What services does Resilience Guard GmbH provide?

Resilience Guard GmbH provides consulting in organisational resilience, business continuity, crisis management, cyber resilience, and compliance readiness aligned with ISO 22301, NIS2 and DORA for organisations in Switzerland and across Europe.

Do you support ISO 22301 implementation and certification readiness?

Yes. We help organisations design and implement ISO 22301-aligned business continuity management systems and prepare for certification by establishing frameworks, documentation, and operating processes tailored to their needs.

Can Resilience Guard assist with NIS2 and DORA compliance readiness?

Yes. We guide organisations through NIS2 and DORA regulatory requirements, assessing gaps, defining compliance roadmaps, and implementing controls so organisations can meet operational resilience and security standards.

Which industries do you typically work with?

We support organisations across critical sectors, including banking and financial services, energy, healthcare, manufacturing and transport, tailoring resilience and continuity strategies to industry-specific risks and regulatory needs.

Do you offer crisis management simulations or training?

Yes. We conduct crisis management tabletop exercises, simulation workshops and tailored training programs to help organisations test and refine their response plans, improve decision-making under pressure, and strengthen operational resilience.

How quickly can a project start with Resilience Guard?

Project start times depend on organisational needs and scope, but we typically begin with an initial consultation within days and proceed with detailed planning and assessment soon after agreement, ensuring rapid mobilisation and readiness.

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Resilience Guard | Swiss business continuity, crisis and resilience advisory

Practitioner-led resilience advisory

Resilience, continuity and crisis management, led by practitioners.

We help organisations across Switzerland, Europe and the UAE keep critical operations running through disruption, aligned with ISO 22301, NIS2 and DORA.

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Who we are

Resilience Guard GmbH is a Swiss, practitioner-led resilience, risk and business continuity advisory, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Steinhausen, Canton of Zug. We help organisations across Switzerland, Europe and the UAE design and run business continuity, crisis management and operational resilience programmes aligned with ISO 22301, NIS2 and DORA, so critical operations continue through disruption.

We are senior by design. Our work is delivered by practitioners, not generalists, and our standard is high enough that three of the world's four largest professional services networks trust us to train and accredit their own advisors in business continuity and cyber resilience.

30+

Years of practitioner experience

120+

Projects delivered

BCI Global Awards

16+

EU Horizon research projects

Accreditations, research partners and technology alliances

What we do

Three ways we strengthen your resilience

Advisory, capability and the platform to run it, each delivered by senior practitioners.

01Consulting

Advisory across business continuity, crisis management, cyber and operational resilience, and regulatory readiness for the Swiss Information Security Act, NIS2 and DORA.

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02Training

DRI accredited continuity and resilience training, the Crisis Management Masterclass and Crisis Simulation, and our own CIRP professional certification, designed and delivered by senior practitioners.

CIRP CertificationCrisis Management MasterclassCrisis SimulationDRI Accredited

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03Platform

Resilience Arena, our platform for running resilience day to day, from exercises and readiness to reporting, in one place.

Resilience Arena

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How we work

A structured path to resilience, built on ISO 22301

Five clear stages, from first assessment to continuous assurance.

Assess

Measure your resilience against ISO 22301, NIS2 and DORA, and find the critical gaps.

Analyse

A business impact analysis that prioritises critical functions and sets recovery objectives.

Design

A continuity and crisis framework built to your organisation, not a template.

Embed

Implement the controls and rehearse leadership with executive crisis simulations.

Assure

Keep you audit ready with regular reviews, updates and compliance monitoring.

Where we go deep

Regulatory readiness for Swiss and European organisations

Specialist depth where the obligations are real and the stakes are high.

Swiss Information Security Act and FADP

Readiness for Switzerland's critical infrastructure and data protection obligations, including the revised FADP.

NIS2

Gap analysis and implementation for essential and important entities, from controls to reporting duties.

DORA

ICT risk management, incident reporting and digital resilience testing for financial entities.

ISO 22301

Design and deployment of a business continuity management system, ready for certification audit.

We work across banking and financial services, energy and critical infrastructure, healthcare, government, technology and more. See the industries we serve ›

The people

Senior practitioners, named and accountable

The people who do the work are the people you meet.

John Zeppos

Founder and Group Managing Director

John founded Resilience Guard in 2014 and brings more than twenty years of executive resilience consulting for global organisations, from finance, telecommunications and technology to government and the Olympic Games. A two-time BCI Global Award winner, he has led ISO accreditations for multinationals across Europe and personally designs and delivers the firm's Big-Four training programmes, setting the practitioner standard that runs through every engagement.

Dominic Scholl

Global Sales Director

Mania Mylona

Finance and Compliance Lead

Fanis Markou

Technology Officer

Xenia Tamasi

Group Office Manager and Executive Coordinator

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Proof in practice

Tested in the field, and in European research

Our methods are not theoretical. Resilience Guard has contributed to more than sixteen EU Horizon research projects on resilience and critical infrastructure protection, and has delivered continuity and crisis programmes across banking, energy, healthcare, government and critical infrastructure.

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Answers

Frequently asked questions

What does Resilience Guard do?+

Resilience Guard is a Swiss advisory specialising in business continuity, crisis management, cyber and operational resilience, and regulatory readiness for ISO 22301, NIS2 and DORA. We advise, train and equip organisations to keep critical operations running through disruption.

Where is Resilience Guard based?+

We are headquartered in Steinhausen, Canton of Zug, Switzerland, with a subsidiary in Naples, Italy, and we serve clients across Switzerland, Europe and the UAE.

Who leads Resilience Guard?+

The firm was founded in 2014 by John Zeppos, FBCI CBCP CCRP, who leads a senior team of resilience practitioners and engineers.

Are we affected by NIS2 or DORA?+

If you are an essential or important entity under NIS2, or a financial entity under DORA, you are likely in scope. We run a short scoping assessment to confirm and to map your obligations.

Does Resilience Guard provide ISO 22301 certification readiness?+

Yes. We design and deploy your business continuity management system to ISO 22301 and prepare you for the certification audit. Certification itself is issued by an accredited body.

What is the 7A Risk Management Framework?+

The 7A Framework is our proprietary method for assessing and building organisational resilience across seven dimensions, used to turn risk and compliance work into a practical resilience programme.

Do you offer crisis simulations and training?+

Yes. We run executive crisis simulations and tabletop exercises, and we deliver DRI accredited training and our own CIRP professional certification.

How quickly can a project start?+

We typically respond within 24 hours and can scope and begin most engagements within two to three weeks, depending on scale.

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