Invocation

1. An Invocation is a formal notification or declaration to a both internal and external providers to deliver the agreed business continuity arrangements and services required to support the key products or services. (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute) 2. An act of declaring that an organization’s business continuity arrangements need to be put into effect in order to continue delivery of key products or services. (Source: ISO 22301:2012 – Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems - Requirements) - clause 3.23 3. Act of declaring that an organization’s business continuity plan needs to be put into effect in order to continue delivery of key products or services. (Source: AE/HSC/NCEMA 7000:2012) 4. An act of declaring that an organization's business continuity plan needs to be put into effect in order to continue delivery of key products or services. (Source: British Standard BS25999-1:2006 Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management)