A tailored course, built for your situation
Mastering ISO 22301 for Engineering Leaders in High-Efficiency Tech Environments
Build unbreakable continuity plans with confidence and full decision authority
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12 modules. 12 chapters per module. 144 chapters total.
12 modules, each with 12 chapters (144 chapters total), text-based, plus downloadable templates and a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Resilience planning stuck in review loops or dependent on compliance teams
The situation this course is for
Good engineers ship fast, until they hit governance gates. Too many technically sound continuity plans stall in cross-team alignment, waiting for risk officers or architects to bless decisions already made. That delay undermines ownership, slows incident readiness, and pushes critical work into fire-drill mode.
Who this is for
Senior engineering leader in a high-efficiency tech org who owns capacity or reliability and wants to own resilience architecture without escalation
Who this is not for
Entry-level engineers, auditors, or consultants without direct system ownership
What you walk away with
- Define recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) for services without requiring senior review
- Select incident severity thresholds and escalation rules specific to your stack
- Finalize business continuity test scope and schedule independently
- Own the evidence package for internal audit without rework
- Make binding decisions on third-party dependency resilience
The 12 modules (with all 144 chapters)
Module 1. Why ISO 22301 Matters for Engineering-Led Resilience
Understand how ISO 22301 shifts from compliance checkbox to engineering authority mechanism in high-velocity environments.
12 chapters in this module
- How Meta’s efficiency mandate changes resilience ownership
- The difference between capacity planning and business continuity
- Where engineering decisions intersect with ISO 22301 clauses
- Real cases of engineers owning continuity outcomes
- Why waiting for governance slows incident response
- How ownership reduces rework during audits
- The cost of delayed RTO/RPO alignment
- Engineering-driven BC as a force multiplier
- How ISO 22301 supports autonomous teams
- Case study: Cloud service recovery without escalation
- Decision rights implied in Clause 5 leadership
- Mapping your current role to ISO 22301 accountability
Module 2. Scoping Critical Functions Without Escalation
Define what’s in and out of scope for continuity based on technical impact, not politics.
12 chapters in this module
- Identifying services that require ISO 22301 coverage
- Using failure mode analysis to justify scope
- Documenting scope decisions for auditors
- Avoiding scope creep from non-critical systems
- How to handle peer pressure to expand scope
- Template: Service criticality scoring matrix
- When to involve product vs. keep it technical
- Defining functional dependencies clearly
- Handling third-party services in scope
- Ownership model for cross-team services
- Updating scope without re-approval
- How to justify scope to internal audit
Module 3. Conducting Risk Assessments on Your Own Terms
Run threat and vulnerability analyses that reflect real system behavior, not theoretical models.
12 chapters in this module
- Tailoring ISO 22301 risk criteria to engineering reality
- How to define likelihood without guesswork
- Impact analysis based on telemetry and logs
- Documenting assumptions your team stands by
- Avoiding generic risk registers
- Using postmortems as risk inputs
- Template: Risk register with engineering context
- Prioritizing risks by blast radius
- Linking risk decisions to capacity planning
- When to update risk without re-review
- How to handle conflicting risk views
- Presenting risk to auditors with confidence
Module 4. Setting RTO and RPO Thresholds Without Pushback
Make binding recovery targets based on system constraints, not guesswork.
12 chapters in this module
- Understanding the engineering basis of RTO
- Deriving RPO from data pipeline topology
- When to set tighter targets than business units ask
- How to justify your thresholds technically
- Template: RTO/RPO decision log
- Handling conflicts with product teams
- Using SLOs to support recovery targets
- Documenting trade-offs in plain language
- When to relax targets based on load
- Updating RTO/RPO without escalation
- How auditors validate your thresholds
- Reconciling DR with site reliability goals
Module 5. Designing Incident Response Roles for Speed
Assign decision rights in a crisis so your team doesn’t wait for permission.
12 chapters in this module
- Defining incident commander authority
- When escalation paths should end, not begin
- Designing comms protocols for engineering teams
- Template: Incident escalation matrix
- Avoiding bottleneck roles
- How to handle executive visibility demands
- Delegating authority during outages
- Documenting crisis decisions for audit
- Role clarity vs. flexibility in chaos
- Integrating with existing on-call practices
- Updating response roles without review
- Proving role design to internal audit
Module 6. Building Test Scenarios That Reflect Real Failures
Run meaningful continuity tests without theoretical disruptions.
12 chapters in this module
- Using past outages as test inspiration
- Designing tests that stress real bottlenecks
- Avoiding theater-style 'perfect recovery' drills
- Template: Chaos test continuity alignment
- How much test evidence is enough
- Documenting test decisions for auditors
- Timing tests around deployment cycles
- Handling test failures without blame
- Updating test plans independently
- Proving test rigor to compliance teams
- Linking test outcomes to architecture changes
- Getting faster sign-off on test reports
Module 7. Documenting Continuity Plans for Audit Acceptance
Write plans reviewers won’t question, so you never rework.
12 chapters in this module
- What auditors really look for in continuity docs
- How to write concise, evidence-backed narratives
- Template: Continuity plan structure for engineers
- Avoiding fluff and generic statements
- Using diagrams to reduce written burden
- Referencing system architecture directly
- Versioning decisions without approval
- Maintaining doc integrity across updates
- How to handle requests for 'more detail'
- Preparing for remote audit reviews
- Linking plan content to ISO 22301 clauses
- When to update plans without re-review
Module 8. Generating Audit-Ready Evidence Automatically
Prove compliance without manual сбор
12 chapters in this module
- Identifying evidence built into normal operations
- How to extract logs as continuity proof
- Template: Evidence mapping table
- Using monitoring tools to generate reports
- Avoiding manual screenshots and PDFs
- Storing evidence in immutable form
- Timing evidence collection with cycles
- Proving authenticity to reviewers
- Handling requests for new evidence types
- Updating evidence sources without re-approval
- Linking evidence to control objectives
- Reducing audit prep time by 70%
Module 9. Managing Third-Party Resilience Without Escalation
Set requirements and verify performance without involving legal.
12 chapters in this module
- Defining resilience expectations in vendor contracts
- How to assess SaaS provider BC programs
- Template: Vendor SIG resilience addendum
- Using uptime reports as audit input
- Handling multi-tier dependencies
- When to accept risk vs. demand change
- Documenting vendor decisions independently
- Updating vendor assessments without review
- Proving due diligence to internal audit
- Aligning vendor RTO with your own
- Escalating only when truly necessary
- Maintaining independence from procurement
Module 10. Integrating Continuity into CI/CD Pipelines
Make resilience part of deployment, not a separate process.
12 chapters in this module
- Embedding RTO checks in deployment gates
- Using feature flags for controlled recovery
- Template: CI/CD resilience checklist
- Automating failover test triggers
- Avoiding siloed 'compliance' deploys
- Linking canary releases to continuity
- Documenting integration decisions
- Updating pipeline rules without approval
- Proving integration to auditors
- Handling exceptions in production
- Scaling resilience across repos
- Reducing manual toil in compliance
Module 11. Maintaining Continuity Documentation Between Audits
Keep plans alive without rework cycles.
12 chapters in this module
- Triggering updates based on system changes
- Using schema changes as update cues
- Template: Change-to-plan sync process
- Avoiding annual 'refresh' marathons
- Versioning architecture decisions
- Linking postmortems to plan updates
- Documenting exceptions temporarily
- Keeping stakeholders informed passively
- Proving up-to-dateness to auditors
- Updating documentation independently
- Reducing churn in plan content
- Ensuring traceability over time
Module 12. Owning the Internal Audit Handoff from Start to Finish
Control the narrative and evidence flow without governance interference.
12 chapters in this module
- Preparing for audit without templates from risk
- How to initiate audit scheduling
- Template: Audit evidence package index
- Avoiding endless clarification loops
- Presenting decisions with confidence
- Handling auditor questions on technical depth
- Correcting misconceptions without escalation
- Documenting responses independently
- Closing findings without approval layers
- Proving remediation in engineering terms
- Building auditor trust over cycles
- Transitioning to next audit cycle smoothly
How this maps to your situation
- When continuity planning slows engineering velocity
- When audit findings require rework due to poor documentation
- When third-party resilience becomes a surprise gap
- When internal teams resist test participation
Before vs. after
Before
Resilience decisions require cross-team alignment and are subject to rework during audits.
After
You make binding continuity decisions independently, with audit-ready evidence built into your workflow.
What's included with your purchase
- 12 modules with 12 chapters each (144 chapters)
- Downloadable templates and worked examples for every module
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Delivery and format
- Course and learning environment access provisioned within 24 hours of purchase
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
Format: Text-based modules and chapters in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every chapter, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Time investment: 90 minutes of focused reading and implementation planning, paced across one week.
If nothing changes
Continuity planning stays reactive. Teams wait for approvals. Audits find gaps. Outages reveal missing prep. Your engineering leadership is constrained by process, not systems.
How this compares to the alternatives
Generic ISO 22301 courses teach policy templates. This course teaches engineers how to claim and use decision authority within the standard, so you own resilience, not just comply with it.
Frequently asked
Is this for compliance officers or engineers?
This is for senior engineers and tech leads who want to own resilience decisions without escalation.
How is the course structured?
12 modules, each containing 12 chapters (144 chapters total).
Will this help me pass audit?
Yes, by teaching you how to generate evidence continuously and defend decisions confidently.
Do I need prior ISO knowledge?
No, this course starts from engineering decisions, not framework theory.
$199 one-time. 90 minutes of focused reading and implementation planning, paced across one week..
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