Business Continuity,
Auditing Plans using ISO22301

How should you ensure that your organization continues to operate as effectively and efficiently as possible under unforeseen or unprecedented circumstances? Business Continuity Planning is essential to ensure that your operations continue despite the occurrence of currently foreseen or unforeseen hazards. The international standard for business continuity management ISO 22301 specifies requirements to plan, implement, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents when they arise. Part of implementing such a Business Continuity Management System is putting in place plans for auditing your management system to ensure that it is effective, that it will work when we need it. This popular Anderson online training course will support you to develop your approach for implementing and auditing a Business Continuity Plan.

By attending this Anderson online training course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need for, dangers and best practices associated with Business Continuity Management
• Understand the requirements contained within ISO 22301
• Appreciate the relationship between ISO 22301 and other standards
• Support the implementation of an effective Business Continuity Management System
• Identify key stakeholders and understand how to gain their support and input
• Develop Business Continuity Auditing Plans
• Apply ISO 22301 requirements to auditing a Business Continuity Management System
• Champion Business Continuity Management at all levels of the organisation

This Anderson online training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Business Continuity & Risk Managers
• Team leaders, supervisors, section heads and managers
• Internal Auditors
• Compliance Managers
• Project, purchasing, finance & production managers
• Technical professionals including those in Maintenance, Engineering & Operations
• Planners
• Board of directors

Amongst a wide range of valuable topics, the following will be prioritised:

• The Case for Business Continuity Management
• Fundamental principles of Business Continuity Management
• Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS)
• The business continuity management requirements in ISO 22301
• Implementation of a BCMS in accordance with ISO 22301 & ISO/IEC 27031
• Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessment
• Understanding the relationship between BCMS and the compliance with the other Risk Management requirements, including supply chain management
• Preparing a business case and a project plan for the implementation of a BCMS
• Incident and emergency response management
• Common issues with BCMS’s