What is ISO 22396 about?
ISO 22396 is an international standard on security and resilience that provides guidelines for information exchange between organizations to improve resilience.
ISO 22396 gives guidelines for information exchange. ISO 22396 includes principles, a framework, and a process for information exchange. ISO 22396 identifies mechanisms for information exchange that allow a participating organization to learn from others’ experiences, mistakes, and successes.
ISO 22396 can guide the maintenance of the information exchange arrangement to increase commitment and engagement. ISO 22396 provides measures that enhance the ability to participate in organizations to cope with disruption.
Note: Legislation can differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It is the user’s responsibility to determine how applicable legal requirements are related to ISO 22396.
Who is ISO 22396 for?
ISO 22396 on community resilience and guidelines with information exchange is useful for:
- Management board members of an organization
- Government officials who are involved in external audits
- Management board advisors
Why should you use ISO 22396?
Changing ownership patterns of critical societal infrastructure and services mean that private enterprises must be involved in the development of mechanisms for increased coping capacity, experience, and knowledge exchange. Critical societal infrastructure or services are increasingly privately managed or owned, creating new requirements for cooperation and information exchange for capacity building purposes.
ISO 22396 helps you to identify and initiate actions to increase security and reduce vulnerability. Information exchange on liabilities, risks and vulnerabilities can enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations.
ISO 22396 provide you with other benefits to these participating organizations, including:
- Enlightening organizations that may not usually get access in usual ways
- Enhancing capabilities by unlocking otherwise restricted information
- Creating a centralized information exchange to support sharing
- Increasing capacity for information distribution
- Creating a sense of community through caring and sharing.
Organizations that participate in information exchange arrangements can increase their knowledge and understanding of events and risks to enhance resilience.
