The standard was fundamentally revised in May 2025 , replacing the original 2011 version. The updated standard, ISO/IEC 27031:2025 , focuses on ICT Readiness for Business Continuity (IRBC) , shifting from purely technical IT recovery to a broader strategy of organizational resilience.
Protecting and providing the physical infrastructure, including backup data centers and secure environments, needed to operate ICT services. iso27031
Central to ISO 27031 is the concept of the "ICT Readiness" framework. The standard introduces several key performance categories that allow an organization to measure its preparedness. These include: The standard was fundamentally revised in May 2025