ISO 22301:2019 Business continuity Management System

ISO 22301 certification will help improve the way any business manages this eventuality. It ensures a planned effective business continuity management (BCM) system is in place, enabling you to respond effectively to any disruption.

ISO 22301 specifies requirements to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a documented management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents when they arise. Implementing the results of a ISO 22301 certification audit from ABI will increase your organization’s resilience and recovery and improve your risk profile with clients, insurers and stakeholders.

An ISO 22301 Certification for Your Business
Could Provide the Following Benefits:

• Identify and manage current and future threats to your business
• Gives greater clarity to stakeholders and increases employee engagement and understanding of the BCMS
• Take a proactive approach to minimizing the impact of incidents
• Keep critical functions up and running during times of crises
• Minimize downtime during incidents and improve recovery time
• Demonstrate resilience to customers, suppliers and for tender requests and Improve the recovery time
• Greater visibility of business risks both externally and internally across the organization
• Increases confidence in your recovery plans
• Reduces the frequency and impact of disruptions
• Helps you to return to “business as usual” as swiftly as possible
• Sets clear expectations and improves supply chain relationships
• A robust BCMS in place could reduce your insurance premiums
• Keeps you up-to-date with any regulatory obligations or societal needs in the event of a disruption

The overall BCM program must be managed through your business continuity plan and activities such as training, exercises and regular reviews. Even if your organization has never experienced a serious incident, establishing a BCM system, built on ISO 22301, helps to define key business processes and the impact that could result from any threats.

ISO 22301 Applicable industry:

The standard is available to any organization (or its parts) regardless of their size, scope or complexity, that wishes to manage their overall business risks and develop the capability to plan for, and respond to, incidents and business disruptions.