Solutions · ISO 22301:2019

ISO 22301 monitoring: make clause 8 something you can show

ISO 22301:2019 asks for more than a documented plan. Clause 8.2 expects a business impact analysis with defined disruption conditions; clause 8.4 expects continuity strategies with clear activation criteria. What auditors most often find missing is the operational loop — evidence that those criteria are actually being monitored and that activation decisions trace back to them.

CHARIS is built as that loop, aligned to the ISO 22301:2019 lifecycle from the trigger taxonomy up.

How the alignment works in practice

Every trigger in CHARIS represents a disruption condition with a defined activation threshold — the structure clause 8.2 asks you to establish. Trigger status is strictly binary, BREACHED or NOT BREACHED, because a breach maps to a formal activation decision under your clause 8.4 strategies; situational concern is carried in narrative commentary, never in trigger status.

Daily assessments produce a dated, citable record per country: which triggers were active, what evidence was evaluated, which thresholds were met, and the resulting LEAVE and ENTER classifications. PDF reports package that record for management review and audit evidence.

Tailored to your BIA, not a generic feed

Because you choose triggers per country and per direction, the monitoring reflects your own business impact analysis. Two organisations in the same country can legitimately hold different postures — each defensible against its own documented risk tolerance, which is precisely what the standard expects.

What we claim — and what we don't

CHARIS is aligned to ISO 22301:2019; alignment is a product design fact, not a certificate. Sicuro Group does not certify your BCMS and using CHARIS does not by itself make you compliant — it gives you the monitoring evidence a conforming BCMS needs. Our own security posture and certification roadmap are published openly on the security page.

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