PECB ISO 22301 Foundation case studies
PECB ISO 22301 Foundation · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The PECB Certificate Holder in ISO 22301 Foundation is an entry-level credential for people who need to understand the fundamental concepts and principles of a business continuity management system (BCMS) based on ISO 22301. PECB describes the training course as covering the structure and requirements of the standard, including the BCMS policy, top management's commitment, internal audit, management review, and the continual improvement process. The PECB ISO 22301 Foundation case studies are 5 cases and about 3,555 words.
1The evacuation plan that management calls business continuity
Harborline Insurance employs 310 people across a head office and two branch offices. When the board asks about business continuity, the operations director points to three things: quarterly fire evacuation drills, a nightly tape backup of the claims system that is collected weekly by a vendor, and a 24/7 telephone hotline that staff can call to report an incident.
795 words, about 4 min2Scope that stops at the legal boundary
Northvale Diagnostics runs a single accredited laboratory that processes 2,400 clinical samples a day for 60 clinics. Its BCMS scope statement reads: 'The business continuity management system covers the Northvale laboratory building, its staff and its information systems.' Two dependencies sit outside that statement.
732 words, about 4 min3A 48-hour RTO against a 4-hour MTPD
Meridian Pay processes card authorizations for 1,800 online merchants. Its business impact analysis, completed in 2021, states that the maximum tolerable period of disruption for authorization services is four hours and that the minimum business continuity objective is 70% of normal transaction volume.
682 words, about 3 min4The exercise that proves nothing
Cloverfield Foods produces chilled ready meals at one plant; 70% of output goes to three supermarket chains under contracts requiring 98% on-time delivery. The BCMS has one exercise per year: a two-hour desktop walkthrough of a power outage scenario, attended by the same eight managers.
666 words, about 3 min5A management review without inputs
Kestrel Water, a regional utility with 220,000 customers, holds one management review each year. The 2024 meeting lasted 40 minutes.
680 words, about 3 min