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Managing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Seminar Content
Business Continuity Planning is concerned with protecting the vital business processes of your organization. In the event of a critical incident, these essential components of your operations should continue to function. Business Continuity Planning is no longer just the preoccupation of specialized individuals working apart from the rest of the company. It is no longer just about computers. It is the responsibility of every member of your management team to ensure the survival of your firm. 2-day course.
Who Should Attend
- Individuals who need practical tools and techniques for Business Continuity Planning and a comprehensive overview and understanding of BCP, its principles, and methodologies
- Those who have been recently assigned the task of creating or updating a Business Continuity Plan
- Those who are experienced Business Continuity Planners and/or want a refresher on Business Continuity Planning
Recommended Training and/or Experience
The course does not require any prior knowledge.
Seminar Materials
Students will receive a copy of seminar materials.
Seminar Goals
This Intensive 2-day course addresses the 'missing link' in business continuity training today.
- Besides providing solid grounding in the principles of business continuity planning, it provides practical, results-oriented training in the methodologies of business continuity planning.
- Students learn what they need to do, and how to accomplish those goals.
- They learn methodologies and best practices which can be applied to all organizations, regardless of size, complexity, industry, government, or nationality
Seminar Outline
A combination of tutorials, exercises and role playing covers the following topics:
Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis - What threatens your business?
- Understanding the need for a Business Continuity program
- Overview of the Business Continuity Management lifecycle
- Define your organization's Business Continuity requirements
- Conducting a Business Continuity Risk Assessment
- Conducting a Business Impact Analysis
Successful Strategies for Business Continuity Planning - How do you plan the survival of your critical operations?
Identifying and selecting Business Continuity strategies for:
- Mitigating risk
- Reducing impact
- Recovering computer systems
- Resuming business operations
Developing plans for computer system recovery
- Evaluating commercial recovery services
- High availability systems
Developing plans for business resumption
- Initial response and assessment
- Interim contingencies
- Resource provisioning
- Business resumption
- Return to normal
Plan templates and software tools
To achieve Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) certificate students must:
- Pass the Continuous Assessment by demonstrating acceptable levels of performance in a formal continuous assessment process.
- Pass the written Business Continiuity ProfessionalExamination.
Course Sequence: ISMS2DBCPDR |

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