ISO/IEC 22301 Standard is a standard that ensures that the necessary actions are taken to create, realize, verify, maintain plans and minimize the risks that may occur in order to prevent interruptions in the operations of organizations.

If you want to take action in advance against unexpected interruptions and plan processes, implementing the ISO/IEC 22301 standard becomes a requirement for businesses. Although the Business Continuity Standard is a very comprehensive standard that evaluates the interruptions that may occur in all aspects, it has become a legal obligation to adopt the ISO/IEC 22301 standard in some sectors.

Thanks to the continuity of Business Continuity, businesses can carry out their duties, continue their business activities, maintain customer portfolio and corporate prestige, and minimize the risk of negative effects on market share.  

Business Continuity Plans are created for businesses within the scope of Business Continuity. Since the current processes of the institution are handled in the planning, it ensures that the enterprises get rid of all kinds of possible disasters and the continuity of their business activities. To give an example for disasters; Internet disruptions, cyber attacks, infrastructure problems, earthquakes, floods, natural disasters, storms, sabotage, hardware failures, epidemics, stoppage or failure of a critical equipment, logistics interruptions, personnel errors, internal and external factors can be given as examples of major extraordinary events.

It is critical that the Business Continuity Plans established under ISO/IEC 22301 are very comprehensive and in-depth in order to take precautions against extraordinary events.

In organizations that do not have a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan, the following risks may occur;

• Interruptions occur in the services provided to customers and the continuity of the service exceeds the acceptable interruption periods. Therefore, customer losses, loss of reputation and competitiveness decrease.
• Businesses with a legal obligation are subject to legal sanctions. Businesses experience financial losses.
• Failure to fulfill legal responsibilities determined by agreements.
• The activities of the enterprises may stop completely. Staff employment problems may occur.

Service Steps for ISO/IEC 22301 Project

Thanks to its expert staff, UITSEC provides professional consultancy services in your company's ISO/IEC 22301 process.

Relevant UITSEC experts carefully evaluate the following criteria together with your institution officials. While making Business Continuity Planning, the following steps are applied;

1. 1. 1. 1. Analysis and Evaluation Phase:

During the analysis phase, the following criteria or answers to the questions are evaluated;

• The current status of your business is evaluated in terms of business continuity planning.

Does your business have a legal obligation? If there is a legal obligation, it is an important issue to create Business Continuity Plans accordingly.

1. 1. 1. 1. Analysis and Evaluation Phase:

During the analysis phase, the following criteria or answers to the questions are evaluated;

• The current status of your business is evaluated in terms of business continuity planning.
• Does your business have a legal obligation? If there is a legal obligation, it is an important issue to create Business Continuity Plans accordingly.
• Your business is compared to other businesses in the same line of business. The current status is evaluated compared to other businesses.
• The hazards, critical or weak points to which it is exposed are evaluated.
• If there is a major interruption in the activities, how long does it take to disrupt the works?
• What are the processes of your business in terms of Business Continuity? The critical ones of the processes need to be analyzed. Which of the business activities are most critical? It is important to determine the criticality levels. What can be done to prevent disruptions in critical business activities?
• What could be the costs and impacts on the business to prevent existing vulnerabilities? What are the options to prevent vulnerabilities? Which options should be applied?
• 1. 1. 2. Implementation Phase:
• The solution suggestions determined in phase 1 are applied for your business.
• New measures needed are analyzed and necessary actions are taken.
• SLA requirements in accordance with the criteria set out in the Business Continuity Plan are determined for the contractors for whom support is received for possible disasters. It is ensured that the determined SLA conditions are included in the agreements made with the contractors.
• The rules to be applied are documented and the necessary trainings are provided to the personnel.
• Planned interruptions are made to ensure Business Continuity. In this way, it is ensured that the solutions to be implemented are precise and sustainable.
• 1. 1. 3. Management Phase:
• In the future, reports are submitted to the senior management so that your activities are not disrupted. Resource needs are analyzed based on the reports presented.

In the future, the issues that UITSEC can support for the continuity of the processes are evaluated.