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Interview with Frank Herdmann (WG 8 secretary)

2023-10-31 kl. 12:03
ISO/TC 292 online took the opportunity to talk to Dr. Frank Herdmann, Secretary to WG 8 to give us an update on what is happening in the ISO 28000 series as well as his involvement in standardization.

New ISO standard providing guidelines for how to develop a security plan

2023-05-03 kl. 10:46
ISO has just published "ISO 22342 Security and resilience — Protective security — Guidelines for the development of a security plan for an organization". This new guidance standard applies to any organization wishing to manage its security risks and implement measures intended to protect its assets against malicious acts and to mitigate the associated risks.

Webinar - Introduction to ISO’s community resilience projects

2023-03-17 kl. 10:35
On Monday the 3rd of April at 10.00 to 11.30 GMT, WG 5 is arranging a free webinar to provide information on the 3 standards currently under development. The aim is to attract more experts to participate in the development of the standards.

New project on Resilient Infrastructure

2022-11-17 kl. 16:28
ISO/TC 292 has recently launched a new project: ISO 22372, Security and resilience — Resilient infrastructure — Guidelines. New experts are invited to join and help out developing the project.

ISO publishes standard on crisis management

2022-10-31 kl. 13:24
Crises present organizations with complex challenges and, possibly, opportunities that can have profound and far-reaching consequences. An organization’s crisis management capability and its ability to manage a changing environment are key factors in determining whether a situation or incident has the potential to pose a serious or existential threat to the organization and its environment. ISO has therefore developed a new standard called ISO 22361.

New standard for ensuring safe, secure, sustainable, and successful events published

2022-10-31 kl. 13:24
In September 2022 ISO published the new standard, ISO 22379:2022 – Security and resilience – Guidelines for hosting and organizing citywide or regional events. The standard provides principles applicable to any host and organizer of citywide or regional events. In short, the guideline will assist regions, cities, event right holders, and organisers in ensuring the planning and execution of safe, secure, sustainable, and successful large-scale events.

Older people, conflict and emergencies

2022-04-05 kl. 15:49
When an emergency occurs, older people are often disproportionately affected. As we have seen in the conflict in Ukraine, older people can be forced to flee their homes in search of safety.

New edition of ISO 28000 on security management systems published

2022-03-15 kl. 08:42
ISO has just released the new ISO 28000, which replaces the old version from 2007. This International Standard specifies requirements for a security management system, including aspects relevant to the supply chain. It is applicable to all types and sizes of organizations (e.g. commercial enterprises, government or other public agencies and non-profit organizations) which intend to establish, implement, maintain and improve a security management system.

New ISO task force established to consider the future direction of ISO management system standards

2022-03-07 kl. 11:39
ISO has established a new task force to get prepared for further developing its management system standards (MSS). Those standards are among the most popular ISO Standards (https://www.iso.org/popular-standards.html), including several standards from ISO/TC 292.

ISO has published an article on ISO 22329

2022-02-08 kl. 09:32
ISO 22329 which gives guidance on how to use social media in emergencies was recently published. More about this work is described by an article published on www.iso.org.

New Working Group established on "Preparedness" to develop standard for hardened protective shelters

2021-12-02 kl. 10:48
ISO/TC 292 has recently approved a new work item to begin drafting a standard on Hardened protective shelters. The work will be done in the new "Working Group 10 Preparedness"

New Technical Specification for guidelines for supply chain continuity

2021-11-30 kl. 10:44
ISO continues to develop its series on Business Continuity Management Systems with a further Technical Specification.

ISO publishes a revised Technical Specification for business impact analysis (BIA)

2021-11-18 kl. 10:08
ISO continues to develop its series on Business Continuity Management Systems with updated guidelines for implementing and maintaining a business impact analysis (BIA) process consistent with the requirements in ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management Systems

ISO has published a new standard on the use of social media in emergency management

2021-11-14 kl. 20:22
Having effective communication among organizations and with the public are important aspects of emergency management. The emergence of social media, in addition to other media such as television, radio, and newspapers, has provided more communication options and enhanced communication capability, but it has also made communication more challenging.

ISO publishes Technical Specification giving guidelines for recovery and renewal

2021-10-13 kl. 15:08
ISO/TS 22393 gives guidance on how to develop recovery plans and renewal strategies from a major emergency, disaster or crisis (such as the COVID-19 pandemic). It provides guidelines on how to identify the short-term, transactional activities needed to reflect and learn, review preparedness of parts of the system impacted by the crisis, and reinstate operations to build preparedness. It also distinguishes a longer-term perspective of recovery, called “renewal”.

New Technical Specification for developing business continuity plans and procedures (ISO TS 22332)

2021-06-06 kl. 17:17
ISO is now expanding its series on Business Continuity Management Systems with a Technical Specification.

The new draft of ISO 28000 available for public review

2021-03-23 kl. 09:37
ISO/TC 292 is progressing with the revision of “ISO 28000:2007 Specification for security management systems for the supply chain” and the draft has now reached the DIS stage and is available for commenting. The DIS ballot will go on until May 18th, 2021 and the work will then continue based on comments received.

New edition of ISO 22300 published

2021-03-08 kl. 15:13
The 3rd edition of "ISO 22300 Security and resilience — Vocabulary" has just been published.

ISO pressrelease on ISO 22341

2021-01-29 kl. 15:07
ISO central secretariat has written an article on the newly published ISO 22341:2021, Security and resilience — Protective security — Guidelines for Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.

A new standard for Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) just published

2021-01-27 kl. 10:23
Advanced protective security professionals, architects, engineers, city planners, and public safety professionals have realized that the application of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts in their professional practice brings enhanced capabilities to the safety and security of the physical environments that they support. The application of these concepts that have been developed over the past decades allow for the built environment, building designs, and physical factors to positively influence human behavior and to deter crime by those that enter the planned environment.

New project on Recovery

2020-12-11 kl. 14:42
ISO/TC 292 has recently launched a new Project: ISO 22393 Security and resilience - Community resilience - Recovery.

ISO.org about newly published ISO 22328-1

2020-12-03 kl. 18:13
ISO has done a pressrelease on the newly published ISO 22328-1 that gives "General guidelines for the implementation of a community-based disaster early warning system".

ISO publishes ISO 22383 on Performance evaluation of authentication solutions for material goods

2020-12-03 kl. 18:06
This revision of ISO 12931 improves the performance criteria and evaluation methodology for authentication solutions used to establish material good authenticity throughout the entire material good life cycle.

ISO publishes new standard on establishing product security against counterfeits, espionage, cyber attacks

2020-11-04 kl. 13:01
The new ISO 22984 provide guidelines for organisations facing physical and cyber threats or other product related threats. The goal is to develop more resilient products, related services and to protect consumers. The standard guides organisations taking the right steps to identify and apply appropriate organisational, technical, and judicial measures.

ISO 28000 circulated for ballot and comment in ISO/TC 292

2020-09-17 kl. 15:05
ISO/TC 292 started the revision of “ISO 28000:2007 Specification for security management systems for the supply chain” in September last year at the plenary meeting held in Bangkok. After circulating 2 working drafts and resolving the comments in virtual meetings the draft was now forwarded as CD for ballot and comment to the TC. The ballot started on August 19th and will end October 14th, 2020.

12 years of BCM standardization

2020-09-02 kl. 14:11
We took the opportunity to talk to Wolfgang Mahr, who has been involve in the work of ISO/TC 292 regarding Business continuity management standardization. Mr Mahr was also acting as Project leader for the ISO/IEC TS 17021-6:2014 Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 6: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of business continuity management systems.

Free availability of standards

2020-04-30 kl. 10:21
In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, there have been requests from both ISO members and regional standards organizations to consider making a number of ISO Standards and their national adoptions freely accessible in order to support global efforts to deal with the effects on businesses and organizations.

ISO publishes its first document in the area of urban resilience

2020-04-24 kl. 13:43
ISO/TR 22370:2020, Security and resilience — Urban resilience — Framework and principles has recently been published. Urban areas are projected to provide the living and work environment for two-thirds of the global population of close to 10 billion by 2050. Urban disasters have an increasingly costly local, regional, national and global socio-economic impact. For example, dramatic disaster events alone of the past decade have claimed over a million lives, affected more than 2.5 billion people and caused over $1 trillion in economic losses. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is more challenging in built-up urban areas owing to their density. In particular, informal settlements are ill prepared to implement the largely adopted global measures to curb the spread – handwashing, confinement and social distancing.

New edition of “ISO 22300 Security and resilience - Vocabulary"

2020-03-24 kl. 14:11
ISO has circulated a Draft International Standard (DIS) for ballot for the next edition of “ISO 22300 Security and resilience - Vocabulary". The ballot is open for comment until June 06 and available for public review.

ISO has published new guidelines on conducting peer reviews

2020-03-04 kl. 20:28
ISO 22392, Security and resilience – Community resilience – Guidelines for conducting peer reviews has recently been published.

ISO has published a new edition of ISO 22313 on Business continuity management systems

2020-02-26 kl. 09:58
Natural disasters, fires, supply chain issues or cyber-attacks are just some of the many threats to the running of any business. Organizations that have the capability to respond quickly and effectively when they happen, are the ones that survive.

ISO has published a new standard on information exchange between organizations

2020-02-25 kl. 16:22
The timely and effective sharing of information within and across jurisdictions, disciplines, and organizations is essential to keep the population safe and to enhance resilience. Best practices show that those communities with solid, consistent security collaborations respond better to critical incidents.

ISO pressrelease on ISO 22379

2019-12-03 kl. 10:30
World-class events such as the Olympic Games can help put cities or regions on the map, all the while attracting valuable visitor revenue and economic investment. They do, however, bring many security risks. A new International Standard is currently being developed to help cities manage big events with public safety and security at their heart.

ISO releases a free brochure on the new edition of ISO 22301

2019-10-31 kl. 10:13
Do you want to know more about the new edition of ISO 22301?

ISO has published a new edition of ISO 22301 on Business continuity management

2019-10-25 kl. 10:14
Natural disasters, fires, supply chain issues or cyber-attacks are just some of the many unexpected yet possible threats to the running of any business. Consistent and robust business continuity planning for what to do when disaster strikes is the best defense

ISO starts developing of an international standard on hosting and organizing citywide or regional events

2019-10-18 kl. 12:24
Attracting world class events such as the Olympics, World Championships and other large sports and cultural events, are regarded as a fundamental strategy to help cities and their countries to elevate and promote themselves as well as creating exciting events for the inhabitants. The start-up meeting in Bangkok initiated ISO member countries to give reports and share documents based on national and regional challenges. The reports bring forth examples of many challenges, going from - "idea of hosting" - to delivering a safe and sustainable event, both for the visitors and the daily life of the inhabitants

7th plenary meeting successfully held in Bangkok

2019-09-19 kl. 15:26
On the 8th to 13th of September ISO/TC 292 held its 7th plenary meeting together with all its Working Groups. The meeting was hosted by TISI and once again became the biggest meeting in the history of the committee with a participation of over 150 delegates representing almost 30 Countries and several liaison organizations. We took the opportunity to talk to Mr Ekanit Romyanon, the head of Thailands delegation, about the meeting and their involvement in the committtee.

ISO/TC 292 is expanding

2019-09-05 kl. 13:54
The committee has recently established three new Working Groups to be responsible for several new work item proposals that has been approved by the committee.

The revision of ISO 28000 will begin in September in Bangkok

2019-07-29 kl. 10:57
The first edition of ISO 28000 Specification for security management for the supply chain was published 2007 and has since then become a very popular standard for organizations that want to implement a security management system. It is widely used all over the world.

ISO has written an article on ISO 22371 on Urban resilience

2019-07-23 kl. 15:00

ISO 22329 Guidelines for using social media in emergencies

2019-05-13 kl. 09:50
Effective communication between emergency management organizations (EMOs) and the public is essential, especially during emergencies and disasters. The expediential use of social media in recent years represents a new challenge for organizations who have used traditional media such as television, radio and newspapers. These organizations must now consider how to embrace, utilize and manage social media in order to make strategic decisions, maintain operational awareness, and increase their communication capability.

ISO developes standard on product security

2019-03-21 kl. 10:33
ISO/TC 292 has recently launched a project with the title ISO 22384 Security and resilience - Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents - Guidelines to establish and monitor a protection plan and its implementation. This Project is based on the German National Standard DIN 66405 and will result in an International Standard intended for organizations facing product related threats, to become more resilient. It will guide organisations taking the right steps to protect with appropriate organizational, technical and judical measures

Interview with Jean-Louis Kibort

2019-03-19 kl. 14:16
We took the opportunity to talk to with Jean -Louis Kibort, Head of Global Corporate Security at L’Oréal International, Clichy, France regarding their involmentment in standardization in ISO/TC 292.

ISO has written an article on ISO 22382

2018-12-16 kl. 14:52

ISO published a revised ISO 22320

2018-12-16 kl. 14:41
ISO 22320 was the first standard published by ISO/TC 223 Societal security in 2011. ISO/TC 292 has worked on a revision which is replacing the 2011 version. The revision has led to a somewhat differently designed standard which contain guidelines instead of requirements due to the topic is very much linked to national legislation.

6th plenary meeting successfully held in Stavanger

2018-11-23 kl. 12:14
On the 7th to 12th of October ISO/TC 292 held its 6th plenary meeting together with all its Working Groups. The meeting was hosted by Standards Norway and became the biggest meeting in the history of the committee with a participation of almost 150 delegates representing 30 Countries and several liaison organizations.

ISO publishes ISO 22327 giving guidelines for warning to landslides

2018-10-30 kl. 10:29
ISO has now published ISO 22327 "Security and resilience - Emergency management - Guidelines for implementation of a community-based landslide early warning system"

ISO 22382 – New guidance standard on excise tax stamps

2018-10-23 kl. 16:20
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a new standard on excise tax stamps: ISO 22382:2018 - Security and resilience - Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents - Guidelines for the content, security, issuance and examination of excise tax stamps.*

ISO publishes new standard on emergency managment and hazardous facilities

2018-10-17 kl. 11:08
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new standard: ISO 22326:2018 Security and resilience - Emergency management - Guidelines for monitoring of facilities with identified hazards

ISO publishes new standard on interoperability

2018-10-10 kl. 12:00
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new standard called ISO 22381:2018 - Security and resilience - Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents – Guidelines for interoperability of product identification and authentication systems.

ISO publishes Technical Specification giving guidelines for complexity analysis

2018-10-05 kl. 11:32
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new Technical Specification: ISO/TS 22375:2018 Security and resilience - Guidelines for complexity analysis process

ISO publishes new standard giving guidance for supporting vulnerable persons

2018-09-28 kl. 09:34
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new standard: ISO 22395:2018 Security and resilience - Community resilience - Guidelines for supporting vulnerable persons in an emergency

New Technical Specification providing guidelines for business continuity strategies

2018-09-27 kl. 15:05
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new Technical Specification that provides guidance on businuss continuity strategies for any size or type of organization. ISO/TS 22331:2018 "Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for business continuity strategy" provides additional guidance to ISO 22301 and is a valuable contribution to the BCM standard series form ISO/TC 292.

ISO publishes new standard for product fraud risk and countermeasures

2018-09-05 kl. 16:41
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new standard: ISO 22380:2018 - Security and resilience - Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents – General principles for product fraud risk and countermeasures.

ISO publish Technical Specification on Business continuity and people aspects

2018-06-18 kl. 11:27
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new Technical Specification that provides guidance on businuss continuity and and people aspects for any size or type of organization. ISO/TS 22330:2018 "Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for people aspects on business continuity" provides additional guidance to ISO 22301 and is a valuable contribution to the BCM standard series form ISO/TC 292.

Interview with Wolfgang Mahr, Switzerland

2018-06-18 kl. 11:21
Wolfgang Mahr is very much involved in Business Contiuity Management and Active in the TC 292 work on ISO 22301. He also served as projectleader of ISO/TS 17019-6 which was a joint project with CASCO on auditing the ISO 22301.

Interview with Wolfgang Klasen, Germany

2018-06-18 kl. 11:06
Wolfgang Klasen was the Head of Delegation for Germany at the TC 292 plenary in Sydney. He is also the convenor of Working Group 4.

Interview with Jason Brown, Australia

2018-06-11 kl. 09:59
Jason Brown serves as the chair of the Australian mirror committee to ISO/TC 292. He invited the committee to hold its 5th meeting at Standards Australia's office in Sydney. He is also the Chair of ISO/TC 262 Risk management which is an important liaision to TC 292.

Interview with Nyoman Supriyatna, Indonesia

2018-05-18 kl. 11:05
Nyoman Supriyatna works for the Indonesian national standardization agency BSN and have been involved in the work with the ISO 22300 series for more than 10 years. Indonesia hosted the 2nd plenary meeting of ISO/TC 292 in 2015 and is also leading the work on Early warning systems for landslides (ISO 22327).

Interview with Zoran Kekovic, Serbia

2018-04-24 kl. 14:43
Zoran Kekovic is the head of delegation from Serbia and is also the convenor of the Developing Country Coordination Group (DCCG).

Interview with Jan Fosse, Norway

2018-04-24 kl. 13:57
Jan Fosse is the chair of Norways's mirror committee to ISO/TC 292 and is an active expert in WG 6 Protective security. Norway has also invited ISO/TC 292 to hold its next plenary meeting in Stavanger in October this year.

Interview with Ivano Roveda, Italy

2018-04-16 kl. 10:18
Ivano Roveda is the chair of Italy's mirror committee to ISO/TC 292. He is also the project leader of the work on ISO/TS 22375 giving guidance on complexity analysis. Previously he acted as project leader for ISO 22397 on guidance for establishing public private partnerships.

Interview with Carolina Angulo Fandiño, Columbia

2018-04-16 kl. 10:07
Carolina Angulo Fandino works for the Columbian standardization organization ICONTEC. At the plenary meeting in Sydney she acted as head of delegation for Columbia.

TC292 in Australian cybersecurity magazine

2018-04-09 kl. 09:54
At the ISO/TC 292 plenary meeting in Sydney, Chris Cubbage from Australian Cybersecurity Magazine took the opportunity to talk to some of the more active people in the committee which resulted in two podcast which now have been published.

Interview with Staffan Strömbäck, Sweden

2018-04-06 kl. 10:26
Staffan Strömbäck works for the Swedish Defense Material Agency and has been the Chair of the Swedish mirror committee SIS/TK 494 for the last 5 years. As the Head of the Swedish delegation at the plenary meeting in Sydney he was invited to share his view on the work in ISO/TC 292.

Interview with Patrick Butor, France

2018-04-04 kl. 10:13
Patrick Butor is responsible for standardization in the French Home Office and the chairman of the committee of security in AFNOR. He is also the convenor of ISO/TC 262 WG 6 since its creation.

Interview with Marietta Ulrich Horn, Austria

2018-03-26 kl. 09:13
The third interview we conducted in Sydney at the ISO/TC 292 plenery was with Dr. Marietta Ulrich-Horn, HoD Austria. She is also the project leader on ISO 22381.

Interview with Ane Bruwer

2018-03-22 kl. 16:43
In our second interview we talked to Ane Bruwer who was the Head of Delegation to South Africa at the 5th plenary meeting of ISO/TC 292 in Sydney.

Interview with Rajeev Thykatt, India

2018-03-22 kl. 15:47
In order to get more knowledge about various members engagement in ISO/TC 292, we conducted a series of interviews with the Head of Delegeations (HoD) at the 5th plenary meeting in Sydney. Rajeev Thykatt represented India at the meeting
Chair and the Australian hosts

5th plenary meeting successfully held in Sydney

2018-03-22 kl. 12:51
On the 11th to 16th of March ISO/TC 292 held its 5th plenary meeting together with all its Working Groups. The meeting was the biggest meeting in the history of the committee with a participation of more than 130 delegates representing 23 Countries and several liaison organizations.

ISO TC 292 releases video on ISO 22319 on planning for the involvement of spontaneous volunteers

2018-02-14 kl. 15:37
ISO/TC 292 on Security and Resilience has just launched a video about ISO 22319 - Guidelines for planning the involvement of spontaneous volunteers, in which experts and users share their perspectives on how the new standard will help organizations to get organized and engage spontaneous volunteers as part of managing emergencies.

ISO publishes new vocabulary on Security and resilience

2018-02-12 kl. 14:12
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new edition of ISO 22300, which defines terms used in security and resilience standards. ISO 22300:2018 Security and resilience - Vocabulary replaces the previous version from 2012 which has been expanded to cover 277 terms.
Countries adopted ISO 22301 as national standard

ISO 22301 under revision

2017-12-12 kl. 13:32
Five years ago ISO 22301 was published together with its supporting guidance documet ISO 22313. Together they serve as the base for implementing a Business Continuity Management System in an organisation. ISO 22301 has become a very popular standard used by thousands of organisations and adopted by numerous countries all over the World. ISO has now taken the decision that it is time to look at the possibility to improve both ISO 22301 and ISO 22313 based on user experience and therefore initiated a revision.

ISO DIS 22381 circulated for ballot

2017-11-22 kl. 17:21
This work item was proposed in ISO/TC 247 Fraud countermeasures and controls back in 2014. It has thereafter been moved to TC 292 as a result of merge of several committees. The work has now reached the Draft International Standard stage and is available for public review. The title of the standard is "Security and resilience - Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents - Guidelines for establishing interoperability among object identification systems to deter counterfeiting and illicit trade".

ISO DIS 22327 circulated for ballot

2017-10-06 kl. 09:22
The Indonesian delegation suggested ISO 22327 as a work item at the TC's 2nd plenary meeting held in Bali November 2015. It was accepted with huge majority vote and now the work has reached the Draft International Standard stage and is available for public review. The title of the standard is "Security and resilience - Emergency management - Guidelines for implementation of a community-based landslide early warning system ".

ISO DIS 22395 circulated for ballot

2017-09-27 kl. 10:17
ISO 22395 Security and resilience - Community resilience - Guidelines for supporting community response to vulnerable people is now available as a Draft International Standard (DIS) for review and comment.

ISO DIS 22326 circulated for ballot

2017-09-25 kl. 13:21
ISO 22326 was first presentad as new work item at one of the last meetings of ISO/TC 223 on Societal security. It was later accepted by ISO/TC 292 and now the work has reached the Draft International Standard stage and is available for public review. The title of the standard is "Security and resilience - Emergency management - Guidelines for monitoring of facilities with identified hazards".

ISO DIS 22320 circulated for ballot

2017-09-18 kl. 13:45
ISO 22320 was first published by ISO/TC 223 on Societal security and is now under revision. The work has reached the Draft International Standard stage and is available for public review. The title of the standard has changed to "Security and resilience - Emergency management - Guidelines for incident management" indicating the new direction that the standard has taken.

4th plenary meeting held in Jeju

2017-06-02 kl. 12:50
On April 28, the 4th plenary meeting was concluded after 6 days of intense and fruitful discussions. More than 100 delegates participated in the meeting representing 21 countries. The meeting was held at the Hidden Cliff hotel on the beautiful island of Jeju, Korea and hosted by the Korean national standardization body: KATS.

New ISO numbers

2017-05-23 kl. 16:32
Three projects have recieved new ISO numbers following a consistent numbering system in ISO/TC 292. All these projects were launched in a previous committee which used random numbers for their publications.

ISO 22316 - New guidance standard on organizational resilience

2017-05-18 kl. 10:55
The International Organization for Standardization has published a new standard that provides guidance to enhance organizational resilience for any size or type of organization. This international standard - ISO 22316:2017 – Security and resilience - Organizational resilience - Principles and attributes - establishes the principles for organizational resilience and identifies the attributes and activities that support an organization in enhancing its resilience.

Interview with the Chair about the upcoming plenary in Korea

2017-04-19 kl. 09:02
In a couple of week’s time ISO/TC 292 will have its 4th plenary meeting together with all its working groups. We took the opportunity to talk to the Chair Åsa Kyrk Gere about the status of the work.

ISO 22319 - new standard that provides guidelines for planning the involvement of volunteers

2017-04-12 kl. 10:00
When disasters strike, citizens will try to help in any way they can. Spontaneous volunteers (SVs) are people who offer their help following an emergency. While they can provide many benefits, they can also pose challenges for organizations managing the emergency. ISO has published a new Standard which provides guidelines for planning the involvement of spontaneous volunteers (SVs) in incident response and recovery.

ISO and funding of developing country participation

2017-03-23 kl. 12:57
The participation of developing countries in the work of ISO/TC 292 have always been a prioritized topic considering that many disasters strike in poorer parts in the world. Hopefully the new ISO Action Plan for developing countries 2016-2020 will make it easier for experts representing ISO members in developing countries to join the work.

Revised ISO 22300

2017-03-13 kl. 13:54
ISO/TC 292 is currently working on terminology issues and considering that the a new version of ISO 22300 has been circulated for ballot, we talked to the WG 1 Convenor Norma McCormick (Canada) to explain their work.

Understanding risks related to product fraud

2017-02-28 kl. 09:27
As ISO 19564 was recently approved by ISO/TC 292 as a Committee Draft, we decided to talk to Hyeonho Park from Korea who is the project leader responsible for the development of "ISO 19564 Security and resilience - Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents - General principles for product fraud risk".

Linking standardization and research

2017-02-06 kl. 14:05
At the Edinburgh plenary meeting, we took the opportunity to chat with Dr. Lisa Ficklin, from the UK who is the Project Lead for the development of ISO 22395 - Guidelines for supporting community response to vulnerable people. Following the plenary meeting, WG5 recommended that the Committee Draft be progressed to a Draft International Standard (DIS).

A Risk Ambassador heading into well deserved obscurity

2017-01-18 kl. 14:55
On December 31, Kevin W Knight retired as chair of ISO/TC 262 Risk management. Kevin is also an active member of ISO/TC 292 and serves as secretary of WG 1. He has spent over 25 years working in national security and risk management roles for a number of Australian government departments and authorities and 10 years with the department of education in the state of Queensland before he retired in 2004. Today he fills his time in numerous honorary capacities and as a lecturer with Australian universities.

BCM from a strategic perspective

2016-11-11 kl. 12:58
At the last plenary meeting we took the opportunity to discuss with Mr Brian Zawada from USA and project leader for ISO 22331 on "Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for business continuity strategy"

ISO 22325 - new standard for emergency management capability assessment

2016-10-25 kl. 16:17
ISO has published a new standard that provides guidelines for an organization in assessing its emergency management capability. It includes 1) an assessment model with a hierarchy of four levels; 2) eight indicators; 3) an assessment process, explaining how to plan, collect, analyse and report. This International Standard isintended to be used by organizations responsible and accountable for emergency management. Each organization’s context can involve a mix of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities.

With interoperability in focus

2016-09-30 kl. 16:05
At the last meeting of ISO/TC 292, which took place in Edinburgh in September 2016, we talked to Mrs Marietta Ulrich-Horn, project leader of ISO 20229 on “interoperability of object identification and authentication systems”. The project has just reached the committee draft stage and will also within short receive a new number in the 34000 series.

A developing country´s perspective on ISO/TC 292

2016-09-30 kl. 09:44
Several members of ISO/TC 292 comes from Developing Countries. At the last plenary meeting we took the opportunity to discuss with Dr Dwikorita Karnawati, a Professor in Engineering Geology and Disaster Risk Reduction at the University Gadjah Mada. Indonesia is very active in the committee and hosted the 2nd plenary and they also lead the work on ISO22327 on Early warning systems for landslides.

A projects leaders view on ISO 22330

2016-09-20 kl. 09:55
We took the opportunity to talk to Lynne Donaldson at the recent meeting of ISO/TC 292 in Edinburgh. Lynne is the project leader of ISO 22330 which has recently been approved as work item in the committee.

3rd plenary meeting held in Edinburgh

2016-09-14 kl. 10:14
On September 9, the 3rd plenary meeting was concluded after 6 days of intense and fruitful discussions. More than 150 delegates participated in the meeting representing 23 countries, making this the largest meeting in the history of the committee. The meeting was held at the City Chambers and hosted by the British national standardization body: BSI.

TMB approves the strategic business plan

2016-08-26 kl. 10:28
The Technical Management Board of ISO has now formally approved ISO/TC 292's suggestion for a Strategic Business Plan for the work of the committee.

ISO 22327 - new standardization project about early warning systems for landslides

2016-08-01 kl. 13:33
ISO/TC 292 has recently approved a new project proposed by the Indonesian national standardization body BSN. A landslide often causes high material damage with corresponding costs or even personal injury and death. This new project on early warning systems will help warn populations in disaster prone areas of the risks and actions needed in the likelihood of a landslide.

Working Group 4 meeting in Seoul

2016-06-13 kl. 11:09
Working Group 4 is responsible for drafting standards on authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents. The group met in Seoul, Republic of Korea on 9th-13th of May 2016 to continue the work on the development of the roadmap and drafting of the standards in production.

The importance of translated standards

2016-06-01 kl. 10:44
In ISO almost all meetings are conducted in English and standards and other documents needs to be translated in order to get the widest spread in the world making them fully available for everyone. At its 2nd plenary meeting, ISO/TC 292 discussed the importance of translating ISO standards into other languages. The Russian delegation has put a special focus on translations so we took the opportunity to discuss the issue with Viacheslav Krapukhin and Elena Arefieva.

Working Group 6 meeting in Paris

2016-05-27 kl. 14:17
Working Group 6 is addressing the range of and requirement for additional standards in the area of protective security – the protection of people, assets, information and capability from malicious actions. The group met in Paris on 14 and 15 May 2016 to continue work on the development of the roadmap and consider the action plan to frame the work of the group, set priorities for standards and build public engagement.

ISODIS 22319 circulated for ballot

2016-05-16 kl. 11:17
ISO/DIS 22319 Security and resilience – Guidelines for planning the involvement of spontaneous volunteers is now available as a Draft International Standard (DIS) for public review and comment.

Working Group 2 meeting in USA

2016-05-04 kl. 13:49
On 25-27 of April WG 2 met in Boston (USA) to keep up the work in between the ISO/TC292 plenaries. The meeting was hosted by the NFPA at their newly built conference facilities and the majority of the agenda was dedicated to starting the development of two new Technical Specifications to support the Business Continuity Standards ISO 22301 and ISO 22313.

ISO DIS 22316 circulated for ballot

2016-04-27 kl. 11:25
ISO/TC 292 is in the development of a standard on organizational resilience. The project has now reached the stage Draft International Standard (DIS) is being balloted for a 3 months period. At this stage it is also possible for the public to give comments to their National Standards Body on the draft.

First year with ISOTC 292 - Interview with Åsa Kyrk Gere

2016-02-24 kl. 11:23
The 1st of January, 2015 a new committee was created under the name ISO/TC 292. The new committee was created through a merge of three existing ISO committees to enhance ISO’s prerequisites to tackle future areas in the field of security to enhance the safety and resilience of society. We contacted Åsa Kyrk Gere (Sweden), the chair of ISO/TC 292 to give her view on the work and how the first year with the committee had been.

Is there any logic to ISO numbers

2015-12-12 kl. 16:37
ISO 9001 is probably the most well recognized ISO number in the world. ISO/TC292 has published several different standards with various numbers including ISO 22301 and ISO 28000. One question that comes to mind is whether the number mean anything and if there is any logic how ISO produce its standards?
ISO/TC 292 plenary meeting on Bali

2nd plenary meeting held on Bali

2015-12-11 kl. 09:22
ISO/TC 292 successfully held its 2nd plenary meeting together with all its Working Groups on 30 November to 4 December. The Indonesian national standards body (BSN) hosted the meeting on Bali which attracted about 140 delegates representing more than 20 countries.

Leadership for WG 6

2015-10-01 kl. 15:06
After a 2nd round of voting, the leadership of Working Group 6 on "Security" has been decided.

New management system standard on private security operations

2015-09-21 kl. 12:11
ISO has published a new management system system standard that provides a framework for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving the management of security operations. This International Standard is specifically aimed at any organization operating in circumstances where governance may be weak and the rule of law undermined due to human or naturally caused events.

Working Group 2 meeting held in London

2015-09-18 kl. 12:54
Working Group 2 on Continuity and resilience held its first meeting in London 14-15 September. The newly appointed convenor James Crask hosted the meeting at the PwC office in central London. The meeting was also followed by an ISO conference arranged by BSI where ongoing work and published standards on continuity and resilience were presented by WG 2 experts

ISO/TS 22317 - new Technical Specification for business impact analysis

2015-09-18 kl. 09:48
ISO has published a Technical Specification addressing the design, implementation and continual improvement of a business impact analysis, as part of a business continuity management system or program. ISO/TS 22317 Societal security - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for business impact analysis (BIA), will help public and private sector organizations, regardless of their size, location or activity, to become more resilient by establishing appropriate business continuity requirements.

ISO/TS 22318 - new Technical Specification for supply chain continuity

2015-09-17 kl. 16:26
ISO has published a Technical Specification which expands the guidance given in ISO 22313 on establishing appropriate levels of continuity management within an organisation’s supply chain. ISO/TS 22318 Societal security - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for supply chain continuity management is relevant to both public and private sector organizations, it will be useful to those who buy, manage or are responsible for a product or service that is necessary for the organization to produce its own outputs and will assist them to apply good BCM practice in line with established ISO standards.

ISO publishes ISO/TR 22351 which provides a new message structure for exchange of information

2015-09-03 kl. 12:51
Clear situation awareness is a key factor for effective emergency response. The building of an operational picture is based on the integration and assessment of information collected from the different teams of responders and other information sources. It relies on exchange of information. The ability to exchange information in a timely and secure manner is critical to the effective conduct of emergency management. ISO hopes that this new Technical Report will help organizations and systems to exchange information more easily especially in a crises situation.

Convenors appointed in ISO/TC 292

2015-08-18 kl. 12:13
At the first meeting of ISO/TC 292 a new organization was decided to conduct the work: six Working Groups together with the two support functions Communication Group and a Developing Country Contact Group. Today the secretariat presented the newly elected leaderships for each group.

Åsa Kyrk Gere interviewed by ISO

2015-08-05 kl. 11:41
The latest issue of ISO Focus+ is devoted to the topic "When disasters strike". Åsa Kyrk Gere was interviewed by ISO to give her view as well as give an update on th work of ISO/TC 292.

ISO 22324 a new standard for colour coded alerts

2015-08-05 kl. 11:40
ISO has published an International Standard providing guidelines for the use of colour codes to inform people at risk as well as first response personnel about danger and to express the severity of a situation. ISO 22324:2015 Societal security — Emergency management — Guidelines for colour coded alerts, is applicable to all types of hazard in any location.

ISO publishes standard for public warning

2015-05-25 kl. 11:09
ISO has published the first International Standard providing guidelines for developing, managing, and implementing public warning before, during, and after incidents. ISO 22322:2015 Societal security — Emergency management — Guidelines for public warning, will help any organization responsible for public warning. It is applicable at all levels, from local up to international.

ISO/TC 292 holds it first plenary meeting in Morioka

2015-03-24 kl. 16:48
On March 8 to 13, ISO/TC 292 held its first plenary meeting in Morioka, Japan together with all active working groups. It was a succssfull meeting which gathered about 120 delegates representing 21 countries.

ISO publishes standard for planning mass evacuation

2014-12-09 kl. 15:02
ISO has published the first International Standard addressing mass evacuation. ISO 22315:2014, Societal security – Mass evacuation – Guidelines for planning, establishes a framework for each activity in mass evacuation planning for all identified hazards. It will help organizations to develop plans that are evidence-based and that can be evaluated for effectiveness.

Technical Specification to support certification of ISO 22301 published

2014-12-01 kl. 09:12
On the 1st of December 2014, ISO together with IEC published a new Technical Specification called ISO/IEC TS 17021-6.

CEN decides to adopt ISO 22311 and ISO 22313 as European standards

2014-11-28 kl. 13:48
ISO 22311 on video surveillance and ISO 22313 which gives guidance on BCM have now been adopted by CEN (the European standardization organization) as European standards. The decision was taken through CEN/TC 391, the European committee on Societal and citizen security.

Åsa Kyrk Gere appointed Chair of ISO/TC 292 and secretariat allocated to SIS

2014-10-01 kl. 14:12
At its september meeting, the ISO Technical Management Board (TMB) decided on the leadership of the new technical committee ISO/TC 292. Several countries had applied for this position but in the end it was decided to allocate the secretariat to the SIS, Swedish standards institute and to appoint Åsa Kyrk Gere as Chair for the term 2015-2010.

ISO decides to merge several Technical Committees to ISO/TC 292

2014-08-14 kl. 14:40
The Technical management Board of ISO (TMB) has taken the decision to create a new ISO Technical committee called ISO/TC 292. This will have a signicant effect on the organisation of ISO/TC 223 since it will be merged into this new organisation.

ISO 22397 for establishing partnering arrangements published

2014-08-14 kl. 14:35
ISO has published the first International Standard addressing the establishment of partnering arrangements to contribute making organizations in both public and private sectors more resilient. ISO 22397:2014, Societal security – Guidelines for establishing partnering arrangements, will help organizations, regardless of their size, location or activity, to manage multiple relationships for events impacting on societal security. It incorporates principles and describes the process for planning, developing, implementing and reviewing partnering arrangements.

CEN decides to adopt ISO 22300 and ISO 22301 as European standards

2014-06-23 kl. 11:12
ISO 22300 on terminology and ISO 22301 on BCM requirements that was published in 2012 have now been adopted by CEN (the European standardization organization) as European standards. The decision was taken through CEN/TC 391, the European committee on Societal and citizen security.

ISO publishes standard for business continuity management

2014-02-26 kl. 11:41
ISO has published the first International Standard addressing business continuity management to contribute making organizations in both public and private sectors more resilient. ISO 22301:2012, Societal security – Business continuity management systems – Requirements, will help organizations, regardless of their size, location or activity, to be better prepared and more confident to handle disruption of any type.

New ISO standard for emergency management

2014-02-26 kl. 11:38
To minimize the impact of disasters, terrorist attacks and other major incidents, ISO has published a new standard for emergency management and incident response. ISO 22320:2011, Societal security – Emergency management – Requirements for incident response, will help save lives, mitigate harm and damage and ensure continuity of basic services such as health, rescue services, water and food supplies, and electricity and fuel delivery.

ISO publishes international benchmark for incident preparedness and operational continuity management

2014-02-25 kl. 16:04
ISO has published the first internationally ratified benchmark document addressing incident preparedness and continuity management for organizations in both public and private sectors.