Organisational Resilience
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European Definitions
IMPROVER project
The IMPROVER project [1] gives the following definition:
The ability of an organization who operates or owns a critical infrastructure exposed to hazards, to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, for the preservation and restoration of essential societal services. (Adapted by UNISDR[2])
Note: This definition refers to CI-related organizations.
Standard Definition
ISO Guide 73:2009
Adaptive Capacity of an organization in a complex and changing environment. [3]
ISO 28002:2011
The definition included is the same as the one in ISO Guide 73. However, the standard notes:
Resilience is the ability of an organisation to prevent or resist being affected by an event or the ability to return to an acceptable level of performance in an acceptable period time being affected by an event. [4]
BS 65000:2014
Organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate, prepare for, and respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper. [5]
See also
- CBRN Resilience
- Community Resilience
- Cyber Resilience
- Economic Resilience
- Resilience
- System Resilience
Notes
- ↑ http://improverproject.eu/
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland, May 2009.
- ↑ ISO Guide 73:2009 Risk management — Vocabulary
- ↑ ISO 28001:2001 Security management systems for the supply chain -- Development of Resilience in the supply chain -- Requirements with guidance for use.
- ↑ BS 65000:2014 Guidance on organizational resilience
