Source date: 2026-04-19
A guide to help businesses implement their Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Published on April 20, 2026 - Entreprendre Service Public / Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister's Office)
Given the significant number of events that can disrupt operations (disasters, pandemics, cyberattacks, conflicts, etc.), businesses must be able to react appropriately to maintain or quickly restore their activities. To this end, the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security is making available the Business Continuity Guide to help anticipate and best respond to the consequences of such situations.
What is a BCP?
A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a strategy implemented to respond to identified risks and threats, such as:
- industrial accidents...
It relies on resources and procedures defined in advance to address the situation encountered.
The objective of the BCP is to reduce the impact of a disaster on the company's operations and to quickly return to a level of activity comparable to the pre-crisis state or to a new normal.
This plan must take into account:
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the company's resources;
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its objectives and missions;
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risk assessment.
To ensure the effective implementation of the BCP, every stakeholder must understand the goal sought by their company in such cases, their own role, and the importance of their preparation.
Failing to establish a business continuity plan exposes the company to significant impacts, such as human or financial losses, damage to its reputation, or an inability to meet legal obligations, for example.
What does the Business Continuity Guide contain?
In its free online guide, the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security focuses action around a genuine business continuity approach, presented in 9 units:
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Unit 0: Preliminary Framework
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Unit 1: Understanding the concept of business continuity
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Unit 2: Initiating the business continuity process
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Unit 3: Determining continuity needs
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Unit 4: Assessing risks
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Unit 5: Complementarity between BIA (Business Impact Analysis) and Risk Assessment
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Unit 6: Managing interruption risk
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Unit 7: Organizing the crisis management process
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Unit 8: Keeping the system alive
It is also necessary to continuously improve the BCP and raise employee awareness about proper behaviors.
To access this guide, you need to create an account. Each unit can be downloaded as PDF files or followed module by module.
After completing all the modules in the guide, a certificate of completion is issued directly from the platform.
See also
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Guide to creating a business continuity plan General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN)
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Guide to creating a business continuity plan - Help General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN)
Source: Service-Public professionals
