--- title: "ISO 22301 vs ISO/IEC 27001: BCMS and ISMS Comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/global/iso-22301/iso-22301-vs-iso-27001" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/global/iso-22301/iso-22301-vs-iso-27001" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Compare ISO 22301 business continuity management with ISO/IEC 27001 information security management: scope, risk work, evidence, certification boundaries, overlap, and common mistakes." published_at: "2026-05-09" updated_at: "2026-05-09" keywords: - "ISO 22301 vs ISO 27001" - "ISO 22301 vs ISO/IEC 27001" - "BCMS vs ISMS" - "business continuity management system" - "information security management system" - "ISO 22301 ISO 27001 evidence overlap" - "ISO 22301" - "ISO/IEC 27001" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # ISO 22301 vs ISO/IEC 27001: BCMS and ISMS Comparison Compare ISO 22301 business continuity management with ISO/IEC 27001 information security management: scope, risk work, evidence, certification boundaries, overlap, and common mistakes. *BCMS vs ISMS* *Global* *ISO standards* ## ISO 22301 vs ISO/IEC 27001 ISO 22301 and ISO/IEC 27001 both use management-system discipline, but they answer different questions: can the organization continue critical activities through disruption, and is information security risk being assessed and treated? Use this comparison to keep BCMS and ISMS scope, evidence, certification claims, audits, and review triggers aligned without pretending one certificate proves the other. ISO 22301 is the business continuity management system standard. ISO/IEC 27001 is the information security management system standard. They can reinforce each other, especially around availability, suppliers, incidents, documented information, audit, and management review, but the evidence has to stay tied to the right scope and objective. ## ISO 22301 vs ISO/IEC 27001: BCMS scope, ISMS scope, evidence, and certification boundaries Use this comparison to decide which standard owns the work, what evidence can be reused, and where separate BCMS and ISMS records are still required. - **ISO 22301**: Business continuity management system requirements for continuing products and services through disruption using BIA, recovery priorities, strategies, plans, exercises, audit, management review, and improvement. - **ISO/IEC 27001**: Information security management system requirements for assessing and treating information security risks using risk criteria, risk assessment, risk treatment, controls, Statement of Applicability, audit, management review, and improvement. | Dimension | ISO 22301 | ISO/IEC 27001 | Operational implication | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Scope boundary | BCMS scope should identify the organization, products and services, activities, sites, dependencies, outsourced processes, exclusions, and continuity responsibilities. | ISMS scope should identify the information, systems, processes, locations, organizational units, interfaces, and information security responsibilities covered by the ISMS. | A shared department, cloud service, or supplier may sit in both scopes, but the scope statement and certificate claim need to say what each management system actually covers. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Covered actors | Establish, operate, monitor, review, and improve a BCMS that prepares the organization to continue and recover products and services during disruption. | Establish, operate, monitor, review, and improve an ISMS that protects information through risk assessment, risk treatment, and controls. | Choose ISO 22301 when the question is continuity capability. Choose ISO/IEC 27001 when the question is information security risk and control assurance. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Trigger | ISO 22301 centers continuity analysis on BIA and risk assessment, then uses those outputs to select continuity strategies and solutions. | ISO/IEC 27001 centers security analysis on information security risk assessment and risk treatment, then uses Annex A and other controls to avoid omitted necessary controls. | Do not substitute an RTO table for an information security risk treatment plan, and do not substitute an Annex A control list for BIA and recovery strategy evidence. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. | | Core obligations | ISO 22301 uses disruption response, warning and communication, continuity procedures, recovery arrangements, exercises, and post-incident evaluation to prove readiness. | ISO/IEC 27001 treats security incidents through ISMS controls, risk treatment, monitoring, corrective action, and control improvement. | Run joint incident reviews for cyber-disruption scenarios, but record both continuity lessons and information security treatment changes. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Evidence that matters | BCMS evidence includes BIA results, continuity objectives, MTPD/RTO/RPO assumptions, dependency maps, selected strategies, plans and procedures, exercise reports, post-incident reviews, audits, management reviews, and corrective actions. | ISMS evidence includes risk criteria, risk assessment results, risk treatment decisions, selected controls, Statement of Applicability, risk-owner approval, treatment-plan status, monitoring results, audits, management reviews, and corrective actions. | Reuse evidence only when the same artifact proves the specific claim for each standard; otherwise keep a link between two different records. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Timing | ISO 22301 audits and management reviews should test BCMS conformity, BIA/risk assessment currency, exercise results, continuity strategy adequacy, and improvement actions. | ISO/IEC 27001 audits and management reviews should test ISMS conformity, risk assessment and treatment status, Statement of Applicability accuracy, control performance, and improvement actions. | Coordinate calendars where useful, but do not use one audit sample to close findings against the other standard unless the sample tests both criteria. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Enforcement | An ISO 22301 certificate is a BCMS certificate for its stated scope. It should not be presented as proof that the organization has an ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS. | An ISO/IEC 27001 certificate is an ISMS certificate for its stated scope. It should not be presented as proof that the organization has an ISO 22301 BCMS. | Customer-facing assurance should list the certificate, scope, certificate body, date, exclusions, and supporting evidence for each standard separately. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Overlap | ISO 22301 looks at whether outsourced processes and supply chain dependencies support continuity of products and services during disruption. | ISO/IEC 27001 looks at whether supplier access, cloud services, ICT supply chain dependencies, and service arrangements create information security risks that need controls. | A supplier review can serve both standards if it tests continuity capacity and information security controls separately. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | | Practical decision rule | Use ISO 22301 as the lead standard when the deliverable is continuity of products and services, recovery strategy, exercise evidence, or BCMS certification readiness. | Use ISO/IEC 27001 as the lead standard when the deliverable is information security risk treatment, control evidence, Statement of Applicability, or ISMS certification readiness. | When both apply, keep one shared workplan but two labeled evidence columns: BCMS continuity proof and ISMS information-security proof. | [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page.
[ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. | Sources for Scope boundary - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Scope boundary - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Scope boundary - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Covered actors - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Covered actors - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Covered actors - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Trigger - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Trigger - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. - Quote: "Guidance on managing information security risks" Sources for Trigger - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. - Quote: "Guidance on managing information security risks" Sources for Core obligations - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Core obligations - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Core obligations - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Evidence that matters - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Evidence that matters - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Evidence that matters - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Timing - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Timing - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Timing - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Enforcement - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Enforcement - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Enforcement - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Overlap - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Overlap - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Overlap - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Practical decision rule - ISO 22301: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" Sources for Practical decision rule - ISO/IEC 27001: - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" Sources for Practical decision rule - operational implication: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" ### How should teams decide which standard owns the work? - Start with the outcome: continuity capability points to ISO 22301; information security risk treatment points to ISO/IEC 27001. - Check scope before reusing evidence: the same service, supplier, system, location, and period must be covered by the relevant management-system scope. - For cyber-disruption scenarios, create linked records: one BIA/recovery-strategy record for ISO 22301 and one risk-treatment/control record for ISO/IEC 27001. - Use joint internal-audit and management-review calendars only when each standard still has clear criteria, samples, findings, owners, and corrective actions. Sources for the practical decision rule: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27002:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75652.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO/IEC 27002:2022 as the information security controls standard that supports control-selection detail for ISO/IEC 27001 implementations. - Quote: "Information security controls" - [ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. - Quote: "Guidance on managing information security risks" ## ISO 22301 answers continuity questions; ISO/IEC 27001 answers information-security questions ISO 22301 should lead when the decision is about continuity of products and services: BCMS scope, business impact analysis, risk assessment for disruption, continuity objectives, recovery priorities, strategies and solutions, continuity plans, exercises, evaluations, internal audit, management review, and improvement. ISO/IEC 27001 should lead when the decision is about protecting information within the ISMS scope: information security risk criteria, risk assessment, risk treatment, selected controls, Statement of Applicability, risk-owner approval, monitoring, internal audit, management review, and corrective action. The practical split is simple: ISO 22301 asks what must keep operating and how the organization proves it can recover; ISO/IEC 27001 asks what information security risks exist and which controls treat them. - Use ISO 22301 for BIA, MTPD/RTO/RPO, recovery strategies, continuity procedures, exercises, and continuity evidence. - Use ISO/IEC 27001 for information security risk assessment, risk treatment, Annex A control review, Statement of Applicability, and ISMS evidence. - Use both when cyber, supplier, cloud, facility, or incident scenarios affect both information security and continuity of critical activities. Sources for this answer: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. ## Where evidence overlaps without becoming interchangeable The standards can share evidence because both use management-system mechanics: scope, leadership, roles, objectives, documented information, operational planning, internal audit, management review, nonconformity handling, and continual improvement. Shared mechanics do not make the certificates interchangeable. A cloud-platform recovery exercise may support ISO 22301 by proving recovery arrangements for a prioritized service. The same exercise may support ISO/IEC 27001 only if it also proves an information security control, risk treatment, or availability objective inside the ISMS scope. Build the evidence matrix around the claim being made. One evidence item can appear in both columns, but it needs a separate acceptance test for BCMS and ISMS use. - Reusable evidence: scope records, role assignments, supplier reviews, incident lessons learned, internal audit findings, management-review minutes, corrective actions, and exercise/test results. - ISO 22301 acceptance test: the record proves continuity capability for products, services, activities, dependencies, recovery targets, or continuity plans. - ISO/IEC 27001 acceptance test: the record proves information security risk assessment, treatment, selected controls, Statement of Applicability status, or risk-owner approval. Sources for this answer: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27002:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75652.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO/IEC 27002:2022 as the information security controls standard that supports control-selection detail for ISO/IEC 27001 implementations. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after comparison guidance* ## Map ISO 22301 and ISO/IEC 27001 evidence cleanly Turn this comparison into a scoped evidence matrix: continuity proof for ISO 22301, information-security proof for ISO/IEC 27001, and clearly labelled reuse where the same record supports both. - [Open Assessment Autopilot](/solutions/assessment.md): Track BCMS and ISMS evidence, owners, review dates, findings, and reuse decisions in one workflow. - [Talk through the evidence map](/contact.md): Review your ISO 22301 and ISO/IEC 27001 scopes, shared controls, audit evidence, and customer-assurance wording. ## Risk work is related, but the risk objects are different ISO 22301 uses BIA and risk assessment to understand disruption impact, prioritize activities, define continuity objectives, and select strategies and solutions before, during, and after disruption. ISO/IEC 27001 requires an information security risk assessment process and an information security risk treatment process. The risk treatment process selects controls, checks them against Annex A, produces a Statement of Applicability, creates a risk treatment plan, and gets risk-owner approval for residual risk. A single scenario can create both records. For example, ransomware can drive an ISO 22301 recovery strategy and an ISO/IEC 27001 risk treatment plan, but the BCMS evidence should not be reduced to a control list and the ISMS evidence should not be reduced to an RTO. - For ISO 22301, ask: which activities are prioritized, what impacts matter over time, what recovery targets apply, and which strategies are exercised? - For ISO/IEC 27001, ask: which information assets and risks are in scope, which controls are needed, what residual risk is accepted, and what does the Statement of Applicability say? - For joint scenarios, maintain a bridge record that links continuity objectives to information security risk treatments without merging the registers. Sources for this answer: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. ## Certification boundaries and assurance claims need separate wording An ISO 22301 certificate supports a claim about the defined BCMS scope. It does not automatically certify the organization's ISMS, Annex A controls, or information security risk treatment process. An ISO/IEC 27001 certificate supports a claim about the defined ISMS scope. It does not automatically prove business impact analysis quality, continuity strategies, recovery procedures, or exercise coverage under ISO 22301. When customers ask for both, answer with scope language first: covered legal entities, sites, products and services, systems, suppliers, dates, certificate body, exclusions, and the evidence package behind each certificate. - Do not write "ISO 27001 covers business continuity" without showing the specific ISMS control, risk treatment, or availability objective being relied on. - Do not write "ISO 22301 covers cybersecurity" without showing the continuity scenario, dependency, incident procedure, or supplier continuity evidence being relied on. - Use separate certificate-scope summaries and a reuse matrix for shared evidence. Sources for this answer: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. ## Common mistakes when combining ISO 22301 and ISO/IEC 27001 The most common mistake is treating ISO 22301 as a generic resilience label and ISO/IEC 27001 as a generic security label. That creates pages and audit packs that sound complete but cannot answer what was assessed, what was treated, what was exercised, who approved the residual risk, or what changed after review. Another mistake is using one audit cycle to justify the other. Internal audit, management review, and corrective action can be coordinated, but the audit criteria and evidence samples must still test the right standard. The strongest implementation keeps one integrated calendar and two clear evidence views: one for continuity capability and one for information security risk treatment. - Avoid vague claims such as "covered by ISO" unless the certificate scope and evidence row are explicit. - Avoid copying ISO/IEC 27001 controls into ISO 22301 without checking BIA outputs and continuity strategy decisions. - Avoid copying ISO 22301 recovery targets into ISO/IEC 27001 without checking risk treatment, control ownership, and residual-risk approval. - Review both records after major service, supplier, site, system, threat, incident, or organizational changes. Sources for this answer: - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - [ISO/IEC 27002:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75652.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO/IEC 27002:2022 as the information security controls standard that supports control-selection detail for ISO/IEC 27001 implementations. - [ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. ## Primary sources - [ISO 22301:2019 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75106.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO 22301:2019 as the business continuity management system requirements standard, supporting the BCMS scope, BIA, continuity strategy, exercise, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Business continuity management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001?ref=sorena.io) - ISO identifies ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as the information security management system requirements standard, supporting the ISMS risk assessment, risk treatment, control, audit, and management-review framing used on this page. - Quote: "Information security management systems - Requirements" - [ISO/IEC 27002:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/75652.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO lists ISO/IEC 27002:2022 as the information security controls standard that supports control-selection detail for ISO/IEC 27001 implementations. - Quote: "Information security controls" - [ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standard page](https://www.iso.org/standard/80585.html?ref=sorena.io) - ISO describes ISO/IEC 27005 as guidance for managing information security risks in support of an ISO/IEC 27001-based ISMS. - Quote: "Guidance on managing information security risks" ## Related Topic Guides - [ISO 22301 Audit Readiness and Certification Evidence](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/audit-readiness-and-certification-evidence.md): Prepare ISO 22301 BCMS audit evidence for scope, BIA, risk assessment, objectives, exercises, internal audit, management review, corrective actions, and retained documented information. - [ISO 22301 BCMS Requirements: Clauses 4-10](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/requirements.md): A practical ISO 22301 requirements guide for BCMS scope, leadership, planning, support, operation, BIA, risk assessment, continuity strategies, plans, exercises, audits, management review, corrective action, and evidence. - [ISO 22301 BCMS Scope and Boundaries](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/bcms-scope-and-boundaries.md): Define an ISO 22301 BCMS scope that names the organization, products and services, sites, dependencies, outsourced processes, exclusions, interfaces, evidence, and review triggers. - [ISO 22301 BIA to Recovery Strategy Workflow](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/bia-to-recovery-strategy-workflow.md): Turn ISO 22301 business impact analysis into recovery priorities, continuity strategies, solutions, exercises, and audit-ready evidence. - [ISO 22301 Business Continuity Strategy and Solutions](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/business-continuity-strategy-and-solutions.md): Build ISO 22301 business continuity strategies and solutions from BIA outputs, recovery objectives, resource needs, supplier dependencies, exercises, and evidence records. - [ISO 22301 Business Impact Analysis FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/business-impact-analysis.md): Practical ISO 22301 BIA FAQ covering prioritized activities, impact criteria, MTPD, RTO, RPO, dependencies, resources, strategy handoff, evidence, and review triggers. - [ISO 22301 Business Impact Analysis Template](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/business-impact-analysis-template.md): Build an ISO 22301 business impact analysis template that captures activities, impacts over time, MTPD, RTO, dependencies, resource needs, evidence, review cadence, and continuity-strategy handoff. - [ISO 22301 Certification Evidence Checklist](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/certification-evidence-checklist.md): A practical ISO 22301 certification evidence checklist for BCMS scope, BIA, risk assessment, continuity plans, exercises, audits, management review, and corrective actions. - [ISO 22301 Certification Evidence FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/certification-evidence.md): FAQ guidance on ISO 22301 certification evidence: BCMS scope, documented information, BIA, risk assessment, exercises, internal audit, management review, and corrective action. - [ISO 22301 Compliance Guide | BCMS Requirements](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/compliance.md): Build ISO 22301 compliance evidence across BCMS scope, leadership, BIA, risk assessment, continuity strategies, plans, exercises, audit, management review, and corrective action. - [ISO 22301 FAQ: BCMS, BIA, MTPD, RTO and Audit Evidence](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq.md): Practical ISO 22301 FAQ for business continuity teams: BCMS scope, BIA, MTPD, RTO, RPO, strategies, exercises, audits, management review, and certification evidence. - [ISO 22301 Management Review FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/management-review.md): What ISO 22301 management review should cover: inputs, outputs, decisions, evidence, improvement actions, and ownership for BCMS leadership reviews. - [ISO 22301 MTPD FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/mtpd.md): How ISO 22301 teams should define MTPD in the business impact analysis, separate it from RTO and RPO, and keep recovery evidence current. - [ISO 22301 Recovery Strategies FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/recovery-strategies.md): Practical ISO 22301 FAQ on selecting recovery strategies from BIA, risk assessment, prioritized activities, resource needs, exercises, and review evidence. - [ISO 22301 RPO FAQ: Recovery Point Objectives](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/rpo.md): How to set, evidence, test, and review recovery point objectives in an ISO 22301 business continuity management system. - [ISO 22301 RTO FAQ: Recovery Time Objectives](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/rto.md): Plain-language ISO 22301 guidance for setting recovery time objectives from BIA evidence, MTPD limits, resources, dependencies, exercises, and review triggers. - [ISO 22301 Testing and Exercises Guide](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/testing-and-exercises.md): Plan, run, evidence, and improve ISO 22301 business continuity exercises that validate strategies, plans, RTOs, MTPDs, communication procedures, and corrective actions. - [ISO 22301 Testing Exercises FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/faq/testing-exercises.md): How ISO 22301 teams should plan, run, evidence, and improve business continuity exercises and tests. - [ISO 22301 vs DORA: BCMS And Digital Operational Resilience](/artifacts/global/iso-22301/iso-22301-vs-dora.md): Compare ISO 22301 business continuity management with DORA digital operational resilience for financial entities, ICT risk, incidents, testing, third-party risk, and reusable evidence. --- [Privacy Policy](https://www.sorena.io/privacy) | [Terms of Use](https://www.sorena.io/terms-of-use) | [DMCA](https://www.sorena.io/dmca) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) (c) 2026 Sorena AB (559573-7338). 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