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ISO 22300:2021ISO

Security and resilience — Vocabulary

The shared dictionary of the 223xx family: over 270 defined terms, from "prioritized activity" to "exercise", by way of "disruption" and "resilience". The text that prevents misunderstanding in a crisis room.

Official text

Who it applies to

  • Every practitioner
  • Policy writers
  • Translators and trainers

Structuring points

  • "Incident" and "crisis" are not synonyms and do not engage the same bodies
  • "Business continuity" denotes a capability, not a document
  • ISO definitions take precedence over internal usage in an audit

Terminology applicable to security and resilience.