Optro Unveils Business Continuity Management for Operational Resilience and GRC Integration

Introducing Optro's Business Continuity Management Solution

Optro, the AI-driven Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform, has officially launched its Business Continuity Management (BCM) solution. This innovative tool aims to assist organizations in maintaining essential business functions during disruptions, ensuring that operations like payroll processing, security protocols, and customer support continue seamlessly. The announcement was made at Optro’s prominent global customer conference, CRX EMEA, held in London.

Understanding the Need for BCM

According to Optro's latest report, titled "When Business Continuity Fails,” a startling statistic emerged from a survey involving over 500 leaders in audit, risk, compliance, and BCM across North America and EMEA. While 92% of these leaders expressed confidence in their recovery capabilities following disruptions, less than half of those who encountered challenges in the past two years actually met their recovery objectives. Alarmingly, 40% of those disruptions resulted in costs exceeding $1 million for their organizations.

The BCM solution presented by Optro is specifically designed to address these critical gaps, fostering resilience among businesses by enabling them to:

1. Gain Cross-Functional Insight: The solution allows organizations to map vital business processes along with their related dependencies, owners, vendors, and associated risks into a unified view on the Optro platform.

2. Create Real-Time Plans: Organizations can connect plans directly to their processes, ensuring that criticality ratings, recovery time objectives (RTOs), and recovery point objectives (RPOs) are updated in real-time as assessments change.

3. Simulate Disruptions: The BCM solution enables organizations to conduct realistic tabletop exercises tied directly to their continuity plans, fostering a comprehensive understanding of all related processes and dependencies.

Testimonials from Leading Organizations

Kate Marechal, Director of Operational Risk and Risk Services at Shawbrook Bank, shared her perspective on the importance of Optro’s new solution. She stated, "We believe Optro's BCM solution will allow us to bridge the gap between risk management and operational response. By gaining a single view of our business processes within the same platform we use for audit, risk, and compliance, we should be able to better understand what's critical to our operations and plan for disruptions."

Happy Wang, Optro’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, emphasized a prevalent issue faced by organizations, saying, "Most organizations are confident in their continuity plans on paper, but when a disruption actually occurs, fewer than half deliver on their objectives. With our BCM solution, customers will be able to seamlessly integrate their business continuity programs with their audit, risk, and compliance data. This offers the GRC intelligence needed to transcend beyond static reporting towards proactive strategies and true operational resilience."

Experience the Solution

For those interested in a hands-on experience with Optro’s new BCM solution, a demo station is available at the ongoing CRX EMEA conference in London. Additional details about how Optro is revolutionizing risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC platform can be found on their official website, Optro.ai.

About Optro

Optro, previously known as AuditBoard, is committed to helping enterprises transform risk into opportunities. With over 50% of the Fortune 500 placing their trust in Optro, the company is paving the way for a new era of risk management through its innovative solutions. Optro has also recognized accolades for its excellence and was named a leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools. Discover more at optro.ai.

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