%0 Journal Article %T System View of Business Continuity Management %A Vlasta Svata %J Journal of Systems Integration %D 2013 %I Czech Society of Systems Integration %X We are living in time where the impact on continuity still grows both on the side our personal lives and business activities. In the same time different international, regional, national, state and private organizations initiated to provide different actions and regulations in order to find the best solutions of this situation. The result is that there exist the whole set of different views over this problem. The main aim of this article is to map this situation, to provide the general framework of business continuity management (BCM) and to discuss its main parts and their mutual relationships. Special impact is given to the integration of the business and IT oriented solutions and ways of assurance initiatives helping managers to assess the implemented solutions and their compliance to the business strategy and other existing regulations. %K Business Continuity Management (BCM) %K IT Continuity Management (ITCM) %K business risk management %K IT risk management %K Business Impact Analysis (BIA) %K disaster recovery plan %K business continuity plan %K certification audit %K non-certification audit %U http://si-journal.org/index.php/JSI/article/viewFile/152/117