ISO 22301 Certification

1

• What is ISO 22301 certification?
• There is no business without any risks or
  challenges. Every business faces disruptions
  which are sometimes unexpected. These disruptions
  can occur in any form either it may be a result
  of theft or due to natural disasters, disease
  outbreaks, etc. Predicting these challenges is
  impossible. But you can control and manage them
  by implementing the Business Continuity
  Management System in line with ISO 22301
  standard.
• In this article, we listed out the topics such as
  what is ISO 22301 business continuity management
  system, why is it important for your business,
  the benefits you get by implementing the ISO
  22301, and also how to get to certified ISO
  22301.
• What is ISO 22301?
• ISO 22301 is a globally recognized standard for
  Business Continuity Management System. This
  standard specifies requirements for
  organizations to control and manage the
  unexpected disruptions when they arise. This
  international standard helps to identify the
  potential risks and threats and gives guidance to
  respond to and recover from them. It provides
  effective guidelines to protect your business by
  building powerful backup systems and processes.
• The unexpected disruptions can affect the
  quality and process efficiency of your
  business. This may reduce the confidence of
  the stakeholders in your business processes.
  Thus, by implementing the ISO 22301 you
  can continue to provide quality services to
  the customers/stakeholders. However, the ISO
  22301 provides specifications for planning,
  implementing, monitoring, reviewing and as
  well as for continually improving your
  organizations business continuity management
  system.
• Objective of the business continuity management
  system
• Business continuity management system
  helps organizations to prepare and take
  actions whenever the unexpected disruption
  occurs.
• It ensures the continuity of your business
  process in the event of disruptions.
• It helps your business to provide consistent
  services to the customers.
• Why ISO 22301 Certification?

2

• Why should my business get ISO 22301
  certification? How will my business benefit from
  certifying to ISO 22301? There may be lots of
  questions wandering in your thoughts. Here are
  the answers to all your questions. By certifying
  to ISO 22301, your business can gain the
  following benefits.
• Improves quality and efficiency
• Reduces the business continuity risks and threats
• Helps manage the unexpected disruptions
• Enhances stakeholder/client confidence
• Ensures customer satisfaction
• Establishes the BCMS performance of your
  organization
• Develops the internal management system
• Help follow the best practices in the process and
  system
• Also, helps meet the business continuity needs
  and obligations
• Enhances competency
• Promotes your business reputation
• Thereby, helps achieve new business opportunities
• Is ISO 22301 certification applicable to all
  organizations?
• Yes. Whatever the size or type, the ISO
  22301 requirements are developed to be
  applicable to all organizations. Any company
  that wishes to implement, maintain, and improve
  the BCMS performance or that wants to ensure
  conformity with stated business continuity
  policy can achieve this ISO 22301
  Certification.

3

• Thirdly, conduct a gap analysis, and find
  the gaps in the implementation process.
  Rectify the errors before the certification
  audit. Also, perform internal audits and
  take the reports. The internal audit
• can be done either by the internal auditor who is
  specialized in the ISO 22301 standard in your
  organizations or by the auditors from the
  third-party certification body.
• Finally, send a request to the certification
  body. Your proposal or the scope of your
  certification should state the process of your
  organization.
• 1. ISO 22301 Certification audit
• After receiving the application form, the
  certification will send a quote that
  includes the audit plan and cost of the
  certification.
• If you have accepted the quote, the certification
  body will assign an auditing team to prepare a
  plan and initiate the certification audit.
• The certification audit includes 2 stages. The
  auditors will verify the effective implementation
  of the system in compliance with ISO 22301
  standard criteria.
• 1. Final report and certification
• The certification body will prepare the audit
  report. If there is no non-conformity, the
  certificate will be issued to the organization.
  The certification is valid for 3 years. During
  this period, the certification body will initiate
  a surveillance audit in the gap of every 12
  months to verify the continual improvement of
  your system.
• If youre looking for more details about the ISO
  22301 Certification or wanting to achieve ISO
  22301 Certification, feel free to contact us,
  IAS.
• Read more ISO 22301 Certification