ISO 22301 — Business continuity management
Requirements for a business continuity management system.
- Issued by
- ISO
- Applies in
- Global standards
- Edition
- 2019
- Area
- Operational resilience & ICT
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- 8.2Business impact analysis and risk assessmentPlanning
- 8.3Business continuity strategies and solutionsPlanning
- 8.4Business continuity plans and proceduresOperation
- 8.5Exercise programmeTesting
- 9Performance evaluation and management reviewEvaluation
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Policy does not yet set out: business impact analysis and risk assessment
- Rule
- ISO 22301 — Business continuity management, 8.2
- Area
- Planning
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- DORA — Digital Operational Resilience ActICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing and third-party risk for financial entities.European Union · 8 controls
- NIS2 DirectiveCybersecurity risk-management measures and incident reporting for essential and important entities.European Union · 4 controls
- UK Operational Resilience (FCA SYSC 15A / PRA SS1/21)Important business services, impact tolerances, mapping and scenario testing.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- UK Outsourcing & Third-Party Risk (SYSC 8 / PRA SS2/21)Requirements for outsourcing and third-party arrangements, including critical third parties.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- CSSF Circular 20/750 — ICT and security risk managementEBA ICT and security risk guidelines applied to Luxembourg entities outside DORA's scope.Luxembourg · 5 controls
- CSSF Circular 22/806 — Outsourcing arrangementsThe single outsourcing framework, now applying to DORA entities for business process outsourcing only.Luxembourg · 5 controls
Also in Global standards
- FATF RecommendationsThe 40 Recommendations — the international standard every national AML/CFT/CPF regime is measured against.Global · 8 controls
- Wolfsberg Group StandardsIndustry standards for correspondent banking, the CBDDQ/FCCQ questionnaires and effectiveness-based AML programmes.Global · 4 controls
- ISO 37001 — Anti-bribery management systemsRequirements for establishing, implementing and improving an anti-bribery management system.Global · 6 controls
- ISO 37301 — Compliance management systemsThe certifiable standard for a compliance management system across all obligations.Global · 6 controls
- ISO/IEC 27701 — Privacy information managementThe stand-alone PIMS standard (October 2025 edition), no longer dependent on ISO/IEC 27001.Global · 5 controls
- ISO/IEC 27001 — Information security managementThe certifiable ISMS standard; Annex A controls per ISO/IEC 27002:2022.Global · 9 controls
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Can Amoreg check our policies against the ISO 22301 — Business continuity management?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The catalogue records 2019. Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.