Continuity assessed properly
Our auditors assess continuity the way it should be assessed, not by whether the documents exist, but by whether the organisation could genuinely withstand disruption.
ISO 22301 Certification
Business continuity,independently certified.
ISO 22301 sets out the requirements for a Business Continuity Management System: the structure an organisation uses to prepare for disruption, respond to it, and recover from it. It is not a plan gathering dust in a drawer. It is a managed, tested, continually improved system for keeping the business running.
What it proves
Proof you will still be there when things go wrong.
Business Continuity Management System
ISO 22301 sets out the requirements for a Business Continuity Management System, known as a BCMS: the structure an organisation uses to prepare for disruption, respond to it, and recover from it. It is not a plan gathering dust in a drawer. It is a managed, tested, continually improved system for keeping the business running.
Certification against it proves three things. That you understand which of your activities are critical, and how quickly they must be restored. That you have plans and resources in place to maintain or recover them when disruption strikes. And that you test and improve those plans, so they work when they are finally needed rather than failing at the first real test. For a customer, a regulator, or a partner depending on you, an ISO 22301 certificate is independent proof that you will still be there when things go wrong.
Continuity-critical sectors
Who it is for
Organisations where downtime carries an immediate cost.
ISO 22301 matters most to organisations where downtime carries a direct and immediate cost. Banking and financial services organisations operate under regulatory expectations for continuity and cannot afford interruption to payments or customer access. IT and software companies underpin their clients' operations, which means their own continuity is written into the service they sell, and increasingly into their contracts. Healthcare organisations must maintain critical services regardless of what disrupts them, because the stakes are measured in more than money.
It is also increasingly a procurement requirement. Large organisations now ask their suppliers to demonstrate continuity before awarding contracts, because a supplier that goes dark becomes their problem too. If your clients depend on you being available, ISO 22301 is how you prove you will be.
The certification process
A clear, two-stage audit, then a three-year cycle.
Certiva Global certifies ISO 22301 through a clear, two-stage audit, because resilience that is not maintained quietly decays.
Compliant with ISO/IEC 17021-1
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Stage 1
Our auditor reviews the design of your business continuity management system, confirming you have identified your critical activities, assessed the risks to them, and built continuity and recovery plans on that foundation.
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Stage 2
Our auditor gathers evidence that the system works in practice, examining your plans, your resources, and crucially, whether you test and rehearse them. If the evidence supports certification, the certificate is issued.
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Surveillance & recertification
Certification runs on a three-year cycle, maintained by surveillance audits, normally annual, with recertification at the end, because resilience that is not maintained quietly decays.
How it fits
Continuity rarely stands alone.
Business continuity rarely stands alone. It shares the same management system structure as standards such as ISO 27001 for information security, which means it integrates cleanly rather than duplicating effort.
The connection to information security is especially close, because a large share of modern disruption is digital: a ransomware attack is both a security incident and a continuity event. Organisations that manage information security and business continuity together get a more complete picture of their resilience, and Certiva Global can assess them in a coordinated way where that suits you.
One coordinated audit
ISO 27001
Information Security
The information security management system that governs how you protect data and treat security risk.
ISO 22301
Business Continuity
The continuity management system that keeps critical activities running, and recovers them, when disruption strikes.
A ransomware attack is both a security incident and a continuity event. Assessed together, they give a more complete picture of your resilience.
Why Certiva Global
Resilience you can prove is resilience your customers can trust.
Certiva Global is an independent international certification body based in Hyderabad, serving organisations worldwide and operating in compliance with ISO/IEC 17021-1.
We assess and certify only
We do not write your continuity plans, and that independence is what makes the certificate worth holding.
Resilience you can prove
Certification runs on a three-year cycle with annual surveillance, so what you show customers is current resilience rather than a one-off result.
To begin, request a no-obligation scoping discussion with our technical team.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
ISO 22301 certification is independent confirmation that your organisation operates a Business Continuity Management System meeting the international standard. It proves you have identified your critical activities, built plans to maintain and recover them through disruption, and test those plans so they work when needed.
Organisations where downtime carries direct cost, including banking and financial services, IT and software companies, and healthcare, as well as any supplier asked to demonstrate continuity as a condition of a contract.
An ISO 22301 certificate is valid for three years, maintained through annual surveillance audits, with recertification at the end of the cycle.
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