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Disruption

What is Disruption?

An event that interrupts normal business operations, potentially causing financial loss, reputational damage, or regulatory consequences.

Business Continuity

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as disruption. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on disruption

Requirements naming disruption across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Annex B gives guidance on managing disruptions at priority suppliers: the response when a supplier the organization relies on is disrupted, applying the strategies and solutions chosen under 6.2.

iso-ts-22318-2021::B · Annex B Managing priority suppliers' disruptions (informative) →

So far as practicable the entity must stop disruptions to critical operations from happening, must be able to adjust its processes and systems to keep operating inside tolerance when one does happen, and must restore normal operations quickly once the disrupti...

apra-cps-230-operational-risk-management::13 · Para 13 Prevent disruption, adapt within tolerance and return to normal promptly →

After scenario testing or an actual operational disruption, a firm must carry out a lessons learned exercise to find weaknesses and then make the improvements needed to stay within its impact tolerances.

uk-fcapra-operational-resilience-framework::F-5.8 · Run lessons learned after tests and real disruptions and make the improvements →
ISO 27002:20226 controls

The organization is to plan how it will keep information security at a suitable level while operations are disrupted. Purpose: protect information and associated assets during disruption.

iso-27002-2022::5.29 · Information security during disruption →
ISO 27001:20224 controls

The organization is to plan how it will keep information security at a suitable level while operations are disrupted. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): protects information and associated assets during disruption.

iso-27001-2022::5.29 · Information security during disruption →

Questions people ask about disruption

What is Disruption?
An event that interrupts normal business operations, potentially causing financial loss, reputational damage, or regulatory consequences.
Why is Disruption important for compliance?
Disruption is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding disruption helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Disruption?
Disruption appears in the requirement text of ISO/TS 22318:2021, APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management, UK FCA/PRA Operational Resilience Framework, ISO 27002:2022, Australia NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators. Across these standards we have identified 44 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Disruption?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how disruption applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how Disruption applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.