Title: Risk catalogue as a software tool for supporting the business continuity planning

Authors: David Rehak, Jiri Dvorak

Addresses: Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Lumirova 13, Ostrava-Vyskovice, CZ 700 30, Czech Republic. ' University of Defence, Kounicova 65, Brno, CZ 662 10, Czech Republic

Abstract: A software tool of risk management developed in support of organisation activities continuity planning is presented in this paper. The Catalogue of Risks (version 2.0) is the tool through which it is possible to record the identified risks in business, evaluate them and prioritise. Besides the description of this software tool, this paper also deals with the risk management process with focus on the subprocesses of risk identification, analysis and assessment.

Keywords: risk identification; risk analysis; risk assessment; catalogue of risks; risk recording; prioritisation; cataloguing; risk cards; map of risks; software development; continuity planning; Czech Republic; business continuity; risk management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBCRM.2010.033638

International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 2010 Vol.1 No.2, pp.187 - 196

Published online: 09 Jun 2010 *

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