ISO 22301 certification in Italy

ISO 22301 certification in Italy at a glance

Continuity planning is written into the Italian cyber and financial rules without a certificate attached. The NIS2 Directive, transposed by Legislative Decree 138/2024, lists business continuity, backup management, disaster recovery and crisis management among the measures entities must take, and the Banca d'Italia's DORA communication notes that advanced resilience testing of ICT systems has become mandatory for financial entities. The national cybersecurity perimeter, supervised through the ACN, protects the systems on which essential State functions depend. None of these names ISO 22301, which is why accredited certification is a client choice rather than a legal route. Certificates come from certification bodies accredited by Accredia; Sterling does not certify. Sterling's Frankfurt office runs impact analysis, recovery planning and exercises for Italian clients, with Effivity and Sterling Academy included in the engagement.

Who needs ISO 22301 in Italy, and what happens without it

In Italy the question rarely comes from a law. It comes from the buyer, the regulator or the partner that wants proof before it signs. These are the organisations that get asked.

• Essential and important entities under NIS2The Directive's risk-management measures include business continuity, backup management, disaster recovery and crisis management.
• Banks, payment institutions and other financial entitiesDORA makes advanced resilience testing of ICT systems mandatory and sets incident and third-party duties.
• Operators in the national cybersecurity perimeterContinuity of essential functions and services is the purpose of the perimeter.
• Suppliers to regulated entitiesCustomers ask suppliers to show tested continuity arrangements.

ISO 22301 requirements in Italy

Strip away the vocabulary and ISO 22301 requires a company to prove six things about how it keeps operating when something goes wrong.

In Italy these six sit alongside the local laws and regulations listed under drivers below; one system can evidence both. The detail is on the global hub: ISO 22301 explained →

• ISO 22301 requirements, clause by clause in plain language
• The documents ISO 22301 expects

How to get ISO 22301 certified in Italy

One team from the Frankfurt office carries the work from scoping to certificate. Clients across Italy are served from Sterling's Frankfurt office, on-site where the work needs it and remotely otherwise.

1. Discovery call and scopeEntities, locations, regulators and target date, agreed before any proposal.
2. Gap assessment against ISO 22301 and the Italian requirements that apply to youControls you already run for your regulators and customers are reused, not rebuilt.
3. Your system built with your team in EffivityRisks, controls, evidence, incidents and reviews in one live system the auditor can see.
4. Internal audit, management review and corrective actionsYour internal auditors trained by Sterling; the evidence proven before the certification body arrives.
5. Certification body stage 1 and stage 2, then surveillanceAn accredited body audits and decides. Sterling supports the audits and the three-year cycle.

The Sterling Promise: 100% on-time completion, 100% success, 8,100+ client engagements.Sterling does not certify. Certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

• The ISO 22301 certification process, step by step
• ISO 22301 internal audit

How long does ISO 22301 certification take in Italy?

There is no standard duration: it depends on your scope and on how much of the system already runs. In Italy these are the factors that set the timeline.

• Scope of services and processes the entity must keep running
• Business impact analysis and recovery objectives already documented
• Exercise and test records
• Certification-body availability around the August holiday period

Sterling agrees a dated plan with you on the discovery call, once the scope is known.

• Scope and timeline estimator

How much does ISO 22301 certification cost in Italy?

The cost has two parts: the consulting work to build and prove the system, and the certification body’s audit fees, which are quoted separately. In Italy these factors move both.

• Number of sites and critical services
• Dependency on suppliers and ICT providers
• Certification body fees quoted separately from consulting

Sterling gives one customised, all-inclusive proposal after the discovery call, never before the scope is agreed.

• What makes up the cost of ISO 22301

ISO 22301 consultants and certification bodies in Italy

Two different organisations are involved. A consultant helps you build the system and prove it works; an accredited certification body then audits or assesses it and decides. Keeping the two separate is what makes the result credible to buyers and regulators.

• Check that the body’s accreditation or approval covers ISO 22301 and your sector, and that its certificates can be verified online.
• Ask the consultant how the local requirements in Italy are mapped into the same system, so nothing runs twice.
• Ask for client references in your sector; Sterling’s client letters are available on request.
• Agree who owns the evidence and the tool after the engagement; with Sterling the system stays yours, in Effivity.

ISO 22301 in Italy: questions clients ask

More on ISO 22301 for Italian organisations

• ISO 22301: the complete guide
• Watch: How to implement ISO 22301
• ISO 22301 certification in Italy and every other standard Sterling delivers there

Other standards Italian businesses ask Sterling for

Organisations in Italy often combine ISO 22301 with one of these, under one management system where the scopes allow.

All 22 standards Sterling delivers in Italy →