Validation Checklist
- [ ] Critical services and recovery priorities are explicitly ranked.
- [ ] RTO/RPO targets are defined and measurable.
- [ ] Failover and recovery playbooks are maintained.
- [ ] Drill evidence and gaps are tracked for closure.