There are numerous risks that threaten the continuity of businesses. Beyond social unrest and unstable marketplace, have you considered power spikes or shortages, denials of site or data access, even biological, chemical or bomb-threats? What happens if a critical vendor goes down or if productivity plummets with a sector-wide industrial strike?

Business continuity management attempts to answer these questions. Its essence is to ensure that business operations continue to function even in the event of a disaster or emergency.

For those that are in the process of preparing continuity plans, or are unsure if their current plans would work for them in an emergency, this program has been specifically designed for you. We use leading-edge methodology to refocus and enhance your BCM efforts!

The Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management is intended for (but not limited to) those who are involved in the Business Continuity planning, implementation, day to day maintenance, and who will act in the event of a disaster. It contains a number of practical sessions, designed to build on the ‘taught’ components of the module, and to encourage debate and the sharing of knowledge and experience between students.

Students will leave the class with the information they need to participate in Business Continuity Management Projects, exercise and review plans, and participate in Recovery operations. In addition, students are prepared for the practitioner examination in ISO 22301 standard.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will:

• Establish a business continuity policy, organization structure for the project and ongoing management, prepare a project charter to recognize the start of a business continuity project
• Prepare business continuity project management plan.
• Conduct Business Impact Analysis to determine an organization’s critical business services, processes and assets.
• Assess and prioritize risks to critical business services, processes and assets.
• Identify and implement recovery and risk reduction strategies
• Develop detailed Continuity and Recovery plans.
• Appreciate the need for training and awareness, and the need to exercise, maintain and review continuity plans.
• Understand ISO 22301 International Standard for BCM Systems (BCMS).
• Prepare for the ISO 22301 Practitioner Exam in BCM Systems (BCMS).

Who Should Attend

The qualification promotes a hands-on approach to Business Continuity Management, making use of current international standards, enabling candidates to make immediate use of the module on their return to their organizations.

This course is appropriate for:

• Business Managers involved in the establishment of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
• Chief Information Officers and their deputies, IT Managers, Heads of IT Service Management, Unit Heads in IT Departments, IT Service Continuity Managers
• Business Assurance and Risk Managers
• Internal and External Auditors, and Business Process Consultants and Managers.
• Continuity Planning Project Managers and team members.
• Business Continuity Coordinators, Recovery Team members.
• All staff members involved in Business Continuity planning

Prerequisite

There is no prerequisite for this course. It functions as a stand-alone course.

Examination

The ISO 22301 Practitioner Exam is run on the last day of the course and consists of three parts: (A) 50 minutes to complete 20 multiple-choice questions, (B) 50 minutes to complete 10 scenario-choice questions, and (C) 50 minutes to complete 10 true/false questions. An overall mark of 60% is required to pass and receive the ISO 22301 Practitioner Certificate.

Materials

You will receive a course binder containing copies of presentation slides, case studies, exercises and suggested solutions.

What You Will Learn