Analysis of «crisis» definition and basic aspects of business continuing planning concept

Abstract

The concept of business continuity management as a promising area of operational and strategic management determines the importance of protecting information resources in conditions of crisis. Thus, the main element of this concept is the concept of "crisis", but that is not clearly defined and varies depending on the field of science and technology. This article analyzed the known definitions of the term "crisis", in particular in the fields of economics, politics, medicine, psychiatry, management and other areas, which formed the basis for the definition within the concept of business continuity management. As well as the basic approach to periodization process of crisis management, approaches to the classification of crisis situations covered in the standards, practices and regulations of business continuity management and leading researchers in this field. In addition, a valid assignment of crisis management to a class in the structure of the management system of information security and defined their functional relationships with other protective systems, such as detection systems and intrusion prevention systems, analysis and risk assessment system antivirus protection, management information security incidents.