ISO 27001 Control 5.30: ICT Readiness for Business Continuity
Control 5.30 requires organizations to establish and maintain ICT systems that support business continuity objectives during disruptions. This control bridges operational resilience and information security by ensuring your technology infrastructure can sustain critical business functions. Compliance demands documented planning, implementation, maintenance, and regular testing—a comprehensive approach that many SMBs struggle to coordinate across teams.
What this means
ICT readiness for business continuity means your information and communication technology systems are prepared to maintain or quickly restore critical business operations during adverse events. This control requires you to align ICT continuity requirements with your organization's broader business continuity objectives, then document, deploy, and validate those capabilities through testing. You must treat ICT readiness as an ongoing program—not a one-time project—with regular maintenance and improvement cycles.
How to comply
- 1.Define business continuity objectives and identify critical ICT systems that support them
- 2.Document ICT continuity requirements including recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO)
- 3.Implement redundancy, backup systems, and failover mechanisms aligned with your requirements
- 4.Establish maintenance schedules and change management processes for ICT continuity components
- 5.Conduct annual testing exercises including disaster recovery drills and failover validations
- 6.Review and update ICT readiness plans when business processes or technology environments change
- 7.Document all testing results, issues identified, and remediation actions taken
Evidence auditors look for
- Business continuity plan with documented ICT dependencies and critical system inventory
- ICT continuity requirements document with RTO/RPO targets for each critical system
- Backup and disaster recovery procedures with configuration documentation
- Testing schedules, test scripts, and results from BC/DR exercises
- Maintenance logs for redundant systems, failover equipment, and backup infrastructure
- Change management records showing ICT continuity updates
- Training records for staff responsible for BC/DR execution
Frequently asked questions
When will FAQs be available?
The FAQ for this control is currently being prepared.
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