e) address the potenal impacts of incidents that could lead to operaonal disrupons.
f) eecvely reduce disrupon impacts through the implementaon of suitable soluons.
g) dene roles and responsibilies for execung tasks within the plans.
13.4.2 Response structure.
13.4.2.1 The organizaon shall implement and maintain a structure, idenfying one or more teams responsible for
responding to disrupons.
13.4.2.2 The roles and responsibilies of each team and the relaonships between the teams shall be clearly stated.
13.4.2.3 Collecvely, the teams shall be competent to:
a) evaluate the nature, scope, and potenal impact of disrupon.
b) compare the impact against predened thresholds to determine if a formal response is warranted.
c) iniate an appropriate business connuity response when necessary.
d) plan and coordinate the necessary response acons.
e) establish response priories, with the health & safety of people as the highest priority.
f) connuously monitor both the disrupon and the eecveness of the organizaon’s response.
g) deploy business connuity soluons as required.
h) communicate eecvely with relevant stakeholders, authories, and the media.
13.4.2.4 For each team there shall be:
a) personnel, along with designated alternates, must be idened and assigned with the appropriate responsibility,
authority, and competence to fulll their specic roles.
b) documented procedures must be in place to guide their acons, including protocols for acvaon, operaon,
coordinaon, and communicaon during the response.
13.4.3 Warning and communicaon.
13.4.3.1 The organizaon shall document and maintain procedures for:
a) communicate internally and externally with relevant stakeholders, specifying what informaon will be shared, when,
with whom, and through which channels.
b) receive, document, and respond to communicaons from interested pares, including alerts from naonal or regional
risk advisory systems or their equivalents.
c) ensure communicaon tools and channels remain operaonal during a disrupon.
d) support structured and coordinated communicaon with emergency response teams.
e) outline the organizaon’s media response following an incident, including a dened communicaon strategy.
f) maintain records of the disrupon, including acons taken and decisions made.
13.4.3.2 Where applicable, the following addional measures should be considered and implemented:
a) nofy stakeholders who may be aected by an actual or potenal disrupon.
b) ensure eecve coordinaon and communicaon among mulple responding organizaons.
c) conduct regular exercises of the warning and communicaon procedures as part of the organizaon’s overall exercise
program.