Internal context

1. Internal context is ....

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. Governance, organizational structure, roles and accountabilities;

• policies, objectives, and the strategies that are in place to achieve them;
• the capabilities, understood in terms of resources and knowledge (e.g. capital, time, people, processes, systems and technologies);
• information systems, information flows and decision-making processes (both formal and informal);
• relationships with, and perceptions and values of, internal stakeholders;
• the organization's culture;
• standards, guidelines and models adopted by the organization; and
• form and extent of contractual relationships.

[ISO Guide 73:2009, definition 3.3.1.2]

(Source: ISO 31000:2009 – Risk Management — Principles and Guidelines) - clause 2.11