Personal Development Intermediate

Business Continuity Management (ISO 22301)

Learn ISO 22301 business continuity management, BIA, risk assessment, crisis response, recovery planning, supplier continuity, testing, audit, and operational resilience.

  • 19 students
  • June 2026

Overview

Business disruptions can come from many directions: cyber incidents, supplier failures, extreme weather, technology outages, workplace disruption, data loss, operational breakdowns, or unexpected crises. Organizations that are not prepared can lose customers, revenue, trust, compliance evidence, and critical service capacity.

The Business Continuity Management (ISO 22301) for Workplace Resilience course helps learners understand how organizations can prepare for disruption, protect critical operations, recover faster, and build stronger resilience using the principles of business continuity management and ISO 22301.

ISO 22301 is the international standard for business continuity management systems. It supports organizations in enhancing resilience, improving risk management, responding systematically to crises, and maintaining continuity of operations and services. (ISO)

This course is designed for managers, compliance professionals, risk teams, operations leaders, business continuity coordinators, IT and cybersecurity teams, internal auditors, supplier management teams, quality managers, and professionals responsible for continuity, crisis response, recovery planning, or organizational resilience.

Across 14 hours of online learning, learners will explore business continuity in Spain, ISO 22301 structure, crisis management, disaster recovery, operational resilience, governance, leadership responsibility, business impact analysis, recovery expectations, risk assessment, continuity strategies, third-party continuity, crisis communication, testing, internal audit, supplier assurance, and continual improvement.

The course gives learners a practical foundation for understanding how business continuity management works and how organizations can prepare evidence, plans, roles, communication procedures, recovery priorities, and improvement processes.

 

Curriculum Summary

Module

Key Topics

Module 01: Business Continuity and ISO 22301 in Spain
  • 1.1 Why business continuity matters for Spanish organizations
  • 1.2 ISO 22301 structure, logic, and management system approach
  • 1.3 BCM, crisis management, disaster recovery, and operational resilience
  • 1.4 Spain’s legal, regulatory, and sectoral continuity requirements

Module 02: Governance, Leadership, and Accountability
  • 2.1 Board-level oversight and leadership commitment to BCM
  • 2.2 BCMS scope, interested parties, and regulatory obligations
  • 2.3 Continuity policy, objectives, roles, and decision rights
  • 2.4 Competence, awareness, communication, and documented evidence

Module 03: Business Impact Analysis and Risk
  • 3.1 Critical activities, essential services, and key dependencies
  • 3.2 MTPD, RTO, RPO, and MBCO — setting recovery expectations
  • 3.3 Risk assessment — cyber, climate, supplier, and site disruption
  • 3.4 BIA results, risk evidence, and recovery priority setting

Module 04: Strategies, Plans, and Recovery
  • 4.1 Continuity strategies for people, workplace, technology, and data
  • 4.2 Third-party and supply chain continuity — EU obligations and controls
  • 4.3 Business continuity plans, crisis procedures, and recovery playbooks
  • 4.4 Incident escalation, crisis communication, and return to normal

Module 05: Testing, Audit, and Improvement
  • 5.1 Exercises and tests — tabletop, simulation, technical, and drill
  • 5.2 Internal audit, management review, and corrective action
  • 5.3 ISO 22301 certification — evidence, readiness, and audit process
  • 5.4 BCM performance, supplier assurance, and continual improvement

Learning Outcomes

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Explain why business continuity matters for Spanish organizations
  • Understand the structure, logic, and management system approach of ISO 22301
  • Distinguish between business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, and operational resilience
  • Understand leadership responsibility, BCMS scope, interested parties, and continuity policy requirements
  • Identify critical activities, essential services, and key dependencies
  • Explain MTPD, RTO, RPO, and MBCO recovery concepts
  • Support business impact analysis and recovery priority setting
  • Identify continuity risks related to cyber incidents, climate events, suppliers, and site disruption
  • Understand continuity strategies for people, workplace, technology, and data
  • Recognize third-party and supply chain continuity considerations
  • Understand business continuity plans, crisis procedures, and recovery playbooks
  • Support incident escalation, crisis communication, and return-to-normal planning
  • Understand testing methods such as tabletop exercises, simulations, technical tests, and drills
  • Explain internal audit, management review, corrective action, and continual improvement in a BCMS
  • Prepare for ISO 22301 evidence, audit readiness, and supplier assurance discussions

Requirements

No prior ISO 22301, business continuity, crisis management, or audit experience is required.

A basic understanding of how organizations operate, manage risks, serve customers, use suppliers, or depend on technology will be helpful.

Learners should have:

  • A willingness to apply the learning in a workplace or business setting
  • Interest in business continuity, risk management, operations, compliance, IT, resilience, or crisis planning
  • A device with internet access
  • Desktop or laptop access recommended for the best learning experience

This Course Includes

  • 14 hours of online self-paced learning
  • Structured modules on business continuity management and ISO 22301
  • Spain and EU-focused continuity context
  • Business Impact Analysis and recovery planning concepts
  • Crisis management and disaster recovery topics
  • Supplier and third-party continuity coverage
  • Testing, audit, corrective action, and continual improvement guidance
  • ISO 22301 certification readiness awareness
  • Certificate of completion
  • Access from desktop, tablet, or mobile device

Certification

Certification

After completing the course, learners will receive a Certificate in Business Continuity Management (ISO 22301).

This certificate can help demonstrate that the learner has studied key concepts in business continuity management, ISO 22301 structure, governance, business impact analysis, recovery objectives, risk assessment, continuity strategies, crisis communication, testing, audit readiness, supplier assurance, and continual improvement.

This is a course completion certificate. It does not certify an organization to ISO 22301 or replace accredited ISO 22301 certification.

Why Choose Us

Spanish Compliance Institute focuses on clear, structured, and professional online training for learners and organizations operating in Spain and the European Union.

This course is designed to make business continuity and ISO 22301 easier to understand for professionals who need practical continuity knowledge without unnecessary complexity. It connects governance, risk, business impact analysis, recovery planning, supplier continuity, testing, audit readiness, and continual improvement into one structured learning path.

Learners choose Spanish Compliance Institute because the training is:

  • Focused on Spain and the European Union
  • Clear, structured, and easy to follow
  • Suitable for busy professionals and managers
  • Useful for compliance, risk, operations, IT, audit, and business continuity teams
  • Built around practical workplace resilience and recovery planning
  • Designed to support stronger continuity awareness and audit readiness

Career Opportunities

This course can support professionals working in or moving toward roles such as:

  • Business Continuity Coordinator
  • Business Continuity Manager
  • Operational Resilience Specialist
  • Risk Management Officer
  • Compliance Officer
  • Crisis Management Coordinator
  • Disaster Recovery Coordinator
  • Internal Audit Professional
  • IT Risk and Continuity Analyst
  • Cybersecurity Resilience Coordinator
  • Operations Manager
  • Quality and Management Systems Coordinator
  • Supplier Risk and Assurance Specialist
  • Facilities or Workplace Resilience Manager

It is also useful for managers and business owners who need to prepare their teams, suppliers, systems, and services for disruption while improving resilience, recovery planning, and stakeholder confidence.

Curriculum

1

Module 01: Business Continuity and ISO 22301 in Spain

1 • 2 Hours

  • Business Continuity and ISO 22301 in Spain
2

Module 02: Governance, Leadership, and Accountability

1 • 2 Hours

  • Governance, Leadership, and Accountability
3

Module 03: Business Impact Analysis and Risk

1 • 2 Hours

  • Business Impact Analysis and Risk
4

Module 04: Strategies, Plans, and Recovery

1 • 2 Hours

  • Strategies, Plans, and Recovery
5

Module 05: Testing, Audit, and Improvement

1 • 2 Hours

  • Testing, Audit, and Improvement

Frequently Asked Questions

This course teaches learners how organizations can prepare for disruption, protect critical activities, manage crises, recover operations, and improve resilience using business continuity management principles and ISO 22301.

ISO 22301 is the international standard for business continuity management systems. It provides a structured approach for planning, implementing, maintaining, reviewing, and improving business continuity arrangements.

This course is suitable for managers, compliance professionals, risk teams, operations leaders, business continuity coordinators, IT teams, cybersecurity teams, internal auditors, supplier management teams, quality managers, and professionals involved in crisis response or operational resilience.

Yes. The course is designed with Spain and EU-related business continuity expectations in mind. It covers Spain’s legal, regulatory, and sectoral continuity requirements, third-party continuity, supplier controls, governance, documentation, and audit readiness.

Yes. The course covers critical activities, essential services, key dependencies, BIA results, risk evidence, recovery priorities, and key recovery terms such as MTPD, RTO, RPO, and MBCO.

Yes. The course explains how business continuity connects with crisis management, disaster recovery, operational resilience, incident escalation, crisis communication, recovery playbooks, and return-to-normal processes.

Yes. The course introduces ISO 22301 certification concepts, evidence preparation, audit readiness, internal audit, management review, corrective action, performance measurement, and continual improvement. It does not itself certify an organization to ISO 22301.

After completing the course, learners will receive a Certificate in Business Continuity Management (ISO 22301).

The course takes approximately 14 hours to complete.

This course is best described as Intermediate. It is accessible to professionals who are new to business continuity, but it also covers structured topics such as BCMS scope, governance, BIA, recovery objectives, audit readiness, supplier assurance, and continual improvement.

No. This course provides professional training and business continuity education. It does not replace ISO certification consulting, legal advice, audit services, crisis management consulting, or organization-specific continuity planning.

Business Continuity Management (ISO 22301)
$16.00
This Course Includes
  • 14 hours
  • Access from mobile and PC
  • Study materials included
  • Certificate of completion
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