{"id":3895,"date":"2015-06-18T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multiacademstg.wpengine.com\/27001academy\/?page_id=3895"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:26:14","slug":"what-is-bs-25999","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.advisera.com\/27001academy\/what-is-bs-25999\/","title":{"rendered":"What is BS 25999?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n What is BS 25999?\n <\/h1>\n

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\n TABLE OF CONTENTS\n <\/h2>\n\n
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Introduction<\/a>
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A leading business continuity standard<\/h2>\n

BS 25999-2 was a British standard issued in 2007, and quickly became the main standard for business continuity management \u2013 it was superseded by ISO 22301<\/a> in 2012.<\/p>\n

Just like ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and other standards that define management systems, BS 25999-2 also defines a business continuity management system which contains the same four management phases: planning, implementing, reviewing and monitoring, and finally, improving. The point of these four phases is that the system is continually updated and improved in order to be usable when a disaster occurs. The following are some of the key procedures and documents required by BS 25999-2:<\/p>\n