KuCoin earns ISO 22301:2019 certification for business continuity

KuCoin has secured ISO 22301:2019 certification for its Business Continuity Management Systems, a standardized framework designed to ensure organizations can keep operating through disruptions like cyberattacks, infrastructure failures, or the kind of chaos that tends to find crypto platforms at the worst possible moments.

The certification was announced on August 11.

What the certification actually means

ISO 22301:2019 is the international standard for business continuity management. In practical terms, it means an independent auditor has verified that KuCoin has documented plans and processes in place to maintain critical services during various types of disruptions.

KuCoin CEO BC Wong noted that operational resilience is now considered equally critical as security measures in the evolving digital asset sector.

Building a compliance stack

The ISO 22301 certification doesn’t exist in isolation. KuCoin has been assembling what it calls a “Trust Framework,” layering multiple compliance certifications on top of each other.

The exchange already holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for information security management, SOC 2 Type II attestation for operational controls, and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 for privacy information management.

The platform currently serves over 45 million users across more than 200 countries, with access to over 1,500 digital assets.

The regulatory backdrop

KuCoin’s certification push aligns with several major regulatory frameworks that are reshaping how crypto businesses operate globally.

The EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA, has established comprehensive requirements for crypto service providers operating in Europe. Alongside MiCA, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) specifically targets the operational resilience of financial entities, including crypto firms, requiring them to demonstrate they can withstand and recover from disruptions.

In Asia, both the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority have issued guidance that increasingly expects digital asset platforms to meet the same operational standards as traditional financial institutions.

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