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ANSI/ASIS Organizational Resilience Standard |
Dear Volunteer Leaders:
It is imperative that security management professionals voice their support for the ANSI/ASIS Organizational Resilience Standard as a preparedness standard in the PS-Prep Program by submitting comments to the Federal Register Public Notice/Docket ID: FEMA-2008-0017. Comments are due 11/15/09. As I have been saying all year, Standards and Guidelines are going to be written. We need to be at the table in a leadership role and this is our opportunity.
The following are instructions for submitting comments:
Some Points to consider:
- It is the only preparedness standard that takes an enterprise-wide view of risk management, enabling an organization to develop a comprehensive strategy to prevent when possible, prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from a disruptive incident.
- It is also the only preparedness standard that is 100% compatible with existing ISO management system standards (such as ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 27000 and ISO 28000), thus enabling a cost-saving integrated application.
- The choice of which standard to use should be what fits a company’s business and management style. They all help improve preparedness, so any of the three standards identified in the Federal Register should be adopted by the PS-Prep Program.
For additional informational points on the ANSI/ASIS Organizational Resilience Standard: http://www.asisonline.org/guidelines/or.xml.
DHS PS-Prep Program information can be found on: http://www.fema.gov/privatesectorpreparedness.
Sincerely,
Michael R. Cummings, CPP
ASIS President
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