Interested parties

Interested party definition:

Person or group of people that holds a view that may affect the organization.

When establishing the BCM, the organization needs to be aware of not only ‘those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist’, the Stanford Research Institute’s definition of stakeholders, but additionally those who have an interest in the organization, such as the media, the public nearby, competitors and so on. Furthermore a stakeholder may have defined requirements that must be taken into account, whereas an interested party in most situations is not able to specify requirements or impose obligations.


There are 2 types of Interested parties:

1. Interested parties outside the organization.
2. Interested parties inside the organization.

Reference: ISO 22313:2012