Questionnaire Survey on Business Continuity Management (November 2008)

This paper summarizes the results of the fourth Questionnaire Survey on Business Continuity Management conducted during October and November 2008. The survey has been conducted every other year since 2002 on financial institutions that have current accounts at the Bank of Japan with a large volume of transactions in payment and settlement systems. The objectives of the survey are to grasp the current situation of respondents (84 financial institutions for this survey) in developing business continuity management plans, and also to contribute to the discussion on business continuity issues within the financial arena.