ClearAuthority template
A business continuity plan (BCP) says who is in charge, what comes back first and what to do in the first 30 minutes when something breaks. This template gives startups and small businesses that rely on online tools a plan to fill in.
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A business continuity plan is a short written plan for keeping the business running during a disruption, then getting back to normal. For a small team it answers five questions:
| Plan section | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Roles and decision tiers | Who leads, who backs them up, and who may approve what during an incident. |
| Critical functions and recovery targets | What must keep working, and how fast it must come back. This is your business impact analysis (BIA) in short. |
| Vendors and dependencies | Which providers each function relies on, and which would come back slower than you need. |
| Contacts and call tree | Who calls whom, in what order, when normal channels fail. |
| Scenario playbooks | How you'll know, the first 30 minutes, the first 24 hours and recovery. |
| Crisis communications | Who approves messages, plus templates for customers, the team, investors and vendors. |
| Testing and sign-off | A tabletop test, a test log and a dated sign-off, so the plan is tested, not just written. |
Each playbook covers how you'll know, the first 30 minutes, the first 24 hours and recovery.
The plan includes a full worked example for a fictional company, Tessaly Analytics, Inc. Two numbers matter for each function:
Example only: fictional company
| Critical function | Priority | RTO (hours) | RPO (hours) | Realistic today (hours) | Gap? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer app | P1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | Gap: fix |
| Customer login | P1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | OK |
| Billing and payment collection | P2 | 48 | 24 | 72 | Gap: fix |
| Email, docs and team chat | P2 | 8 | 24 | 4 | OK |
The worksheet scores each function, sets the priority and flags a gap when realistic recovery today is slower than the target.
| File | Format | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Startup Business Continuity Plan | Word (DOCX) and PDF (portable document format), 23 pages | The fill-in plan, the five playbooks, a board summary, a reference crosswalk (your auditor decides), example questionnaire answers to adapt, and the worked example. |
| Tabletop Test Kit | Word and PDF, 6 pages | Three 30-minute scenarios, a facilitator script and an evidence record. |
| Worksheet | Excel (XLSX), 10 tabs | Score functions, flag vendor gaps, log tests, track fixes and log incidents. |
| Quick-start read-me | PDF, 1 page | How to finish the plan in one afternoon. |
| Glossary | PDF, 1 page | 38 terms and acronyms in plain English. |
Customers, insurers and investors often ask: "Do you have a business continuity plan?" This pack helps you answer with something written and tested.
A business continuity plan template is a ready-made plan with blanks to fill in. You add your own people, tools and targets instead of starting from an empty page.
If your business runs on online tools, yes. A short written plan means nobody has to guess who is in charge or what to fix first when a key tool or person is gone. Customers, insurers and investors also ask for one more and more often.
The recovery time objective (RTO) is how long a function can be down before real harm. The recovery point objective (RPO) is how much recent data or work you could afford to lose. Both are set in hours.
About one afternoon (around 3½ hours) for a first version. Then run a 30-minute tabletop test within 30 days.
It includes a reference crosswalk (your auditor decides). It shows where parts of the plan relate to System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2), ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 topics. It is a reference only. It is not an audit or an assessment.
No. They are example answers to adapt. Only state what your company actually does.
No. It is a template and general guidance only. It is not legal, audit, security or compliance advice.
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Template and general guidance only. Not legal, audit, security or compliance advice. Using it does not make you compliant with or certified to any standard. Oxidegrid LLC is not affiliated with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) or the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ClearAuthority is a brand of Oxidegrid LLC.
All sales are final once the file is delivered. If your download doesn't work or the wrong file arrives, email hello@oxidegrid.com and we'll send the correct one.
This does not limit any statutory rights that apply to you.