Disaster recovery initiatives ensure minimum business impact during
times of unforeseen business disruption
Validating the ability to guarantee continuous business operations
during a major disruption or natural disaster, Ciena
® (NYSE: CIEN) was recently awarded ISO
22301 certification for its International Business Continuity Management
System (BCMS). Designed to certify resilience in managing business
disruptions and other unexpected events, ISO 22301 stipulates demanding
requirements for implementing, operating, maintaining and improving a
business continuity management systems (BCMS).
Key Facts:
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Ciena received its ISO 22301:2012 certification from the British
Standards Institution (BSI), an independent, impartial third party
that helps organizations manage risk, performance and sustainability
activities that transform best practices into habits of excellence.
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The ISO 22301 standard, released
in 2012, provides an internationally accepted standard for BCMS to
meet the needs of the global industry. To receive the certification,
Ciena participated in a series of audits and provided a documented
plan/procedure describing how the organization would respond and
handle a business disruption.
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Ciena has a corporate incident management structure and business
continuity plans for critical functions occurring throughout the
enterprise. In response to customer demand, these plans are designed
to ensure Ciena is prepared to continue its core business
operations—including product design, manufacture, delivery, and
customer service—in the event of a significant business disruption to
fulfill customer expectations.
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In addition to the ISO 22301 certification, Ciena is also certified to
TL9000/ISO 9001:2008 and OHSAS 18001, which contain disaster recovery
and emergency preparedness elements.
Executive Comments:
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“Receiving the ISO 22301 certification from BSI highlights our ability
to effectively deliver on all customer commitments even during a
business disruption. It is also another example of Ciena’s
customer-first philosophy and high-touch approach to customer
relationships, which continue to be strategic differentiators and
drivers of our success.”
- James Moylan, Senior Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer
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“By earning ISO 22301 certification, Ciena is further demonstrating
its commitment to making its company more resilient and leading by
example. By formalizing their Business Continuity Management System
and using ISO 22301 as an extra set of eyes, Ciena will be able to
improve quality of services as well as customer satisfaction and
remain at the cutting edge of their industry.”
- Todd
VanderVen, President, BSI Group Americas
Supporting Resources:
About BSI
BSI (British Standards Institution) is the business standards company
that equips businesses with the necessary solutions to turn standards of
best practice into habits of excellence. Formed in 1901, BSI is the UK
National Standards Body and a founding member of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO). Over a century later it
continues to facilitate business improvement across the globe by helping
its clients drive performance, manage risk and grow sustainably through
the adoption of international management systems standards, many of
which BSI originated. Renowned for its marks of excellence including the
consumer recognized BSI Kitemark™, BSI’s influence spans
multiple sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Built Environment,
Food, Healthcare and ICT. With over 80,000 clients in 172 countries, BSI
is an organization whose standards inspire excellence across the globe.
To find out more, please visit: www.bsigroup.com
About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is the network specialist. We collaborate with
customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks
and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena
leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and
distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment with
its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable
a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to
coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified,
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