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Business Continuity Plan + BIA Template 2026 – Word/PDF/Excel
Business Continuity Plan + BIA Template 2026 – Word/PDF/Excel
- File format
- DOCX, PDF, XLSX
- Document language
- Swedish
- Number of files
- 8
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About this template
Continuity Plan + BIA 2026 – Complete Template Package for Business Continuity
A serious business disruption does not have to start with a catastrophe. It can be enough for a business-critical IT system to go down, a cloud service to become inaccessible, a supplier to fail to deliver, electricity or the internet to disappear, key personnel to be missing, or a facility to become unusable. This product helps Swedish companies and organizations decide in advance what must function, how quickly the business needs to be restored, and which contingency procedures should be used.
The package combines a professional continuity plan, a separate BIA – Business Impact Analysis, an advanced Excel workbook for multiple processes, and a card for the first 60 minutes of a serious disruption.
You receive a total of 18 designed A4 pages in Word/PDF plus an editable Excel workbook with registers, dependencies, action plans, automatic calculations, and a dashboard.
This is included in the package
Digital Products shows four downloadable files linked to the product:
- Kontinuitetsplan_och_BIA_2026.docx – Word file for editing.
- Kontinuitetsplan_och_BIA_2026.pdf – PDF version.
- BIA_arbetsbok_2026.xlsx – Excel workbook for analyses and registers.
- Kontinuitetsplan_BIA_2026_WORD_PDF_EXCEL.zip – consolidated ZIP archive.
The older product listing also indicates separate BIA templates, a continuity card, and an instruction file within the package. These files are not displayed as separate download items, and the contents of the ZIP archive could not be verified in this SEO review. They are therefore not promised as verified, standalone files. Language: Swedish. Document version: 1.0.
What the files contain
The Word and PDF versions of the main document are used to define critical processes, responsibilities, recovery times, contingency procedures, and escalation in the event of an outage. The Excel workbook is used to compile business impacts, dependencies, risk priorities, and action status. The ZIP file is a consolidated download format.
The continuity plan – from prioritization to recovery
The main template is structured for practical use before, during, and after a disruption. It includes, among other things:
- scope, plan owner, approval, and review
- critical products, services, processes, and activities
- Business Impact Analysis and impact over time
- MTPD/MAO – Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption
- RTO – Recovery Time Objective
- RPO – Recovery Point Objective (acceptable data loss expressed in time)
- MBCO – Minimum Business Continuity Objective (minimum acceptable capacity during the disruption)
- critical dependencies and single points of failure
- personnel, competence, IT systems, information, facilities, and equipment
- electricity, telecommunications, and external suppliers
- contingency procedures and alternative ways of working
- activation criteria and escalation levels
- roles, mandates, deputies, and contact paths
- checklist for the first 60 minutes
- status report and decision logic
- IT, backup, restore, and technical recovery
- critical suppliers, SLAs, and alternatives
- controlled return to normal operations
- drills, tests, improvement plans, and change logs
BIA – Business Impact Analysis
The BIA helps the organization prioritize based on business impact instead of gut feeling. The template assesses how a disruption evolves over time within areas such as finance, customer/delivery, contracts and legal, security, information/cyber, reputation, and impact on other services.
For each process, the organization can document MTPD/MAO, RTO, RPO, and MBCO, critical resources, contingency solutions, and gaps between the business's needs and current capability.
Excel workbook with dashboard
The included XLSX file makes the package usable even for larger organizations with many processes. The workbook contains:
- Overview with KPIs and prioritization charts
- BIA register for up to 50 processes
- automatically calculated maximum impact
- automatic highlighting of critical processes
- dropdowns for priority and status
- fields for MTPD/MAO, RTO, RPO, and MBCO
- separate register for critical dependencies
- register for action plan, owner, deadline, and verification
- conditional formatting for criticality and open actions
Three example processes are included to show how the workbook is used and can easily be replaced with your own tasks.
Continuity card – first 60 minutes according to the previous table of contents
The separate card file has not been verified as a standalone download attachment. Check the ZIP archive for exact file content.
In the event of an actual disruption, something significantly shorter than the entire continuity plan is often needed. Therefore, a separate two-sided continuity card is included that can be printed or saved offline. The card focuses on:
- securing people and stopping immediate damage
- verifying the disruption and starting a log
- assessing critical impact
- comparing outage time against RTO/MTPD
- activating contingency procedures
- creating a situation report
- contacting the right people
- checking criteria for return to normal operations
NIS2 and the Cybersecurity Act
Continuity management is relevant for many operations even without an explicit legal requirement. For operators covered by the Cybersecurity Act (2025:1506), continuity management and crisis management are explicitly part of the security measures to be handled according to Chapter 2, Section 3. The package can therefore be used as a practical basis for the organization's work, but it is not in itself a guarantee for full NIS2 or Cybersecurity Act compliance.
Method support and legal status checked in 2026
Version 1.0 has its legal status and central method references checked as of September 27, 2026. The package has been designed with consideration to, among others:
- the Cybersecurity Act (2025:1506)
- the NIS2 Directive (EU) 2022/2555
- the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency's (MSB) support material for continuity management
- ISO 22301:2019 – Business Continuity Management Systems
- ISO/TS 22317:2021 – Guidance for Business Impact Analysis
The template does not reproduce protected standard text. As of the time of review, ISO 22301:2019 remains the published edition, while a new edition is under development.
Who is the template suitable for?
The package is suitable for limited liability companies, e-commerce companies, industrial companies, SaaS and IT companies, consulting firms, logistics operations, agencies, businesses with critical suppliers, and organizations that want to structure their preparedness for downtime, cyber incidents, or other business disruptions.
Examples of scenarios the template supports
- IT or cyber outages
- data loss or the need for restoration from backup
- cloud service or identity platform being down
- power or telecommunications failure
- facility that cannot be used
- widespread staff absence
- critical supplier failure
- production equipment breaking down
- transport or logistics disruption
Important note regarding customization
Continuity planning must reflect the actual business. RTO, RPO, MTPD/MAO, MBCO, contingency procedures, and supplier requirements must therefore be decided based on the organization's own processes, contracts, risks, and technical capability. Sector-specific rules, protective security, DORA, special supervisory regulations, work environment requirements, or customer contracts may entail additional requirements.
The template is a professional work and governance basis but does not replace individual legal, regulatory, or technical advice when the business has specific requirements.
Digital delivery
The product is delivered digitally via Digital Products. Four download items are verified: DOCX, PDF, XLSX, and ZIP. The contents of the ZIP archive have not been inventoried. No physical product is sent.
Guides and supplementary support
Start by reading the guide on what a continuity plan should contain and follow the practical walkthrough of Business Impact Analysis (BIA). Also, see BIA examples with RTO and RPO when you need to prioritize processes.
For disruptions related to IT security, there is a guide on incident management during cyber incidents and NIS2's requirements for security measures. Businesses affected by the regulations may also need a broader NIS2 template package.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between BIA and a continuity plan?
The BIA analyzes the consequences of outages and establishes priorities and recovery requirements. The continuity plan describes how the organization should act to maintain or restore prioritized business.
What do RTO and RPO mean?
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is the target for how quickly a process or resource should be restored. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) indicates the maximum data loss accepted, expressed in time.
Can the template be used for NIS2?
Yes, as a work basis for continuity and crisis management. The organization must, however, assess all requirements that apply to its own operations; the package is not a complete NIS2 certification or a guarantee of compliance.
Can the Excel file be used for multiple processes?
Yes. The BIA register is prepared for up to 50 processes and can be expanded if needed.
Which files can I download immediately?
Digital Products shows a Word file for the continuity plan and BIA, a PDF version, an Excel workbook, and a ZIP file. The previous table of contents indicates more items, but these could not be verified separately during the review.
Can I use the same RTO and RPO for all processes?
No. Recovery targets should be determined based on the consequences, dependencies, risks, and technical capability of each individual process. The BIA documentation helps to record these priorities.
