Course overview
ISO 22301 is the international standard for a business continuity management system, and it gives organizations a structured, auditable way to prepare for disruption. Its value is not in the certificate alone but in the discipline it imposes: understanding what the business does, what could stop it, and what a credible recovery looks like. Read well, the standard is less a compliance burden than a template for thinking clearly about resilience.
This course, held at EuroQuest International Training, walks through ISO 22301 clause by clause in plain language. Participants examine business impact analysis, recovery strategy, implementation, and the monitoring and review that keep a system alive, along with what certification readiness actually involves. The course explains the standard as subject matter; it is educational and does not certify participants or organizations, and attendance does not grant ISO 22301 certification.
Why a management system beats a static plan
A continuity plan written once and filed away decays quickly as the organization changes. ISO 22301 addresses this by framing continuity as a management system with ownership, measurement, and continual improvement built in, so the plan stays current. Understanding the standard helps professionals build resilience that survives staff turnover, reorganizations, and shifting risks, instead of a document that is accurate only on the day it was signed.
Course objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Cite the ISO 22301 clause behind each continuity decision.
- Prioritize the activities an organization cannot run without.
- Time how long an activity can stop before impact is unacceptable.
- Degrade a service to the minimum capacity the business will accept.
- Resource a prioritized activity by name rather than by category.
- Invoke a plan and reach the person named to run it.
- Rehearse continuity procedures until a weakness surfaces.
- Substantiate every recovery claim with a traceable record.
- Reduce the gap a failed exercise exposes.
Course outline
Unit 1: Introduction to ISO 22301 and business continuity
- The recovery expectation a regulator sets for the sector.
- An hour in which the building stands and the work stops.
- Defined terms in ISO 22301 from disruption to invocation.
- Which products and services the management system covers.
Unit 2: Business impact analysis and risk assessment
- Naming prioritized activities under ISO 22301 clause 8.2.
- Fixing minimum acceptable capacity and the hours allowed.
- Rating disruption scenarios per activity under clause 8.2.
- Tracing each hour figure back to the record behind it.
Unit 3: Designing continuity and recovery strategies
- Discarding continuity strategies clause 8.3 will refuse.
- People, space, and systems attached to a single activity.
- Working manually for the hours the system stays down.
- Meeting a recovery promise already written into a contract.
Unit 4: Implementing and operating the management system
- Writing clause 8.4 plans around someone reachable at night.
- Warnings that reach customers, suppliers, and a regulator.
- Copies of the plan people actually had on the night.
- Scoping the exercise program at clause 8.5 over a cycle.
Unit 5: Monitoring, reviewing, and certification readiness
- Clause 9.1.2 evaluation of plans and actual capability.
- Evidence a failed exercise creates under clause 10.
- Showing a certification assessor the system in operation.
- Catching the change that quietly invalidates the analysis.
How the course is delivered
The course is delivered through facilitated discussion, worked examples, and documented case studies of continuity systems, with structured feedback. It explains ISO 22301 and is educational; it does not certify participants or organizations, and attending does not grant ISO 22301 certification, which is issued only by an independent certification body.
Who should attend
The course suits business continuity managers, risk and quality professionals, and internal auditors who work with continuity systems. Those who want the broader planning discipline first will find Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning a useful foundation.
About EuroQuest International Training
EuroQuest International Training, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bratislava, delivers professional courses to more than 15,000 participants across over 1,000 titles, in cities including Dubai, London, Barcelona, Istanbul, Vienna, Paris, and Geneva, led by experienced practitioners.
Frequently asked questions
Will I be certified in ISO 22301 after the course?
No. The course explains the standard and how to apply it. Certification of an organization is issued only by an independent certification body after a formal audit, which is separate from this course.
Do I need prior continuity experience?
Some familiarity helps, but the course starts from the standard's core concepts, so professionals new to formal continuity systems can follow it.
Is this only relevant if we plan to certify?
No. Many organizations use ISO 22301 as a structure for stronger continuity without pursuing certification, and the course supports both aims.
Related courses
- Crisis Management and Business Continuity
- Resilience and Recovery Planning for Organizations
- Developing Risk Management Frameworks
- ISO 9001: Implementing Quality Management Systems
Register for this course
To reserve a place or ask about dates and in-house delivery, contact EuroQuest International Training and our team will help you arrange the details.
All Course Dates & Locations
29 dates · 13 cities · Oct 2026 – Jun 2027