Business Continuity Institute

Business Continuity Institute (BCI) licensed 5 Day Training

LINK Associates is a BCI certificated training provider for the 5 day licensed programme, and Command Centre Operations and Crisis Leadership for Business Continuity. We are a BS 25999 accredited organisation and bring
our experience of achieving this accreditation to the 5 day programme.

Your 5 day training leaders have been assessed for both presentation and content capability by the BCI.

Aim of the Programme

The aim of the programme is to provide comprehensive information to those wishing to understand business continuity and progress towards the BCI Certificate examination.

Course Content

The course is based on the BCI good practice guidelines and comprehensively covers all aspects of the business continuity lifecycle.

Day 1: Module 1 – Policy, Culture and Programme Management

A successful Business Continuity Management (BCM) programme within
an organisation's culture has to integrate with the strategic and day-to-day
management of the organisation and align with its business priorities. Day 1 examines how BCM is integrated into an organisation.

Day 2: Module 2 – Understanding the Organisation

Understanding your organisation is critical. Day 2 covers general principles,
business impact analysis, estimating recovery requirements, and estimating threats (risk assessment). Although all areas of the business continuity plan are important, the steps in this section set the conditions for the entire effort and are critical.

Day 3: Module 3 – Determining BCM Strategies

The process of determining and selecting appropriate continuity strategies can commence following the completion of the Business Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment. Determining BCM Strategy looks at the general issues with an organisation’s business continuity programme to protect its ability to deliver a product or service. This session describes a range of tools to assist you to ensure the continuity of delivery of your products or
services.

Day 4: Module 4 – Developing and Implementing a BCM Response

The aim of the various plans covered in day 4 is to identify, as far as possible, the actions that are necessary and the resources which are needed to enable the organisation to manage an interruption and BCM response, whatever its cause.

Day 5: Module 5 – Exercising, Maintenance and Review

A Business Continuity Management (BCM) capability cannot be considered
reliable until it has been exercised. Since it is rarely possible to undertake
an exercise for the whole organisation at one time, a planned exercise programme is required to ensure that all aspects of the plans and personnel have been exercised over a period of time. This session examines the various ways a BCM capability can be exercised.

The BCI Certification Examination
(Optional)

The examination for the BCI Certificate will contain 125 questions which the
candidate will have 2 hours to complete.

Two different pass levels will be set: a lower one for less experienced
practitioners seeking ABCI membership and a higher grade for those wishing to become an SBCI or an MBCI. In addition to passing the examination, all applicants for professional grades and upgrades will still need to provide evidence of practical experience within business continuity management.

Costs

Payments can be made by credit card.

The course runs from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Thursday. On Friday the
course will end at 1 pm. On Friday afternoon those taking the BCI
Certificate will sit the exam between 2 pm and 4 pm.