Risk management and business continuity standards

Maintaining your operations at their usual service levels during the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) can be a challenge.

Standards can offer information and practical guidance for businesses and individuals to help navigate this changing risk landscape and build your resilience.

To reduce the risks that can be associated with the spread of COVID-19 across the community, it’s important for organizations to activate their business continuity plans and continue to adapt to the changing landscape.

The international standard for business continuity management, ISO 22301, provides a robust framework to help you to understand and prioritize the threats and build your resilience. It specifies the requirements for a management system that can help protect against, reduce the likelihood of, and ensure you’re best placed to recover from disruptive incidents.

Whether your focus is on risk management, supply chain, organizational resilience or emergency planning, there are a range of standards that can support you now and in the future. 

• ISO 31000:2018 Risk management - Guidelines
• ISO 22313:2020 Business continuity management systems. Guidance on the use of ISO 22301
• ISO/TS 22318:2015 Guidelines for supply chain continuity
• ISO 22316:2017 Organizational resilience. Principles and attributes
• ISO 22319:2017 Community resilience - Guidelines for planning the involvement of spontaneous volunteers
• ISO 22330:2018 Guidelines for people aspects of business continuity
• ISO 22395:2018 Community resilience. Guidelines for supporting vulnerable persons in an emergency
• ISO 22320:2018 Emergency management. Guidelines for incident management
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