COBIT - ITIL mapping for Business Process Continuity Management

Business  Continuity Management  (BCM) covers  risk  analysis  and  management  so  that the organization can ensure a provision of  service at all times. BCM aims to reduce risks and develops plans for restoring business activities if they are interrupted by a disaster.CobIT and ITIL are two specific IT best practices  and  standards  that  are  becoming  widely adopted  around  the  world  to  better  manage  the quality and reliability of IT in business. CobiT can be used at  the highest  level of  IT governance, providing an overall control framework based on an IT process model. There  is also a need  for detai led,   standardised practitioner  processes.  Specific  practices  and standards,   such as  ITIL,   cover  speci f ic  areas  and  can be  mapped  to  the  CobiT  framework.The  purpose  of the paper is to analyze and describe these standards, especially  their mapping  for  improved performance, value transparency and increased control over BCM activities. So,  ITIL processes may be used  to achieve and  demonstrate  compliance  with  CobiT  control objectives  for BCM process.