When there is an increase in uncertainty in the current environment, Saudi Arabian organizations incur an increasing need to manage interruptions. Whether it is cyberattacks and power outages, natural disasters, or pandemics worldwide, businesses need to make sure that the most crucial activities may operate in absolutely any conditions.
The international standard on Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS): ISO 22301:2019, presents an established resilience structure to allow preparing, responding, and recovering when a disruptive incident happens. We have assisted companies in Saudi Arabia to implement and realize the ISO 22301 certification where we support businesses to strengthen resiliency, enhance risk preparedness, and gain a stable operation in the long-term.
The ISO 22301 is the most popular business continuity global standard in the world. It defines the framework and the needs of a management system that helps an organization to go on with its operation even during and after the interruption.
The standard has:
With the adoption of ISO 22301, companies shall develop measures that would safeguard staff, property, and even reputation in the event of a crisis.
The ISO 22301 certification is mandatory for organizations in:
The uninterrupted service is not merely important in these sectors, it is obligatory, legally, and on a contractual basis as well as in reputation.
Resilience and Risk Preparedness
ISO 22301 assists in the identification of threats, evaluation of impact they might have, and ensuring that controls are put in place to ensure that critical services are available even in the case of emergencies.
The National and Sector-Specific Regulations Compliance
The need or preferable use of certified business continuity systems by many relevant regulatory bodies in KSA such as regulatory bodies in finance, oil and gas, and ICT must be noted because business continuity systems are being used to meet specific credit requirements of the relevant regulatory bodies in various operations.
Better Reputation and Trust by stakeholders
By showing your customers, investors, and partners that you can keep your business running even in times of disturbance you develop confidence within them.
Contract and Tender competitive advantage
The certification (ISO 22301) empowers your credentials in bids, particularly to the governments and foreign customers in KSA.
Smaller Downtimes and Money Losses
Your business stands to sustain itself quicker because of tested continuity plans, and incurred fewer losses both in terms of delays and churns of customers.
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