Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS)

What we hear from executives who call us

After two decades building, running, and rescuing business continuity programs, we hear the same things from the people running them today.

“The BIA is out of date. Or it doesn’t exist.”
“OneNote is the BC tool. Crap is all over the place.”
“We have plans, but no one’s touched them in years.”
“HITRUST is in eight months. The lifecycle has to be buttoned up.”
“My champion left. I inherited this program and I don’t know what’s real.”
“I need someone to help me build this from scratch.”
“I don’t have enough time and hands.”

Sound familiar? You don’t need another framework. You need practitioners who will run the program with you, get you audit-ready, and give your executives answers they can act on.

Business Continuity as a Service, defined

A business continuity program needs more than plans and binders. It needs practitioners running it.

BCaaS is exactly that: a senior Bryghtpath team operating your BC program on your behalf, every day. We do the BIA. We build and maintain the plans. We design and run the exercises.

We brief your executives. We get you ready for the audit.

We do the work. You get the outcomes. Your team focuses on the business.

Some clients engage us to build a program from scratch. Others bring us in to rebuild what isn’t working. Some hand us the whole program day one; others start with BIA-only engagements and expand from there. Every model works.

What's included

Engage the full BC lifecycle or scope us to a specific function. We run whatever you need.

Business Impact Analysis
Comprehensive BIA to identify and prioritize critical processes, dependencies, recovery time objectives, and recovery point objectives. Repeatable on a defined cadence. Not a one-time exercise.

Business Continuity Plans
Plans across functions, sites, geographies, and business units. Built so people can use them under pressure. Maintained continuously, not refreshed once a year and forgotten.

Program governance
Steering committee participation. Stakeholder engagement. Executive alignment. The program structure that turns documentation into a discipline.

Exercises and validation
Tabletop exercises, microsimulations, and functional exercises that test the BC plan against scenarios your organization actually faces. Run on a continuous calendar, not as a once-a-year compliance event.

Audit and regulatory readiness
Alignment to ISO 22301, FFIEC, NIST CSF, FINRA, HITRUST, HIPAA, and the operational resilience expectations your regulators are now enforcing. We get you ready before the audit starts.

Executive reporting and dashboards
Maturity reporting, executive dashboards, and routine briefings tailored for risk leaders, the C-suite, and the board. Reporting in the language your executives use.

Tool-agnostic delivery
We work in Fusion Risk Management, Archer, ServiceNow, Everbridge, OnSolve, or whatever you’ve already invested in. A platform vendor’s services team knows one tool. We know the program.

How we engage: Our Proven Process

Four steps. Each one delivers value before the next one begins.

1. Diagnose. A Resiliency Diagnosis® gives you a clear, honest read on where your BC program stands today. Maturity score against ISO 22301 and the standards that apply to you, a roadmap to close the gap, and an executive briefing your leadership can act on. Weeks, not months.
2. Design. We architect the program that fits. Simplified plan structures, recovery sequencing that actually works, governance your team can sustain. Aligned to your regulators, your business, and our Resilience Operating Model® as the foundation.
3. Deliver. We run the program. BIAs, plans, exercises, executive reporting, governance support. You don’t add headcount. You don’t carry the burden of building it alone.
4. Evolve. Your program matures. We refresh BIAs, update plans against business change, advance maturity year over year, and report to your executives in the language they use. When the board asks where the program stands, you have answers.

Learn more about Our Proven Process

When organizations call us

BCaaS engagements rarely start because someone read a brochure. They start because something happened.

• A compliance deadline. HITRUST, SOC 2, FFIEC, FINRA, ISO 22301, or a regulator-driven operational resilience mandate. The lifecycle has to be ready before the audit starts.
• A board mandate. “Critical products need to be focused on by the BC program.” Or a directive after a near-miss.
• A post-exercise gap. The tabletop surfaced more findings than your team can close. The board wants to know how they get closed.
• A champion exit. “My previous lead left. I inherited a program nobody’s touched in years.”
• A greenfield build. “I need someone to help me build this from scratch.”
• Scattered program reality. Plans across teams. No BIA. OneNote-as-BC-tool. Documentation no one maintains.
• A capacity gap. “I don’t have enough time and hands.” Two-person BC teams trying to cover an enterprise.

If any of these sound like your situation, we can help.

Built around your organization

Every BCaaS engagement is different. We tailor what we run to your regulatory environment, business culture, internal capabilities, and program maturity.

Common configurations

• Full BC program ownership, from BIA through plan maintenance, exercises, and executive reporting.
• Phased engagement. Start with the BIA, expand into plan development, then ongoing program operation.
• Hybrid models. Bryghtpath runs day-to-day BC operations while your team provides strategic oversight and direction.
• Regulatory overlays. FFIEC structuring for financial services. HIPAA-aligned plans for healthcare. ISO 22301 for global enterprises and manufacturing.
• Executive and board engagement. Tabletop exercises, executive playbooks, and board-level briefings tailored to your governance cadence.

Whether you need full program ownership or expert support in targeted areas, we design a solution that fits.

In our clients' words

“We had a BIA that nobody trusted and plans scattered across SharePoint, OneNote, and three different versions of Word. Bryghtpath simplified it into one program with documentation our auditors recognize and our executives finally use.”

— Director of Business Continuity, Health Insurance

“I didn’t have the time or the hands to run this program the way the board expected. Bryghtpath runs it now. I went from reporting on risk to leading the program that answers for it.”

— Resilience Lead, Mid-Market Financial Services

Why Bryghtpath

Organizations choose Bryghtpath because we pioneered the Business Continuity as a Service model at scale, running fully operated BC programs for Fortune 500 clients long before the industry adopted the term.

Our practitioners led BC programs inside Fortune 100 organizations. That practitioner depth shows up in every engagement.

What you get

• A senior practitioner team with Fortune 100 BC program leadership experience
• Our proprietary Resiliency Diagnosis®, delivering executive-level clarity on where your program stands in weeks, not months
• Our Resilience Operating Model® as the foundation for program design
• Audit-ready alignment to ISO 22301, FFIEC, NIST CSF, FINRA, HITRUST, and the standards that matter to your industry
• Tool-agnostic delivery across Fusion, Archer, ServiceNow, Everbridge, OnSolve, and whatever you’ve already invested in
• Executive-ready reporting, dashboards, and maturity insights that hold up in board conversations

Credentials our clients rely on
Our BC practitioners hold the field’s senior certifications, including MBCP, MBCI, CBCP, and FEMA professional continuity credentials. Bryghtpath leaders helped author industry standards, have written extensively on business continuity, and have led BC programs inside Fortune 100 organizations for decades.

Our BCaaS clients aren’t just ready for audits. They’re ready for the moment when it matters.

Hear from our CEO

Bryan Strawser, Principal and Chief Executive at Bryghtpath, breaks down how Resilience as a Service works, who it’s for, and how it differs from traditional consulting or adding internal headcount.

Get the BCaaS Overview

Want a deeper look at the BCaaS methodology, scope, and what’s included? Fill out the form and we’ll email you the BCaaS overview, ready for internal distribution or executive review.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is BCaaS different from hiring a consultant or adding headcount?
We don’t hand you advice and walk away. We run the BC program. You get the outcomes of a mature continuity function without adding staff and without the burden of managing scattered consultants. A single team, accountable for the work.

Can we engage just for a BIA, or do we have to commit to the full program?
Many BCaaS engagements start with a BIA or a Resiliency Diagnosis® and expand from there. Others bring us in to operate the full program from day one. Both work. Tell us what you need first.

Can you support international operations and global regulatory requirements?
Yes. We run BC programs across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, aligned to ISO 22301, FFIEC, NIST CSF, HIPAA, FINRA, and country-specific operational resilience requirements.

We have a BC tool already (Fusion, Archer, ServiceNow). Will you work in it?
Yes. We’re tool-agnostic. We work in your existing platform. If you need a new platform, we help you select and implement the right one for your business.

How long does it take to launch?
Most BCaaS engagements launch within 30 days of contract signing, beginning with the Resiliency Diagnosis®. For HITRUST, SOC 2, FFIEC, FINRA, or ISO 22301 deadlines, we’ve helped organizations get audit-ready in compressed timelines.

Our previous BC lead just left and we’re inheriting a program nobody’s touched in years. Can you help?
This is one of the most common reasons organizations call us. We run a Resiliency Diagnosis® to baseline what’s there, then either rebuild what’s out of date or keep what works and fill the gaps.

How do you measure program success?
Maturity metrics, exercise outcomes, executive engagement, regulatory alignment, and response readiness. All captured in regular reports and dashboards, with quarterly business reviews to align the program against your strategic priorities.

How is BCaaS different from Resilience as a Service?
BCaaS is a managed business continuity program: BIA, plans, governance, exercises, audit-readiness. Resilience as a Service is the broader managed offering that also covers crisis management, IT disaster recovery, and exercise programs as one integrated function. If you’re only carrying BC, BCaaS is the right fit. If you’re carrying multiple capabilities, Resilience as a Service runs the whole thing.