CHAPTER 10: DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

Ultimately, a BCMS is comprised largely of documents. The physical, contractual and financial contingencies that support it may not be documents per se, but it is usually the case that their availability and specification are defined and assured by documents. These documents must be accurate, available and secure.

ISO22301 does not stipulate any standard or protocol for document control, but it does set out the following requirements for BCMS records, which are drawn from those contained in ISO9001.

Whilst the wording of ISO22301 is a little different from that of BS25999, its requirements are effectively the same; that all documents that are part of the BCMS, including documents of external origin, ...

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