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Minimum Business Continuity Objective

What is Minimum Business Continuity Objective?

The minimum level of services or products that must be maintained during a disruption to be considered acceptable to the organization.

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What the standards actually require on minimum business continuity objective

Requirements naming minimum business continuity objective across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 223171 control

Define the minimum level of service or production that must be achieved during disruption for the organization to remain viable.

ISO22317-5.6 · Minimum Business Continuity Objective (MBCO)

Conduct a BIA focused on ICT services to determine recovery time objectives, recovery point objectives and minimum business continuity objectives.

27031-6.2 · Business Impact Analysis for ICT

Questions people ask about minimum business continuity objective

What is Minimum Business Continuity Objective?
The minimum level of services or products that must be maintained during a disruption to be considered acceptable to the organization.
Why is Minimum Business Continuity Objective important for compliance?
Minimum Business Continuity Objective is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding minimum business continuity objective helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Minimum Business Continuity Objective?
Minimum Business Continuity Objective appears in the requirement text of ISO 22317, ISO/IEC 27031:2011. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Minimum Business Continuity Objective?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how minimum business continuity objective 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 686 frameworks.

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