Resources

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1. Resources is a person, asset, material, or capital which can be used to accomplish a goal.
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2. Resources in the context of Operational Resilience is what are required to deliver in executing each critical business service:

  • People
  • Processes
  • Information
  • Technology
  • Facilities
  • Third-party service providers.

Note: This is Stage 2 of the Implement Phase of the Operational Resilience Planning Methodology - Mapping Processes and Resources

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

3. All assets, people, skills, information, technology (including plant and equipment), premises, and supplies and information (whether electronic or not) that an organization has to have available to use, when needed, in order to operate and meets its objective.

(Source: ISO 22301:2012 – Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems - Requirements) - clause 3.47


4. All assets, people, skills, information, technology (including plant and equipment), premises, and supplies and information (whether electronic or not) that an organization has to have available to use, when needed, to operate and meet its objectives.

(Source: AE/HSC/NCEMA 7000:2012)


5. The IT services section needs to provide customers with the required services. The resources are typically computers and related equipment, software, facilities, or organisational (People) resources. (Source: OGC, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3)