In order to achieve the objectives of Vision 2030 to enhance the reliability and continuity of digital services in government entities, the Digital Government Authority has prepared the " Guidelines of Business Continuity Management in Digital Government” to emphasize the importance of adopting the principles of Business Continuity given the rapid changes and current events surrounding digital business and services in government entities, which could impact its business continuity and the beneficiaries’ experience. 

Enabling Business Continuity Management is a basic principle  in ensuring the sustainability of the government entity’s business and its ability to recover business and services through specific resources and technologies within a specific time. Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery contributes to maintain the ability of the government entity to deal with unexpected risks and reduce the possibility of their occurrence or impact, through the fast response, and improve stakeholders‘ trust and empower the government entity to effectively activate Media Communication Plans during crises. The system also helps to raise the entity’s maturity level until it reaches the stage of organizational resilience to face crises and disasters, and reduces the fentity.

This document is a reference for government entities to help comply with “Controls of Business Continuity Management for Digital Government” issued by the Digital Government Authority “DGA” in order to raise the level of effectiveness of implementing and operating services digital in government entities. 
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This guideline has been prepared for the purpose of guidance and to provide general guidance and does not represent professional advice and does not replace the requirements in local and international standards.

Business continuity management operations in the government entity is based on the facts and circumstances surrounding its operating environment, relevant external parties, regulatory requirements for Business Continuity Management Standards issued by the authority and other regulatory entities, and international best practices.

This guideline will contribute to enabling entities to:​

• Have knowledge and understanding of the applying the business continuity management standards for digital government in government entities.
• Help to reduce the likelihood or impact of interruptions to the services.
• Raise readiness by preparing, responding to and recovering from interruptions.
• Continuity of critical services and procedures during accidents and crises.
• Comply with regulatory requirements.
• Raise the level of integration between government entities and enhance resilience and resilience at the national level.

Enhance the resilience of government entities to respond to any disruptions and enable them to recover their main operations and services through guiding government entities, suppliers and operators of digital government services to implement and maintain an effective management system that provides the necessary capabilities to continue the business operations while facing any disruption, as well as comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

Additionally, this guideline provides guidance to enhance business continuity practices in government entities as per the methodology of Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA), as shown in the Figure (1) below:
 

The recommendations contained in this document can be used by government entities that provide digital services and products and operators regardless of their type, size and nature. The applicability of the recommendations will depend on the entity's operating environment, level of complexity and number of its geographical locations.​

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