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ISO 22301 – Business Continuity Management System Certification
Each organization has a need to protect against disruptions, incidents, as well as internal and external threats. The ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System standard sets requirements for a management system aimed at protecting the organization from disruptions, reducing their likelihood, and providing conditions for recovery. An effective Business Continuity Management System helps organizations develop and maintain an advanced approach, enabling them to respond effectively to any disruptions through the implementation of continuous improvement tools and methods.
How can you prove to your clients and stakeholders that you are the organization that they should work with?
By obtaining an ISO certification that affirms you are compliant with the world’s best-known practices and most widely used standards!
Benefits of ISO 22301 certification to your organization
- Ability to identify, reduce, and manage threats to your organization.
- Increased organization productivity through the use of the advanced “Plan, Do, Check, Act” approach.
- Ability to demonstrate compliance with customer requirements, regulatory, and other standards.
- Reduced costs for internal and external audits of business continuity.
- Reduced incident response time and threat minimization.
- Enhanced competitiveness.
- Increased customer trust and the ability to demonstrate the resilience of your business.
- Continuous improvement.
- Ability to demonstrate an improved risk profile to clients, investors, and stakeholders.
Benefits of ISO 22301 certification to your customers
- Improved service and increased security.
- Increased confidentiality.
- Guaranteed compliance with legal norms.
- Fewer incidents and damages.
Certification process
Documentation review
We will conduct a review of the Management System to look for the main form of documentation
Audit
An audit is performed by us to verify that your organization is in conformity with the requirements of the standard
Certification
Upon verifying that your organization is in conformity with the requirements of the standard, a Management System Certification is granted
Frequently Asked Questions
Management Systems Certification cost depends on a range of factors such as: number of employees, number of locations, standard(s) being audited, economic activity. Based on this information, we determine the audit duration which is a pre-requisite for determining the cost.
It depends on the outcome of the audit and the ability of the organization to respond to possible nonconformities raised during the audit. Under normal circumstances, the certificate may be issued within 2 weeks after the audit.
There is no fixed duration for all audits; it depends on several factors like the standard against which the audit is going to be conducted; size of the company – sites and number of employees within scope; complexity of the management system; industry in which the organization operates; has the organization previously been certified or not; etc
To maintain the certificate, your organization will be subject to two surveillance audits. The first surveillance audit will take place no longer than 12 months from the initial audit. Meanwhile, the second surveillance audit will take place no longer than 12 months from the first surveillance audit.
Year 1 – Initial Certification\Recertification
|- Audit plan
|- Stage 1 audit (remote documentation review)
|- Stage 2 audit (on-site or remote, interviews)
|- Addressing non-conformities
|- Issuing the certificate ( 2 weeks after audit closing)
Year 2 – First Surveillance audit
|- Audit plan
|- Surveillance audit (on-site or remotely, interviews)
|- Addressing non-conformities
Year 3 – Second Surveillance audit
|- Audit plan
|- Surveillance audit (on-site or remotely, interviews)
|- Addressing non-conformities
PECB Ukraine is the official representative in Ukraine for MSECB, which is an accredited Management System Certification Body by the International Accreditation Service (IAS) under ISO/IEC 17021 – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems. Additionally, MSECB is an accredited Product Certification Agency under ISO/IEC 17065 – Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes, and services.
Yes. Being accredited by IAS, which is part of the IAF MLA, gives our certificates global recognition.
An MSECB Certificate is valid for three years, and it is subject to annual audits.
If non-conformities are found during the audit, you are requested to provide root cause analysis, correction, and corrective actions to resolve the non-conformities. These must be reviewed, verified and accepted by the auditor.