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Business Continuity Management

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ISO 22301 is the International standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM). It specifies requirements for setting up and managing an effective business continuity management system.

BCM is the management process that identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations that those threats, if realized, might cause.

This provides a framework for building organizational resilience with the capability for an effective response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, premises, technology, brand and reputation.

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 their size, scope or complexity, that wishes to manage their overall business risks and develop the capability to plan for, and respond to, incidents and business disruptions. The consequences of unexpected business disruptions may be far-reaching and might involve loss of life, loss of assets or income, or the inability to deliver products and services on which the organization’s survival might depend. By proactive identification of the impact of disruption, BCM identifies those products and services that are crucial for the organization’s existence, and helps to establish what responses will be needed if a disruption occurs. ISO 22301 further provides the capability to adequately react in case of disruption.