BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience
BS 65000:2014, published by BSI (British Standards Institution), provides guidance on organizational resilience encompassing an organisation's ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper. It provides a holistic approach integrating business continuity, risk management, crisis management, and security management. Describes the resilience journey from awareness through to adaptive resilience. Predecessor to ISO 22316.
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Framework Domains (11)
Context
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-4.1 | Context of the Organization |
Culture
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-5.2 | Resilience Culture |
Governance
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-5.3 | Governance and Accountability |
Implementation
Giving effect to provisions through national laws, collective agreements, or other appropriate means.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Art. 12 | Record-Keeping |
| Art. 13 | Transparency and Provision of Information to Deployers |
| Art. 14 | Human Oversight |
| BS65000-IM-01 | Resilience Assessment |
| BS65000-IM-02 | Scenario Planning |
| BS65000-IM-03 | Continuous Improvement |
| FATF-TR-IMP-01 | Technical Solutions |
| FATF-TR-IMP-02 | Jurisdictional Adoption |
| FATF-TR-IMP-03 | VASP AML/CFT |
| ILO-C149-08 | Article 8 — Implementation through national laws, collective agreements, or other means |
| ISO-8000-IMP-01 | Quality Measurement |
| ISO-8000-IMP-02 | Quality Improvement |
| ISO-8000-IMP-03 | Sector Applications |
| PBD-IMP-01 | GDPR Article 25 |
| PBD-IMP-02 | Design Methodology |
| PBD-IMP-03 | Organisational Integration |
Improvement
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-10.1 | Continual Improvement |
| BS65000-10.2 | Learning from Incidents and Near Misses |
Leadership
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-4.2 | Resilience Vision and Objectives |
| BS65000-5.1 | Leadership Commitment |
Operations
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-8.1 | Strategic Resilience |
| BS65000-8.2 | Operational Resilience |
| BS65000-8.3 | People Resilience |
| BS65000-8.4 | Supply Chain Resilience |
| BS65000-8.5 | Technology and Information Resilience |
| BS65000-8.6 | Physical and Site Resilience |
| BS65000-8.7 | Incident and Crisis Management |
| BS65000-8.8 | Adaptive Capacity |
Performance
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-9.1 | Monitoring and Measurement |
| BS65000-9.2 | Exercises and Testing |
| BS65000-9.3 | Internal Audit and Review |
Resilience Model
Organisational resilience framework and maturity
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-RM-01 | Resilience Journey |
| BS65000-RM-02 | Integrated Approach |
| BS65000-RM-03 | Leadership and Culture |
Risk
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-6.1 | Risk and Opportunity Identification |
| BS65000-6.2 | Scenario Planning |
Support
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| BS65000-7.1 | Resources for Resilience |
| BS65000-7.2 | Competence and Awareness |
| BS65000-7.4 | Communication |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience?
BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience is a compliance framework from United Kingdom (BSI) with 11 domains and 42 controls. BS 65000:2014, published by BSI (British Standards Institution), provides guidance on organizational resilience encompassing an organisation's ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper. It provides a holistic approach integrating business continuity, risk management, crisis management, and security management. Describes the resilience journey from awareness through to adaptive resilience. Predecessor to ISO 22316. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
How many controls does BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience have?
BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience has 42 controls organised across 11 domains. The largest domains are Implementation (16 controls), Operations (8 controls), Performance (3 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
What frameworks does BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience map to?
BS 65000:2014 — Guidance on Organizational Resilience maps to 683 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are EU AI Act (31% coverage), EU Maritime Single Window Environment Regulation (EU) 2019/1239 (31% coverage), EU Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation 2020/852) (31% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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