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ISO/TS 22331:2018ISO

Guidelines for business continuity strategy

The most frequently skipped link between the BIA and the plans. It describes how to evaluate, compare and select continuity options — and how to justify the chosen ones economically.

Official text

Who it applies to

  • Continuity leads arbitrating a budget
  • Finance functions
  • Risk committees

Structuring points

  • Four response families: accept, transfer, reduce likelihood, reduce impact
  • Strategy is chosen resource by resource: people, premises, technology, information, suppliers, partners
  • Strategy cost must be compared with the cost of disruption derived from the BIA

Identifying and selecting continuity strategies, at activity and resource level.