Stop a Crisis from
Becoming a Business Collapse.
Regulators no longer accept verbal assurances. DORA and NIS2 require documented, tested resilience capabilities. We build the business continuity plans, crisis playbooks, and recovery architectures that keep you operational — and compliant — when disruption strikes.
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This is the reality without a tested plan
We build the BCP before the crisis hits
A Plan That Was Never Tested Is Not a Plan.
96% of organisations experience at least one significant disruption every three years. Most have a continuity plan that was written once, filed, and never touched. The first real crisis reveals every gap — and by then, it is too late.
Your BCP Collects Dust
Most business continuity plans are written once and filed. They reference outdated contacts, obsolete systems, and processes that no longer exist. An untested BCP is not a safety net — it is a false sense of security.
DORA & NIS2 Demand Documented Proof
Regulators no longer accept verbal assurances. DORA requires financial entities to demonstrate tested operational resilience. NIS2 mandates continuity measures for essential and important entities. A plan that exists only in someone's head is not compliance — it is liability.
The First 72 Hours Determine Everything
DORA sets a 24-hour notification window for major ICT incidents. Without pre-built communication protocols, decision-making trees, and stakeholder notification lists, your leadership team improvises — under extreme pressure, in front of regulators.
Legacy BCPs Were Not Built for Cyber Incidents
45% of significant business disruptions today originate from cyber attacks. Traditional business continuity planning was designed for physical disasters — not ransomware, data breaches, or AI-assisted attacks. If your BCP lacks a cyber-specific playbook, it covers less than half your risk.
Resilience Is Not a Document. It's a Capability.
We build the plans, the playbooks, and the muscle memory — so your organisation responds to disruption with confidence, not chaos.
Business Continuity Planning
We conduct a Business Impact Analysis, define Recovery Time and Point Objectives, and build a practical continuity plan that your team can actually execute — not just file.
- •Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- •RTO & RPO definition per process
- •Work area & supply chain continuity
Crisis Management Framework
We design your crisis command structure, decision-making protocols, and stakeholder communication plans — including pre-written board, media, and regulator notifications for every major scenario.
- •Crisis team roles & escalation paths
- •Pre-written regulatory notifications
- •Board & media communication protocols
Disaster Recovery Planning
We translate continuity strategy into technical recovery architecture — system prioritisation, data backup procedures, cloud-based failover, and validated recovery time targets.
- •IT recovery architecture design
- •Data backup & failover strategy
- •Recovery time validation
Cyber Resilience Planning
We extend your BCP to cover the threats most likely to trigger it: ransomware, data breaches, and supply chain attacks. Includes incident response integration and digital forensics readiness.
- •Ransomware recovery playbooks
- •Data breach response procedures
- •Cyber-BCP integration
Supply Chain Resilience
We map your critical supplier dependencies, assess their continuity posture, and build alternative sourcing and logistics contingency plans — so a vendor failure does not become your failure.
- •Critical supplier dependency mapping
- •Vendor continuity assessment
- •Alternative sourcing contingency
Exercise & Testing Programmes
A plan no one has practised is a plan that will fail. We design and facilitate tabletop exercises, functional drills, and full-scale crisis simulations — then capture lessons learned to close remaining gaps.
- •Tabletop & functional exercises
- •Full-scale crisis simulations
- •Post-exercise gap closure
We Have Managed
Real Crises. Not Just Plans.
Our team has sat in the crisis room — not as consultants observing, but as decision-makers executing. We combine battle-tested crisis management experience with deep DORA and NIS2 regulatory expertise. The result is not a document that impresses auditors. It is a capability that keeps you operational.
| Subject | Standard Approach | NPS BCM |
|---|---|---|
| Crisis response | Improvised under pressure | ✓ Pre-rehearsed playbooks |
| DORA/NIS2 evidence | ✕ ✗ Not documented | ✓ Audit-ready evidence trail |
| Recovery testing | ✕ ✗ Never formally tested | ✓ Annual exercise programme |
| Cyber incident coverage | ✕ ✗ IT-only response | ✓ Business-wide cyber resilience |
| Board & regulator comms | Ad hoc, under pressure | ✓ Pre-written notification protocols |
Frequently Asked Questions about BCM
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) covers the full organisational response to any type of disruption — people, processes, facilities, and communications. Disaster Recovery (DR) is a subset focused specifically on restoring IT systems and data. A mature BCM programme encompasses both, ensuring that when systems recover, the business can actually resume operations.
DORA (Article 11) requires financial entities to have documented ICT business continuity plans, tested at least annually, with defined Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives. It also mandates crisis communication plans and documented lessons learned. NIS2 requires essential and important entities to implement continuity measures proportionate to their risk profile, including supplier dependency management. Both regulations require documented evidence — verbal assurances are not sufficient.
DORA requires annual testing for ICT continuity components. Best practice recommends: tabletop exercises quarterly for the crisis team, functional drills at least annually for key business units, and a full-scale simulation every 18–24 months. Testing frequency should increase after significant organisational or infrastructure changes, or following a real incident.
Yes — but most internal BCPs suffer from two problems: they are written by people too close to day-to-day operations to challenge assumptions, and they are never independently tested. An external perspective ensures the plan reflects realistic scenarios, not the ones your team is comfortable imagining. Our role is to challenge, validate, and build what will actually work under pressure.
A Business Impact Analysis and initial BCP development for a mid-market organisation typically starts from €25,000–€40,000. Full crisis management framework development, including exercises, ranges from €40,000–€80,000. DORA or NIS2 compliance-aligned programmes are scoped individually. We are happy to conduct a free resilience maturity assessment before any commitment.
The Crisis Is Coming. The Question Is Whether You Have a Plan.
Regulators are not asking whether you have experienced a disruption. They are asking whether you are prepared for one. Let us build that preparedness — before it matters.
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