Objective
This document is written to communicate Ribbon’s Business Continuity Policy BC-CP-01 (formerly 990-77001), to ensure that all business activities can be kept at normal or near-normal performance following an incident that has the potential to cause a major disruption to critical business activities. For example, Extreme Weather Events, Cyber Attacks, Infrastructure Outage, Loss of Power, Loss of a Facility or Premises.
Scope
This document applies to all of Ribbon Communications Inc.
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Required Approvals
This document requires the approval from the VP Global Real Estate and Facilities.
Review Period
The Policy Owner will ensure a review of this policy is conducted every two (2) years at a minimum, or when significant business policy changes occur, to ensure the information contained herein is current and applicable.
POLICY LEADERSHIP
The VP Global Real Estate and Facilities is designated as the Management Team Liaison responsible for this program and management system. Resolution of issues in the development of, or support of, all plans and associated activities should first be coordinated with the Business Continuity Team (BC Team), and appropriate internal or external organizations before submitting to the Management Team Liaison.
VERIFICATION OF POLICY CONFORMANCE
BC Policy conformance verification is managed through the BCMS by the BC Team with support from other relevant internal departments. Each internal organization must define appropriate procedures, staffing, tools and workplace planning activities necessary to meet compliance requirements. Plan templates have been developed to facilitate the plan development process, and these templates shall be used where appropriate.
Conformance to the policy is verified annually and is facilitated by the BC Team.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
In situations where an internal organization does not conform to this policy, the BC Team will prepare a report stating the case for non-compliance and present it to the Management Team Liaison for mediation and resolution using the CAR database to track all corrective actions.
