Business continuity is one of the best practices that more organisations miss out on. This is why ISO 22301:2019 was established to provide organisations with the ability to maintain functional operations during disruption, crisis, losing a core team member and even cybersecurity attacks.
What is the ISO 22301:2019 standard?
ISO 22301:2019 is an international standard which provides requirements for a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) and was created to provide organisations with systems, procedures and instructions to ensure essential functions continue to be operational during disasters. Disasters that are covered in the standard include natural, accidental and intentional man-made disasters.
How ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management Systems keeps your organisation going during emergencies.
All organisations and sectors are subject to some form of disruptions across its lifetime. An implemented Business Continuity System ensures your organisation can overcome any crisis with minimal impact.
Some of the other benefits your organisation can expect from ISO 22301:2019 include:
- Increased operational resilience
- Preparedness in an emergency
- Crisis management
- Reputation protection during emergencies
- Plan in place for a sudden loss of critical resources
- Systems and procedures in place to re-establish essential functions during catastrophic disasters.
Implementing an ISO 22301:2019 BCSM in your organisation
There are various steps you would need to take to implement an international standard such as ISO 22301:2019. One of the first steps is ensuring your top management and overall staff receive the appropriate training they need to do their part.
Organisational wide processes needed to implement business continuity plans require all staff to have ISO 22301:2019 Awareness Training so they understand what the standard is and their part in implementing the systems needed to ensure smoother operations in crisis.
WWISE Business Continuity training for your staff
Ensuring an emergency system such as ISO 22301:2019 works in times of crisis all your staff will need to do their part in the crisis so your organisation doesn’t receive heavy blows when it comes to output and customer satisfaction.
At WWISE we offer ISO 22301:2019 training for all your staff including Awareness and Internal Auditing training on our eLearning platform. If your organisation requires Lead Implementer training you would need to send your delegates to our training centre for in-person training to ensure skill and knowledge transfer.
ISO 22301:2018 Awareness Course
ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management Awareness training ensures all your staff understands the standard, their part in a crisis. The training also equips your staff with the knowledge and skills to plan for any risk or sudden changes in your industry and ensures you would be able to respond to any crises quickly and effectively.
ISO 22301:2018 Internal Auditing Course
Our ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management Internal Auditing training ensures your chosen staff develop the skills needed to conduct internal audits of your organisation’s BCMS and implement improvements to ensure the system meets its goals. The eLearning ensures delegates are able to analyse and report on the efficacy and execution of BCMS compliant procedures. The course also covers how to start an audit, plan and conduct audit activities, compile and disseminate audit reports and do follow-up activities.
ISO 22301:2019 Lead Implementer Course
Our ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Lead Implementer Course is designed to take delegates from the Awareness level to be able to implement a BCMS within your organisation. The online course can be completed within 5 days and will take your delegates through a step-by-step process and provide templates, documentation, and toolkits to support your organisation throughout the process. Your delegates will also be exposed to modules going over different management skills such as leadership, effective delegation, and problem resolution. All of which will assist in ensuring the efficacy of your implementation.
Ensure your organisation can get up and keep moving forward no matter what crisis, chaos or even full scale disruptions are happening. Speak to one of our ISO experts on 012 644 0142 or email us on admin@wwise.co.za today.