As much as you would like it, life never goes to plan. Normally in business, you encounter and resolve problems in your stride. However, would you be able to keep your business running in the face of a major disaster?
There are numerous risks that can threaten the continuity of your business. Beyond social unrest and unstable marketplace, have you considered power price-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. It’s essence is to ensure that business operations continue to function even in the event of a disaster or emergency. Does your organization currently have business continuity (BC) in place; is your BC strategy realistic enough to offer practical solutions in the time of crisis? In your last emergency, did you invoke your business continuity plan at all and how would you measure its success? For those that would 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. 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.
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.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will gain practical skills in the following areas:
- The function of and the need for Business Continuity Management within an organization.
- The Business Continuity Management Lifecycle.
- The main components of a Business Continuity Management programme.
- The need for Risk Assessment within Business Continuity Management.
- The options for development of a Business Continuity Management strategy.
- How to prepare and develop plans for Business Continuity Management response.
- The need for exercising, maintenance and review of plans.
- The need for embedding Business Continuity Management awareness within the organization.
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.
The Comprehensive Business Continuity Management Seminar is intended for (but not limited to) those who are involved in the areas of information security and information assurance, including:
- Business Managers involved in the establishment of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans
- Business Assurance and Risk Managers
- All staff members of organizations which provide Business Continuity facilities
- Internal and External Auditors, and Business Process Consultants and Managers
- IT Operations, Service Support, and Service Delivery Managers
- Continuity Planning Project Managers and team members
- Business Continuity Coordinators, Recovery Team members
PREREQUISITE
There is no prerequisite for this course. It functions as a standalone course.
MATERIALS
Each participant will receive a course binder containing copies of presentation slides, case studies, exercises, and suggested solutions.
Day 1: Introduction, Initiation, and Planning
- Where do we start, who should be involved, and what’s included?
- The Business Continuity Management Lifecycle.
- Identifying and communicating the need for Business Continuity Planning.
- Creating appropriate organizational and governance structures and ensuring that all required stakeholders are involved.
- Using Project Management methodologies to plan and implement BCP.
- What do we need to protect against, how much will we lose, what MUST be protected?
- Conducting Business Impact Analyses to determine the value of Business Processes and identify those which are Mission Critical.
- Identifying threats to your organization and objectively determining your level of risk.
- Developing a Business Case to justify BCP.
- Obtaining agreement to proceed.
- What should we do if the worst happens and how should we do it?
- Using the information from the Requirements Gathering stages, evaluate and select strategic options to protect your business.
- Learn how to identify and select Risk Reduction and Recovery measures for Business Processes, supply chains, and technology.
- Work through the various plans required, understanding their contents, why they are required, how they are used, and how they will be maintained.
- Incident Management
- Business Continuity
- Invocation
- Disaster Recovery
- Business Resumption
- Return to Normal Operation
- Build testing, exercising, awareness, and training schedules
- Identify and develop the people, skills and knowledge necessary to test, deploy, and maintain all plans.
- Conduct the initial exercises and tests, adjusting the documents as required.
- How do we make sure that we can act when the time comes?
- What do we do when the worst happens?
- Accept the planning documents and initiate Change Control.
- Conduct ongoing awareness sessions, keeping the materials up to date, and ensuring that all parties are familiar with their responsibilities.
- Ensure that all participants are able to meet their responsibilities.
- Staying in touch with other parties to the plans, holding regular reviews to ensure that documentation is up to date at all times, and conducting audits.
- Execute the Training, Testing, Exercise and Review schedules.
- Use the Continuity Plans during a Disaster.
- Determine how to “Return to Normal”.
- Review actions after the event if necessary.
- Review of all materials with highlights on key points.
- Practice examination, self graded to allow you to be clear on how the examination will be marked.
- Examination for ISEB Practitioner Certificate Examination in Business Continuity Management:
- Total Time: Three (3) hours
- Total Questions: Ten (10) multiple choice questions (1 mark each)
- Six (6) short answer questions (5 marks each)
- Three (3) essay questions. (20 marks each)
- Passing Grade: 65%
- Time is split between two sections.
- Section 1 includes the multiple choice short answer questions. There are a total of forty marks in Section 1.
- Section 2 has the three essay questions
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August 8-12, 2011
N250,000 (discounts available for 2+ participants)
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November 7-11, 2011
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