Standards Review / Accreditations

Standards Reviews / Accreditations:

PBG will make sure that your organization has the proper infrastructure in place to develop, support, and maintain viable Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Data Security and / or Network Security programs.

PBG performs benchmarking analysis of your program against industry standards, best practices, legislative mandates, and unique client requirements.

Our top-notch staff can ascertain how well your program is currently working and offer recommendations for improvement, emphasizing the three key elements of efficiency, effectiveness, and economy.

Together we will decide which standards apply to your organization. Below is a partial list of the more common standards used; however, industry-specific and corporate / government standards and guidelines can also be included. 

• 2008 Hospital Emergency Management Compliance

• 802.11 Wireless Network Security Standards & Mechanisms

• AF CON (Certificate of Net worthiness)

• BCI Good Practice Guidelines 2007 (UK)

• BS 25999-1:2006 British Standard (UK) - replaces PAS 56:2003

• BS ISO/IEC 17799:2005  -  Code of practice for information security management

• CIP-002-1 through CIP-009-1 Cyber Security Standards

• Continuity of Government (COG)

• Continuity of Operations (COOP) 

• DITSCAP / DIACAP

• Emergency Management Standards

• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2

• Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

• FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)

• Generally Accepted Business Continuity Practices - Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ)

• HB 221:2004 - Business Continuity Management

• HB 292 /293:2006 Business Continuity Management Handbooks (Australia)

• Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

• Internet Security Guidelines

• ISO/IEC 17799 Security Standards series - ISO 27001 and ISO 27002

• ISO/IEC 27031 Information technology - Security techniques - (draft)

• NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business

• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

• OASIS Web Services Security (WSS)

• PCI Security Standards

• Professional Practices for Business Continuity Professionals - Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII)

• Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)

• SP 800-123, Guide to General Server Security

• Spring TR19:2005 Technical Reference for Business Continuity Management (Singapore)