What is ISO 22301:2019 - Business Continuity Management?
Understand and prioritize the risks to your business with international standards for business sustainability. ISO 22301 specifies the need for management systems to prevent, protect, and minimize the potential for disruptive events in your system.
In the event of an emergency, many businesses and organizations must have the ability to mitigate damage and continue operating. ISO 22301 is the international standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM). Published by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 22301 is designed to help organizations prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from unexpected and disruptive incidents.
To do so, the standard provides a practical framework for setting up and managing an effective business continuity management system. ISO 22301 aims to safeguard an organization from a wide range of potential threats and disruptions.
This standard may be right for your organization if you need to demonstrate to stakeholders that your organization can rapidly overcome operational disruption to provide continued and effective service.
Benefits of ISO 22301:2019 - BCM
Customer Satisfaction
Deliver products that consistently meet customer requirements and a service that is dependable and can be relied on.
Business Resilience
Avoid downtime and financial losses with effective management of risk, emergency preparedness and contingency planning.
Ability to win more Business
Procurement specifications often require certification as a condition to supply, so certification opens doors.
Legal Compliance
Understand how statutory and regulatory requirements impact your organization and its customers.
Improved Risk Management
Greater consistency and traceability of products and services means problems are easier to avoid and rectify.
Proven Business Credentials
Independent verification against a globally recognized industry standard speaks volumes.
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Who can be certified ISO 22301:BCM?
All organizations might be subject to disruptions; this may include technology failure, flooding, utility disruption, fire, or terrorist attack. The standard is available to any organization (or its parts) regardless of its size, scope, or complexity, that wishes to manage its overall business risks and develop the capability to plan for, and respond to, incidents and business disruptions.
Manufacturing Companies
Service Sector
BPO'S
Banks
Financial Institute
Government Organizations
Transports
Airline Industry
Pathology & Testing Layer
Aerospace
Railways
Automotive
Telecom
Internet Service Providers
Technology
Software Development
Document required for ISO 22301:2019
- System Manual
- System Procedure
- Policy
- Objectives
- Mission & Vision
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
- Checklist
- Forms
- Formats
- Records
The extent of Documented Information differs as per:
- Organization’s size
- Activities performed by the organization
- Processes undertaken by the Organization
- Products and services offered by the organization
- The complexity of processes undertaken
- Competence of persons involved
Role of Shamkris and Process of ISO 22301:2019 Certification
Shamkris adopts a results-oriented approach to effective system implementation in the organization. A simple and practical method of system implementation helps organizations increase business efficiency and sustainability. Shamkris supports 100% documentation to obtain a certificate of success in addition to enhanced performance.
The implementation process is described below:
Day 1
GAP Analysis, Certification Body, Selection, Cost Estimates
• Finding the GAP between existing system related to ISO requirements
• Selecting the appropriate certification body
• Based on the scope of your business & certification body you choose
Week 1
Developing Documents
• Management System Manual, Management System Procedures, Policy, Objectives, Forms etc.
• Review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Week 4
Implementing Management System
• ISO Awareness training for the top management and staff
• Implementing a well-documented management system throughout the organization
Week 8
Internal Audit
MRM
CAPA
• Internal audits identifying nonconformities related to ISO requirements
• Management Review Meetings
• Corrective and Preventive Action plan for nonconformities
Week 10
Certification Body
Audit
N-C Closing
• Shamkris acts on your behalf and assists you in the third-party audit
• Closing of any nonconformities identified by the certification body
Week 12
Certificate Issued
• ISO certificates issued for 3 years
• Surveillance Audits yearly
Year on Year
Yearly Compliance
• Support of Yearly documentation for audit
FAQ
ISO 22301 is the Business Continuity Management System standard. The ISO 22301 BCM standard is designed to ensure that a robust business continuity management system has been established, and that internal staff members are fully aware of their role within the system should an incident occur.
ISO 22301 provides a framework to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a business continuity management system (BCMS). It is expected to help organizations protect against, prepare for, respond to, and recover when disruptive incidents arise.
Benefits of an ISO 22301-compliant business continuity management system. Protect assets, turnover, and profits: Effective business continuity management (BCM) enables organizations to protect their income stream following an incident or disaster while reducing the risk of further losses.
ISO 22301:2019, Security and resilience – Business continuity management systems – Requirements, is a management system standard published by International Organization for Standardization that specifies requirements to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a documented.