ISO 22301:2019 is essential for all organisations to prepare and manage business continuity plans. This enables the organisation to mitigate the effects of disruption.
Having ISO 22301:2019 will enable a company to come up with and deploy plans that are aligned with their company’s objectives. It is a management system that helps all types of organisations protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents through planning, establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and continually improve a documented management system.
Benefits of ISO 22301:2019
- It can enhance your reputation with current and potential customers showing your business has taken a proactive approach to handle the effects of a potential incident with minimal disruption.
- The process of becoming certified to the ISO22301 standard can increase management and employee engagement across the business.
- It can reduce the impact and frequency of disruptions and incidents by identifying potential risks and creating contingency plans.
- It requires regular reviews and audits to ensure continual business improvement.