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##### Business Continuity Management
# ISO22301 Update: Major Changes from 2012 to 2019
[Moh Heng Goh](https://blog.bcm-institute.org/blog/author/moh-heng-goh) Feb 13, 2020
###### Business Continuity Management Certified Planner-Specialist-Expert
#### Major ISO22301:2019 Update
Clause 8 (operation) will require a fair bit of modification. As expected, I felt that the 2012 version is too prescriptive, but it is the key clause addressing the core of the matter of business continuity for me as a BCM practitioner.
While the structure of the sub-clauses was not modified a lot, new additions to the content were heavily discussed and, hopefully, improved to better suit the requirements of the practitioners who use this international standard.
| **Sub-clause ** | **Name ** | **Description of Modification** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **8.2.2 ** | **Business Impact Analysis (BIA)** | Sub-Clause 8.2.2 was enhanced and a reference to ISO 22318 (supply-chain continuity) was added. Notes referring to the terms MTPD and RTO (both removed from the clause on terms and definitions) were added. The Sub-Clause now stipulates that the BIA should take impact categories as a starting point. While many organizations are already defining impact categories in their BIA, the new version of the standard makes this mandatory. |
| **8.3** | **Business Continuity Strategies and Solutions** | "Business continuity strategies and solutions" was renamed from "Business continuity strategy" The new name highlights the need for the identification and selection of strategies and solutions |
| **8.4 ** | **Business Continuity Plans and Procedures ** | Formerly called “Establish and implement business continuity procedures”, this sub-clause has been now renamed to “Business continuity plans and procedures”, with a renewed focus on “Response structure” (8.4.2), “Warning and communication” (8.4.3), “Business continuity plans” (8.4.4) and “Recovery” (8.4.5). |
| **8.5** | **Exercise Program** | This new sub-clause replaces the sub-clause formerly called “Exercising and testing”. |
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