System and method for managing business continuity

A method for providing business continuity in an enterprise in the event of an emergency, the method comprising:

• collecting employee information with respect to employees of the enterprise, the employee information including at least the employee's name;
• storing the employee information in a database;
• activating an automated voice response unit during the emergency;
• receiving a phone call from an employee;
• verifying the employee's identity;
• and
• automatically storing in the database an indication that the employee has phoned the automated voice response unit.

A system for providing business continuity in an enterprise comprising:

• a user interface for interfacing with users of the system;
• at least one database server and at least one application server coupled to the user interface;
• and
• at least database and at least one application respectively coupled to the database server and the application server;
• wherein the system is programmed to:
• collect resource information, the resource information describing at least one resource used by the enterprise;
• store in the database, resource information describing the at least one resource;
• assess a criticality of the at least one resource;
• store the assessment of the criticality of the at least one resource in the database;
• store in the database, a recovery plan for recovery from a loss of use of the at least one resource;
• assess the recovery plan;
• storing, in the database, the assessment of the recovery plan;
• record in the database, results of testing the recovery plan;
• and
• provide status data from the database, wherein the status data comprises at least one of a status of:
• the collection of the resource data;
• the assessment of the criticality;
• the development of the recovery plan;
• and the testing of the recovery plan.

A system for providing business continuity in an enterprise in the event of an emergency, the system comprising:

• a user interface for colleting employee information with respect to employees of the enterprise, the employee information including at least the employee's name;
• a database for storing the employee information;
• and
• an automated voice response unit coupled to the database, wherein the automated voice response unit is activated during the emergency, receives a phone call from an employee, verifies the employee's identity and automatically stores in the database an indication that the employee has phoned the automated voice response unit.