Cybersecurity: ICT Readiness for Business Continuity ISO 27031:2025
In today’s highly competitive, information-led world, organisations are increasingly dependent on information and communications technology (ICT) to meet their demanding objectives and keep their stakeholders happy.
ISO/IEC 27031:2025 Cybersecurity - Information and communication technology readiness for business continuity
This international standard describes the concepts and principles of information and communication technology (ICT) readiness for business continuity (IRBC) and provides a framework of methods and processes to identify and specify aspects for improving an organization's ICT readiness to ensure business continuity.
It applies to any organisation (private, governmental, and non-governmental, irrespective of size) developing its ICT readiness for business continuity (IRBC) programme, and requiring its ICT services/infrastructures to be ready to support business operations in the event of emerging events and incidents, and related disruptions, that could affect continuity (including security) of critical business functions. It also enables an organisation to measure performance parameters that correlate to its IRBC in a consistent and recognised manner.
As part of the BCM process, IRBC refers to a management system which complements and supports an organisation's BCM and/or ISMS program, to improve the readiness of the organisation to:
- Respond to the constantly changing risk environment
- Ensure continuation of critical business operations supported by the related ICT services
- Be ready to respond before an ICT service disruption occurs, upon detection of one or a series of related events that become incidents
- To respond and recover from incidents/disasters and failures.
Teed works with clients to assist them in implementing their IRBC programme aligned to the international standard. The case study on the left of this page provides a insight into how we helped our client bring their IRBC project to fruition.
- Date: 14th July 2025