Learn about ISO 22301, the international standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM), in this free online course.

Understanding, prioritizing and preparing for various business risks is key to building your business's resilience and guaranteeing its continuity.  ISO 22301, the international standard for business continuity management (BCM), provides a framework to help companies prepare for the unexpected. This standard lays out the requirements for a management system that can effectively protect businesses from disruptive incidents and reduce their likelihood of such events occuring.

Businesses shouldn’t wait to react to bad incidents. Instead, they should be proactive and put contingency plans in place. This business management course goes through the ISO 22301 standard and teaches you how it helps to prepare businesses to continue operations during disruptions. We discuss its benefits, criticisms and explain how to implement it in your business. We also examine some of the tools used to implement the standard and ensure resilience, including business impact analyses.

Many countries have laws defining the emergency planning responsibilities of organizations. These specify who is responsible for the task of emergency or incident planning. Those responsibilities often include the implementation of BCM. ISO 22301 certification should thus be considered essential to any organization legally required to engage in contingency planning, including utilities, transport and health and essential public services. A robust BCM system is important to ensure resilience in today’s dynamic markets. Sign up for this course to gain a comprehensive understanding of the ISO 22301 framework and learn how to implement it to protect your business from disruptions and comply with relevant legislation.