Standards

  • Using ISO 27031 to Guide IT Disaster Recovery Alignment with ISO 22301

    Many organizations struggle to define the best method to meet business expectations regarding information technology (IT) recovery. ISO 27031 provides guidance to business continuity and IT disaster recovery professionals on how to plan for IT continuity and…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Nov 09, 2012
  • How to Determine Risk Appetite in the Context of Business Continuity

    The introduction of ISO 22301 (Societal security – Requirements – Business continuity management system) more closely aligns business continuity to the broader risk management discipline.  A major contributor to this alignment is the standard’s requirement to understand…

    Brian Zawada, FBCI Brian Zawada, FBCI | Jul 02, 2012
  • Organizational Resilience: What it could, or should, mean in the standards landscape

    As Posted in the Digital Edition of Continuity Insights Magazine Admittedly, I wrote this article to better get my mind around the swirling debate regarding the concept of organizational resilience and what it means – or better…

    Brian Zawada, FBCI Brian Zawada, FBCI | Apr 04, 2012
  • An Update on TC 223 and ISO 22301

    Online Exclusive – as published on drj.com  | Updated June 2012 [EDITOR’S NOTE – Brian Zawada is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 223. Zawada participated in the 2011 and 2012 meetings as a…

    Brian Zawada, FBCI Brian Zawada, FBCI | Aug 11, 2011
  • The Basics of ISO 31000 – Risk Management

    After approval by the ISO member bodies, the ISO Technical Management Board Working Group on risk management released ISO 31000:2009, Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines in November of 2009. The authors designed the standard to be…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Jan 19, 2011