ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management (BCMS)

Business Continuity Management Certification (BCMS)

What is an ISO 22301 Business Continuity?

Business continuity is the planning and preparation of a company to make sure it overcomes serious incidents or disasters and resumes its normal operations within a reasonably short period.

 

ISO 22301  for business continuity management offers a set of methodologies, framework to help you prepared for business continuity.

 

Typical disasters that business continuity covers natural disasters including fires, floods, accidents caused by people, server crashes or virus infections, insolvency of key suppliers, and negative media campaigns.

The 3 key elements of business continuity consist of:

  • Resilience
  • Recovery
  • Contingency

The ISO 22301 Benefits

shiled

Protect assets, turnover and profits

Business operations

Ensure continuity of business operations

competition

Increase competitive advantage and enhance corporate regulation

Legal

Meet legal and regulatory requirements

independent

Obtain an independent assessment of your security posture

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ISO Certification Process

Sustainable Certification™ seeks to make the certification process – and the rectification of any non-conformities – simple and affordable through our cutting-edge online portal. If you’re seeking certification as part of a tender process, you want to be able to focus your energy and your organisation’s resources on what’s important, so we strive to make your journey to your certification as streamlined as possible.

Application and Contract

  1. The client submits an application for certification.
  2. Sustainable Certification evaluates the application and presents a certification proposal.
  3. Upon agreement, the client accepts the proposal and returns it to Sustainable Certification.
  4. Audit dates are then scheduled.

Additionally, Sustainable Certification offers the option of conducting a Gap Analysis as part of the process.

Certification Audit/ Transfer

  1. Stage 1 Audit, the audit team will evaluate the documentation and readiness of the management system in preparation for the Stage 2 Audit.
  2. In Stage 2, known as the Certification Audit, the audit team will assess the actual implementation of the system and address any outstanding issues identified during Stage 1.
  3. Following a thorough review and a positive decision by the independent GCC certification authority, the organization will be recommended for certification. Upon recommendation, a certificate will be issued.

Maintaining certification

  1. Every issued certificate is valid for a period of three years. Following certification, a scheduled audit program will be established to conduct regular audits throughout this three-year duration. These audits serve to ensure the company’s continuous adherence to the specified requirements of the standard. It is mandatory to conduct at least one surveillance audit per year.

Re-Certification

  1. The cycle starts again with a stage 1 and stage 2 audits.