Business Continuity Review
Duration: 2.5 days (2 full days of instruction 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Examination day 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
Examination: Qualifying Examination (100 questions)
16 Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAPs) may be awarded toward recertification
Examination: Qualifying Exam
Cost: Please give us a call or email.
Description
An unbelievable amount of information is packed into this newly updated, fast-paced course built for experienced business continuity professionals. If you’re in a hurry to take your career to the next level, Business Continuity Review (BCP 501) is for you. This short, yet highly effective, refresher course will re-acquaint you with the key elements of business continuity and is based on the recently revamped DRI Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management – the most utilized and time-tested standard in the field.
Experienced instructors are focused on providing you with the tools you need to pass the new Qualifying Examination, which is the first step toward becoming a DRI Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP), Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP), Certified Functional Continuity Professional (CFCP), or Certified Business Continuity Vendor (CBCV).
Objective
Outline
Lesson 1: Program Initiation and Management
– Establish the need for a business continuity program.
– Obtain support and funding for the business continuity program.
– Build the organizational framework to support the business continuity program.
– Introduce key concepts, such as program management, risk awareness, identification of critical functions/processes, recovery strategies, training and awareness, and exercising/testing.
Lesson 2: Risk Assessment
– Identify risks that can adversely affect an entity’s resources or image.
– Assess risks to determine the potential impacts to the entity, enabling the entity to determine the most effective use of resources to reduce these potential impacts.
Lesson 3: Business Impact Analysis
– Identify and prioritize the entity’s functions and processes in order to ascertain which ones will have the greatest impact should they not be available.
– Assess the resources required to support the business impact analysis process.
– Analyze the findings to ascertain any gaps between the entity’s requirements and its ability to deliver those requirements.
Lesson 4: Business Continuity Strategies
– Select cost-effective strategies to reduce deficiencies as identified during the risk assessment and business impact analysis processes.
Lesson 5: Incident Response
– Develop and assist with the implementation of an incident management system that defines organizational roles, lines of authority and succession of authority.
– Define requirements to develop and implement the entity’s incident response plan.
– Ensure that incident response is coordinated with outside organizations in a timely and effective manner when appropriate.
Lesson 6: Plan Development and Implementation
– Document plans to be used during an incident that will enable the entity to continue to function.
Lesson 7: Awareness and Training Programs
– Establish and maintain training and awareness programs that result in personnel being able to respond to incidents in a calm and efficient manner.
Lesson 8: Business Continuity Plan Exercise, Assessment and Maintenance
– Establish an exercise, assessment and maintenance program to maintain a state of readiness.
Lesson 9: Crisis Communications
– Provide a framework for developing a crisis communications plan.
– Ensure that the crisis communications plan will provide for timely, effective communication with internal and external parties.
Lesson 10: Coordination with External Agencies
– Establish policies and procedures to coordinate incident response activities with public entities.
