ISO 22301

ISO 22301 Clause 8.4 requires business continuity plans built on BIA outputs and selected strategies. Organisations that start with the plan bypass the Clause 8 dependency chain and produce documents that fail under exercise testing.

Most ISO 22301 BIAs are accurate at certification and rubber-stamped thereafter. Clause 8.6 now gives auditors a direct mechanism to challenge whether your BIA is fit for purpose — not just whether it was reviewed on schedule.