Assessment of third party supplier’s readiness for a business continuity incident

It is one of the prerequisites of any outsourcing arrangement to be able to satisfy oneself that the service provider will be able to continue to provide a full service for critical functions in the event of a business continuity incident. This is vital in order to protect the reputation of the client company, the service it provides and the information that it holds on behalf of clients. Using the proven expertise of our business protection specialists we can provide an audit and assessment for client companies of the readiness of their service providers to be able to cope with a business continuity incident and assist in running tests on that environment to establish the robustness of any continuity plans. In addition we can, on behalf of our clients, monitor changes that have been made as a result of any recommendations we make, through to completion. We can also, if required, involve our information risk management expertise to test for any breaches in the supplier’s technology environments which may affect the well being of data belonging to the client company or its clients and ensure that they comply with any data protection and information security regulations.