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Organizational Resilience

What is Organizational Resilience?

An organization's ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions to survive and prosper.

Governance

Frameworks that govern organizational resilience

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →COBIT 2019View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on organizational resilience

Requirements naming organizational resilience across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 223164 controls

Business continuity policy. Control from ISO 22316 framework, domain: ISO 22316: BCM Program Management.

ISO22316-01 · Organizational resilience and security - business continuity policy for building security and resilience →
ISO 37000:20211 control

Organizational resilience - capacity to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptions. Control from ISO 37000:2021 framework, domain: Organizational Culture and Capability.

ISO37000-CC-02 · Cl. 7.6 Organizational resilience - Capacity to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptions →
VUCA Leadership Framework1 control

Organizational resilience and transparent handling of contradictions. Control from VUCA Leadership Framework framework, domain: Ambiguity → Agility.

VUCA-A-03 · Organizational resilience and transparent handling of contradictions →
BS 65000:2014 - Guidance on Organizational Resilience2 controls

Establish internal and external communication arrangements relevant to organizational resilience including during disruption.

BS65000-7.4 · Communication →
ASIS SPC.1-2009 - Organizational Resilience Standard1 control

Define the scope of the organizational resilience management system including boundaries, locations, and activities.

SPC1-4.1 · Resilience Management System Scope →

Questions people ask about organizational resilience

What is Organizational Resilience?
An organization's ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions to survive and prosper.
Why is Organizational Resilience important for compliance?
Organizational Resilience is a key concept in Governance. Understanding organizational resilience 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 Organizational Resilience?
Organizational Resilience appears in the requirement text of ISO 22316, ISO 37000:2021, VUCA Leadership Framework, BS 65000:2014 - Guidance on Organizational Resilience, ASIS SPC.1-2009 - Organizational Resilience Standard. Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Organizational Resilience?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how organizational resilience 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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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.