ISO 22301

Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)

The international standard for business continuity. Ensure your organization can maintain critical operations during and after disruptive incidents.

What is ISO 22301?

ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). It helps organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents.

The standard covers the entire lifecycle of business continuity-from understanding your organization and assessing risks, to developing strategies, implementing plans, and exercising capabilities.

Certification demonstrates to customers and stakeholders that your organization has robust plans to maintain operations during crises.

Who needs it

  • Organizations with critical services or operations
  • Financial institutions and banks
  • Healthcare providers
  • Utilities and infrastructure providers
  • Manufacturing and supply chain organizations
  • Any organization requiring operational resilience

Key requirements

ISO 22301 guides organizations through understanding their critical activities, developing continuity strategies, and maintaining readiness.

Business impact analysis
Risk assessment
Business continuity strategy
Business continuity plans
Incident response procedures
Crisis communication
Recovery procedures
Exercise and testing
Supply chain continuity
Resource management
Training and awareness
Performance evaluation

How Kynosure helps

Build resilience with structured BC documentation and practical implementation support.

PYXIS — Multi-Framework Assessment

Pyxis scores your BCMS maturity alongside DORA operational resilience, ISO 27001, and four more frameworks in a single guided run. Sector-profiled, severity-ranked gaps, methodology-backed PDF.

Build organizational resilience

Run the unified assessment and score BCMS maturity alongside DORA operational resilience — shared continuity controls scored once, not twice.

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