TS EN ISO 22300

TS EN ISO 22300 is a vocabulary standard for the terminology used in security and resilience. Standards of this type aim to give the same concept the same meaning across organisations, sectors and countries, creating a common language for closely related fields such as security management, business continuity, preparedness, response, and recovery.

How the terminology supports the subject area

The scope of this document is the definition of terms used in security and resilience standards. In general technical terms, security focuses on protection against deliberate threats, while resilience describes the ability of an organisation, system, or community to continue operating and recover after disruptive events. Vocabulary standards help prevent these concepts from being blurred together, supporting consistent use in policy documents, procedures, risk assessments, and operational planning.

What a vocabulary standard contributes

• Provides shared definitions for terms used in the security and resilience domain.
• Helps different standards use key terms with consistent meaning.
• Supports clear communication between organisations, specialists, and technical documents.
• Helps preserve distinctions between closely related terms such as event, threat, risk, and impact.

This record also represents a withdrawn TSE edition. Even so, its technical value lies in terminology alignment and conceptual consistency, which remain useful when drafting new standards or internal documentation. The description here reflects the general technical framework indicated by the title and scope information, rather than a clause-by-clause summary of the full document.