This generic framework highlights several opportunities for improving an organisation’s resilience:
1 Reducing the likelihood that recoverable limits will be exceeded (risk management).
2 Moving the boundaries which define the recoverable limits for the organisation (business
continuity planning).
3 Reducing the response time to recognise that change or action is needed (situational
awareness).
4 Improving the speed and capability of the organisation for responding to change (creativity
and responsiveness).
Resilience Management brings together existing risk management and business continuity
planning into a common framework; combining a strategy of managing identified risks with an
ability to respond effectively when a crisis actually happens; irrespective of whether or not that
event has been previously identified as a risk.