Business continuity is the capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products and services within acceptable time frames at predefined capacity during a disruption.
ISO 22301:2019 specifies the requirements for setting up and managing an effective Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). It emphasizes on organizational resilience in order to reduce the likelihood of the occurrence, to prepare for, respond to and recover from disruptions, when they arise. Such disruptions may indicatively include a physical disaster, an IT situation, or a financial crisis, thus ensuring the continuity of delivery of products or services, at predefined levels, following the disruptive incident.