About the ISO 22301 Lead Auditor
The ISO 22301 Lead Auditor programme prepares you to audit business continuity management systems (BCMS) against ISO 22301 — the international standard for keeping an organisation running through disruption. Delivered self-paced and online, it takes you from BCMS fundamentals to planning and leading a full audit using ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO 19011.
You’ll learn to evaluate whether an organisation can genuinely recover from incidents, gather and weigh evidence, and report findings that improve resilience — the skills a lead auditor needs for first-, second- and third-party audits.
Course Information
What You Will Learn
Course Curriculum
- Business continuity principles
- Structure and requirements of ISO 22301
- Business impact analysis and risk
- The certification landscape
- Fundamental audit concepts
- Risk-based audit thinking
- Initiating the audit and scope
- Reviewing documentation and planning
- Opening meeting
- Collecting evidence through interviews and sampling
- Testing continuity and recovery arrangements
- Grading nonconformities
- Audit conclusions and report
- Closing meeting
- Follow-up and corrective action
- Managing an audit programme
- Competency domains overview
- Revision and exam technique
- Booking and sitting the PECB exam
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All You Need to Know
This programme suits professionals who audit or oversee business continuity, including:
- Internal and external auditors
- Business continuity managers and consultants
- Risk, resilience and compliance professionals
- Anyone maintaining conformity with ISO 22301
A fundamental understanding of ISO 22301 and of audit principles is recommended.
The programme prepares you for the PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Auditor exam, which assesses the competency domains for planning, leading and reporting a BCMS audit. Completing the training also earns 31 CPD credits.
What Our Learners Say
The ISO 22301 Lead Auditor course gave me a clear, structured path to build a resilient business continuity program. The instructors explained ISO 22301 certification in a way that was easy to apply on the job, and I passed the exam on my first attempt.
Great value for the depth of content. The ISO 22301 Lead Auditor training covered ISO 22301 certification thoroughly, and the exam voucher being included made budgeting for it simple.
I compared a few providers before choosing Profice for my ISO 22301 Lead Auditor certification, and I'm glad I did. The materials on ISO 22301 certification were current and the support team answered every question quickly.
What stood out about this ISO 22301 Lead Auditor training was how practical it was — real case studies, not just theory. I walked away confident about ISO 22301 certification and ready to apply it immediately.
Solid, well-organized training. The path to build a resilient business continuity program was clearly explained, and the practice materials before the exam made a real difference to my confidence.
Career Opportunities After This Training
A business continuity auditor assesses whether an organisation can keep operating through disruptions, auditing its plans and controls against ISO 22301. The Lead Auditor course builds the skills to plan and lead BCMS audits.
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A resilience and continuity manager designs and maintains the plans that keep a business running during outages, disasters and cyberattacks. ISO 22301 auditing knowledge helps you validate and strengthen those plans.
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A crisis management consultant helps organisations prepare for and respond to major disruptions. Understanding how a BCMS is audited against ISO 22301 lets you advise on building resilient, audit-ready continuity programmes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A PECB credential proving you can audit a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) against ISO 22301 — the international standard for keeping an organisation running through disruptions.
Auditors, business continuity managers, risk and resilience professionals, and consultants who assess or certify BCMS implementations.
The exam is an essay-type, open-book paper of roughly 3 hours. You need the passing score set by PECB (generally around 70%). After passing you receive a 'Certificate of Exam Success', and the full certification is issued once you also meet PECB's professional-experience requirements.
A Business Continuity Management System is the set of policies, plans and procedures an organisation uses to prepare for, respond to and recover from disruptive incidents such as outages, disasters or cyberattacks.
PECB certifications are valid for three years. You keep yours active by earning Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits and paying the annual maintenance fee.