ISO 22301:2019 Implementation

Implementing a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) – impact analysis, recovery strategies, and resilience testing for your critical operations.

Why ISO 22301:2019 Matters

Disruptions – cyberattacks, power outages, natural disasters, key vendor failures are a question of when, not if.

ISO 22301:2019 is the international standard for Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS), giving organizations a structured framework to keep critical operations running during disruption and recover quickly when things go wrong. Certification signals to clients, regulators, and partners that your organization has tested, credible plans in place not just a document sitting in a drawer.

What You Get

Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

A structured assessment of your critical business processes, dependencies, and recovery time objectives (RTOs), identifying what truly cannot afford downtime.

Recovery Strategies & BCMS Documentation

Business continuity plans, disaster recovery procedures, crisis communication protocols, and all mandatory BCMS documentation — built around your actual operations.

Testing & Certification-Ready Support

Tabletop exercises, simulation testing, management review facilitation, and hands-on guidance through Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits.

Our Implementation Methodology

• Gap Assessment – Evaluate current continuity practices against ISO 22301:2019 requirements; identify gaps and risks.
• Business Impact Analysis – Identify critical processes, dependencies, and recovery time/point objectives (RTO/RPO).
• Risk Assessment & Strategy Development – Assess continuity risks and define recovery strategies for critical operations.
• Documentation Development – Draft BCMS policy, plans, procedures, and all mandatory records.
• Testing & Exercising – Conduct tabletop exercises and simulations to validate plans under realistic scenarios.
• Internal Audit & Certification Support – Verify BCMS effectiveness internally, then support you through Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits.

Who This Is For

Organizations that need to:

• Ensure critical operations survive disruption – outages, cyber incidents, natural disasters, vendor failures
• Meet regulatory continuity requirements (e.g., NBG Cybersecurity Framework for financial institutions in Georgia)
• Win or retain contracts requiring demonstrated business continuity capability
• Move beyond a static “disaster recovery document” to a tested, living BCMS
• Build resilience as the organization scales or enters new markets

Why IO Consulting

Our team combines internationally recognized credentials – CISA, CISM, and ISO/IEC 27001 Senior Lead Auditor and Lead Implementer certifications. Our approach goes beyond documentation – we’ve conducted ISMS and BCMS audits and implementations across Georgian financial, healthcare, and enterprise sectors. This track record gives us practical insight into what certification bodies and regulators actually expect to see.