# BSI C5 BCM-01 — Top management responsibility

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- Last updated: 2026-05-30
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BSI C5 · Control BCM-01 · Priority: high · Component: Business Continuity Management

### What this control covers

Assigns a top management member as process owner for business continuity, ensuring resource allocation and employee engagement. Demonstrates leadership to maintain effective continuity processes, protecting cloud customer data and services.

### Why it matters

Risk is the language an executive team understands; this control connects technical reality to board-level decisions and budget allocation.

### How to implement

#### AWS

Codify the policy intent as **SCPs, AWS Config conformance packs, and Security Hub standards** so the cloud enforces what the document says.

#### Azure

Codify in **Azure Policy initiatives** (built-in regulatory compliance for CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) and assign at management-group level.

#### GCP

**Org Policy Service** for guardrails and **Config Validator** in CI to pre-check Terraform plans against policy as code (Rego).

#### On-premises

Maintain a policy library with a documented review cadence (annual minimum); store in your GRC tool with attestation tracking. Map each policy to controls so an audit pull cites the exact policy clause.

### Evidence to collect

-   `policy_document` — A signed, version-controlled policy stating leadership intent and the named owner.
-   `infra_scan` — See the iCompaas Evidence library for the canonical source for this evidence type.

Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Top management responsibility.

### Quick checklist

-   Risk — Cloud Customer Data / Management Responsibility
-   Responsibility — Cloud Customer Data / Management Responsibility
-   Data — Cloud Customer Data / Management Responsibility
-   Policy — Cloud Customer Data / Management Responsibility
-   Process — Cloud Customer Data / Management Responsibility
-   Top — Cloud Customer Data / Management Responsibility

### Related articles on this site

-   [Microsoft Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)](https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/62000234105-microsoft-cloud-security-posture-management-cspm-)
-   [Cloud Resource Instance Upgrade](https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/62000209878-cloud-resource-instance-upgrade)
-   [Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery](https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/62000225171-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery)
-   [Employee Lifecycle Management](https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/62000225222-employee-lifecycle-management)

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Configuration checks like this one are the technical half of a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 programme — the guide shows where they fit, what else an auditor expects, and how to evidence them.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (technological controls) is where cloud hardening evidence lands; the guide shows how to run the ISMS around it.