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ISO 22301

What is ISO 22301?

The international standard for Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) that specifies requirements for planning, establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining, and continually improving a BCMS.

Compliance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as iso 22301. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on iso 22301

Requirements naming iso 22301 across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Annex A maps each clause of this document to ISO 22301:2019 (4.1 refers to it), placing the BIA process within the BCMS: prerequisites against the leadership, roles and resources clauses and the BIA process against 8.2.2 and the strategy selection of 8.3.

iso-ts-22317-2021::A · Annex A BIA within the BCMS of ISO 22301:2019 (informative) →

The BCP and DR policy adopts best practice such as ISO 22301 to reduce the likelihood and impact of disruptions and maintain continuity, and is updated after major developments and risk assessments.

rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::163 · Para 163: BCP and DR policy on best practice such as ISO 22301, updated on major developments →

The organization should evaluate SCCM performance through the programme of 5.2.4, including exercising with suppliers of the kind Annex C describes and managing priority suppliers' disruptions as Annex B describes, and on the ISO 22301:2019 basis through monit...

iso-ts-22318-2021::7.3 · 7.3 Performance evaluation →
ISMAP (Japan)3 controls

ISMAP Cloud Governance establishes the management framework for Cloud Service Providers operating under ISMAP. (1) Information Security Management System (ISMS): based on ISO/IEC 27001:2022 + JIS Q 27001 (Japanese Industrial Standard equivalent) + ISMS-AC Info...

ISMAP-CloudGovernance-ISMS-RiskAssessment-SharedResponsibility-Policy-RegulatoryCompliance-RolesResponsibilities · ISMAP Cloud Governance - ISMS per ISO 27001/JIS Q 27001 + Risk Assessment + Shared Responsibility Model + Cloud Security Policy + Regulatory Compliance + Roles and Responsibilities →

Guidance to put in place and keep the processes through which the BCMS satisfies ISO 22301, with the way they interact. When settling the processes and rolling them out, the organization works out what each needs as input and should produce as output;

iso-22313-2020-guidance-on-business-continuity-management-systems::4.4 · 4.4 Business continuity management system →
ISO 27002:20222 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 →

Questions people ask about iso 22301

What is ISO 22301?
The international standard for Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) that specifies requirements for planning, establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining, and continually improving a BCMS.
Why is ISO 22301 important for compliance?
ISO 22301 is a key concept in Compliance. Understanding iso 22301 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 ISO 22301?
ISO 22301 appears in the requirement text of ISO/TS 22317:2021, RBI Cybersecurity Framework for Banks, ISO/TS 22318:2021, ISMAP (Japan), ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems. Across these standards we have identified 15 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about ISO 22301?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how iso 22301 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.

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