Business Continuity Management

Business continuity in an emergency

From strategy to practical resilience.

Cyberattacks, system failures, regulatory pressure: what truly protects your business in an emergency is not technology alone – but knowing what to do, who makes the decisions and how the organisation remains capable of acting.

adesso supports you every step of the way: from analysing your truly critical processes, through robust plans and trained teams, to technical safeguards at the touch of a button.

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When an emergency strikes, every minute counts – and every decision

A serious cyber attack or IT failure can cripple in minutes what you have built up over years. What matters then is not whether you have a contingency plan – but whether your organisation can work with it: whether responsibilities are clear, recovery priorities have been defined and the crisis management team has actually practised. This is precisely where adesso’s consultancy comes in.

  • Critical business processes have not been systematically assessed – no one knows which 20% of operations need to be secured first in an emergency.
  • IT recovery planning exists on paper – but restart sequences, dependencies between systems and realistic timeframes have never been validated.
  • In the event of a crisis, it is unclear who makes decisions, who communicates and who reports – improvising under maximum pressure is not a strategy.
  • Board members and senior management bear personal responsibility for their organisation’s ability to act – and must be able to demonstrate this to authorities, regulators and insurers in the event of doubt.

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The path to robust resilience – structured and practical

Business Continuity Management is not a one-off project – it is developed within a structured cycle that is regularly reviewed and refined. International standards such as ISO 22301 and the BSI Standard 200-4 describe this framework: from the initial scoping decision through analysis, design and implementation to regular exercises and audits that ensure the BCM remains up-to-date and effective.

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Initiation & Scoping

Why BCM? Clarify the scope and mandate and secure management buy-in before the work begins.

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Analysis & Strategy

Understand what is truly critical—which processes, systems, and dependencies matter most in an emergency.

03

Design & Documentation

Turning insights into plans—structured, accessible, and prepared to be effective in an emergency.

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Implementation

Building resilience into the organization—assigning roles, establishing procedures, and embedding accountability.

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Exercises, Audits & Improvement

Demonstrating effectiveness and continuously improving—through exercises, audits, and lessons learned.

adesso takes a pragmatic approach – step-by-step, focused and without unnecessary effort. The focus is on your Minimum Viable Company (MVC): the 20% of processes that cause 80% of the damage if they fail. On this basis, we work with you in three steps:

01 Analysis & Strategy

The results of the BIA are incorporated directly into the configuration of the Panic Button – critical processes, roles and escalation paths are stored as templates.

02 Plans & Documentation

The emergency manual, recovery plan and communication plans are stored in the Panic Button and are available at the touch of a button in an emergency – versioned, up-to-date and easily accessible.

03 Exercises & Training

Staff drills and live exercises are conducted directly within the Panic Button – your crisis team practises under realistic conditions in the environment that matters in an emergency.

We start where the need for action is greatest – focusing on your critical assets. A rollout to other areas takes place step by step, where appropriate.

The digital emergency switch: once the analysis is complete, press once

Good preparation requires a platform that actually works in an emergency. Based on the analysis and documentation we have developed, we configure the Panic Button – a globally patented cyber resilience platform. In an emergency, it activates a fully isolated Microsoft 365 fallback environment via Infrastructure-as-Code: within an hour, communication, war rooms and emergency plans are available – and your organisation remains manageable whilst the primary IT is being resolved.

This is how the Panic Button supports you at every stage:
  • 01 Analysis & Strategy
    The results of the BIA are incorporated directly into the configuration of the Panic Button – critical processes, roles and escalation paths are stored as templates.
  • 02 Plans & Documentation
    The emergency manual, recovery plan and communication plans are stored in the Panic Button and are available at the touch of a button in an emergency – versioned, up-to-date and easily accessible.
  • 03 Exercises & Training
    Staff drills and live exercises are conducted directly within the Panic Button – your crisis team practises under realistic conditions in the environment that matters in an emergency.

Further information on the Panic Button digital emergency switch.

Why adesso?

With adesso, you are choosing a partner who works with you to build genuine, robust resilience. In concrete terms, this means: we analyse your critical processes, develop robust emergency and crisis management structures, train your managers and ensure that well-rehearsed procedures are put in place that will hold up in an emergency. 100+ BCM experts, BSI and KRITIS experience, across all sectors, from a single source.

  • A focused approach to your critical assets – scalable to other areas where appropriate.
  • End-to-end from a single source: analysis, planning, exercises, technical implementation and ongoing operations.
  • Demonstrable resilience: robust reports for audits, insurers and regulatory authorities.

Take the first step – before others do it for you

NIS2, KRITIS, DORA and the current threat landscape make it clear: resilience is not an option, but a regulatory obligation. In a brief discussion, we’ll show you where you stand, what’s really missing and what a realistic next step looks like – without a major project, without overhead.

  • A clear view of your current resilience situation.
  • Scenario walkthrough: What would this look like in practice for your organisation?
  • Overview of effort, duration and costs.

Any questions?

There is no website or brochure which can replace a personal meeting to talk about your goals and topics. We are looking forward to an appointment on site.