BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management

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£ 1,895 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course covers the BCS Professional Certifications Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management. The course closely follows the approaches recommended in the BS ISO 22301:

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Subjects

  • IT Management
  • IT
  • Management
  • Business Continuity

Course programme

Introduction to business continuity management

  • The need for business continuity management
  • The context of business continuity management in the organisation
  • Review of risk management fundamentals
  • Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)

Business continuity programme management

  • Governance
  • Leadership and management commitment
  • Resourcing and support
  • Awareness and competency of BC personnel
  • Creating, updating and controlling documentation
  • Communication processes
  • Setting business continuity objectives

Context of the organisation

  • Identification of services, products, activities and supply chain
  • Business impact analysis and risk assessment
  • Link with corporate objectives
  • Needs and expectations of third parties
  • Legal and regulatory requirements
  • Scope of the business continuity management system (BCMS)

Selecting business continuity options

  • Determination and selection of strategy
  • Establishing resource requirements
  • Risk protection and migration

Establishing and implementing procedures

  • Incident response structure
  • Warning and communication
  • Business continuity plans
  • Recovery

Exercising and testing

  • Exercising and testing of plans
  • Maintenance of plans
  • Review of plans

Performance evaluation and improvement

  • Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
  • Internal audit
  • Management review
  • Non conformity and corrective action
  • Continual improvement

Section 1:

  • 10 multiple choice questions
  • 6 short answer questions

Section 2:

  • 3 scenario based essay style questions

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management

£ 1,895 + VAT