What Is Business Continuity?
Business continuity refers to an organization’s capability to carry on providing goods and services in the event of disruption within an acceptable timeframe at a predefined capacity.
Business Continuity Management Standards (BMCS, like ISO 22301) provide a framework for enterprises to maintain, manage, and implement a successful business continuity management program that helps in disruption prevention, response, and recovery. You can get 22301 certification from any of the top certifying bodies like BizRep Services.
Disruptions are created due to various outrages like; logical outrages (like a bug, virus, brute-force attacks), component outrages (like CPU fault, disk failure, etc.), and site outrages (like flooding, fire, pandemic, etc.). In recent times we have witnessed a major factor for disruption and it is the COVID pandemic. It has changed the way businesses perceive disruptions and business continuity. Now they have understood the importance of preplanning to prevent, respond and recover from these disruptions.
Along with other certifications like ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 Certification in Qatar, we at BizRep Services also provide ISO 22301 for your business.
What Will Happen if a Business is Hit by a Disruption Like the COVID Pandemic?
Some of the major effects of a business disruption include failure to deliver the normal client services as per the service legal agreements, bad customer experience, loss in revenue, hard time in business survival, and slower recovery.
In the COVID pandemic, businesses all around the world have encountered the effects and consequences of the disruption. Because businesses were unprepared for the pandemic, they were unable to successfully serve consumers with necessary services and products. They realized that they needed a structure in place to handle the disruption to their business. So let’s understand how ISO 22301 can help you with these kinds of disruptions.
How the ISO 22301 Can Help You With the Disruption?
The ISO 22301 standard deals with Business continuity management. It provides a practical framework for setting up and managing Business Continuity Management Standards. With the help of this certification, you can assure both your consumers and stakeholders that your organization can rapidly overcome operational disruption to provide continued and effective products and services.
The ISO 22301 helps you with the following:
- Crisis management
- Disaster recovery
- Emergency Preparedness
- Operational resilience
- Corporate governance
- Supply chain security
- Protection of reputation
BCMS Plan Implementation
Every operational business, whether product or service-based, needs a business continuity plan to ensure its future existence and smoother functioning. The implementation of BMCS includes the following:
- Development of business continuity plans for the organization (the plans vary from organization to organization)
- Taking into consideration the organization’s contingencies and capabilities.
- Understanding the organization’s individual business needs.
By taking all the above-mentioned considerations into account, a BCMS plan is implemented. For successful business continuity, we need to make sure that the BCMS is properly planned, implemented, maintained, and continually improved.
Conclusion
To get ISO 22301 certification, you only need to request a quote, then we will start the auditing process, and you’ll be on your road to successfully receiving ISO 22301 certification from us. We, at BizRep Services, provide QGOS registered ISO Certification like ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO 45001and ISO 14001 Certification in Qatar amongst others. For any of your queries call us at +974 4036 9943 or mail us at info@bizrepservices.com.
Key Takeaways
- Business continuity refers to an organization’s capability to carry on providing goods and services in the event of disruption within an acceptable timeframe at a predefined capacity.
- Business Continuity Management Standards (BMCS, like ISO 22301) provide a framework for enterprises to maintain, manage, and implement a successful business continuity management program that helps in disruption prevention, response, and recovery.
- In the COVID pandemic, businesses all around the world have encountered the major effects of the disruption. Because businesses were unprepared for the pandemic, they were unable to successfully serve consumers with necessary services and products.
- The ISO 22301 standard helps you with crisis management, disaster recovery, emergency preparedness, operational resilience, corporate governance, supply chain security, and protection of reputation.