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Acronyms	Description
ALE	Annualised Loss Exposure or Expectancy
BC	Business Continuity
BC Plan	Business Continuity Plan
BCC	Business Unit BCM Coordinator
BCCA	Business Continuity Certified Auditor
BCCE	Business Continuity Certified Expert
BCCP	Business Continuity Certified Planner
BCCLA	Business Continuity Certified Lead Auditor
BCCS	Business Continuity Certified Specialist
BCMBoK	Body of Knowledge
BCMS	Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
BCP	Business Continuity Planning
BIA	Business Impact Analysis
BRP	Resumption Planning
BU	Business Unit
CBA	Cost/Benefit Analysis
CBF	Critical Business Functions
CC	Crisis Communication
CCCE	Crisis Communication Certified Expert
CCCS	Crisis Communication Certified Specialist
CCCP	Crisis Communication Certified Planner
CL	Competency Level
CM	Crisis Management
CM Plan	Crisis Management Plan
CMCE	Crisis Management Certified Expert
CMCS	Crisis Management Certified Specialist
CMCP	Crisis Management Certified Planner
CMP	Crisis Management Planning
CMT	Crisis Management Team
COOP	Continuity of Support Plan
DA	Damage Assessment
DA Team	Damage Assessment Team
DR	Disaster Recovery
DR Plan	Disaster Recovery Plan
DR Team	Disaster Recovery Team
DRaaS	Disaster Recovery as a Service
DRCE	Disaster Recovery Certified Expert
DRCS	Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist
DRCP	Disaster Recovery Certified Planner
DRP	Disaster Recovery Planning
DRP Team	Disaster Recovery Planning Team
EOC	Emergency Operations Center
HA	High Availability
ICS	Incident Command Systems
IM	Incident Management
IM Plan	Incident Management Plan
IR	Incident Response
IR Plan	Incident Response Plan
MAD	Maximum Allowable Downtime
MAO	Maximum Acceptable Outage
MAOT	Maximum Acceptable Outage Time
MBCO	Minimum Business Continuity Objective
MTD	Maximum Tolerable Downtime
MTPD	Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption
NAS	Network Attached Storage
OEP	Occupant Emergency Planning
PD	Plan Development
PM	Project Management
RA	Risk Analysis
RAID	Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks
RAR	Risk Analysis & Review
RFP	Request for Proposal
RM	Risk Management
RPO	Recovery Point Objective
RS	Business Continuity Strategy
RTO	Recovery Time Objective
SAN	Storage Area Network
SDLC	System Development Life Cycle
SLA	Service Level Agreement
TE	Testing and Exercising
UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply

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