Business Continuity Management and IT

The aim of this thesis executes a service continuity analysis in a real company. To achieve this we must lay certain theoretical bases, first of all in Business Continuity Management area and that in comprehending its significance for the organisation, understanding its implementing and its consequent operative management. The following part sums up theoretical knowledge in Business Continuity Management branch called IT Service Continuity Management. IT Service Continuity Management is specifically focused on continuity in providing IT services, which play a key role in continuity preserving nowadays. It is even more so as the majority of business processes are supported by information and communication technologies today. Understanding the basic terms creates only a theoretical basis for the next part, which focuses on strategy analysis of preserving service continuity in a specific company. The greatest benefit of this thesis will be, based on the knowledge achievement, executing a practical IT Service Continuity Plan analysis in a real company located on the Czech market. The whole plan will be analysed and evaluated and recommendations for potential improvement in the plan's efficiency increase will be suggested where applicable. General conclusion shall be drawn based on this analysis.