Israeli Standard SI 22301: Business continuity management systems

SI 22301 helps the organization build a business continuity management system. The standard covers risks to all the organization's infrastructures: information, production machinery, logistics, communications, service providers, operating sites, and so forth.

The public hears about dramatic events and disasters about terrorist attacks and natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States in 2001. However, 90% of events that damage the ability of organizations to continue providing their products or services to stakeholders – customers, the general public, and shareholders – are far less dramatic: floods, fires, computer viruses, or simply flu.

Israeli Standard SI 22301 proposes a solution to these problems. The standard helps the organization build a business continuity management system, which is critical for the organization to identify its core products and services, critical operations that support them, and the risks facing them if an unexpected event happens.

The business continuity standard reflects a new approach in the certification of management systems under which, ISO 22313:2012 Societal security — Business continuity management systems — Guidance supplements ISO 22301: 2012: Societal security — Business continuity management systems — Requirements, enabling organizations to better prepare implementation of the latter.

Advantages of SI 22301

• Identification of threats to the organization's critical operations and its ability to withstand and withstand them
• Preparedness for an attack on business activity
• Continuation of business in unexpected conditions with a minimum of business activity
• Limit damage to the organization's reputation, as required by contracts, and market share
• A response to binding regulatory or statutory requirements on the organization

Establishment of an Israeli Standard SI 22301 compliant business continuity management solution will enable the organization to -

• Plan its business continuity policy and operating strategies
• Train staff to handle different incidents
• Instill business continuity in the organization culture
• Prepare and practice business continuity plans
• Continue constant improvement in the organization's ability to deal with different stresses

Standards Institution of Israel auditors help identify whether the organization's business continuity system is in compliance with the requirements of the standard and suggest points in need of improvement in order to obtain SI 22301 certification.

We recommend integrating the business continuity system with other management systems, such as information security, information management, and quality management.