The article deals with the problem of ensuring the continuity of the organization's functioning. When talking about business continuity, one should be aware of the threats and possible countermeasures in the tactical, operational and strategic dimensions. Organizations strive to eliminate or limit the effects of the situation which contributes to the decline in the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. The article focuses on ensuring business continuity by confirming the organization's ability to maintain the stability of planned functioning processes and to react in such a way to disruptions in the conditions of normal operations so that, where possible, normal operating conditions are restored or tasks can be carried out in a substitute operation mode. However, all this is determined by reliable risk estimation and monitoring.