Effective Business Continuity Planning

Course

In Niagara Falls (USA)

£ 1,500 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Workshop

  • Location

    Niagara falls (USA)

  • Duration

    3 Days

This course provides an intensive, hands-on workshop covering all major aspects of Business Continuity Planning for corporations and government organizations. Suitable for: This course is designed for new or experienced business continuity planners, business unit staff and information technology staff who are involved in or manage business continuity planning functions.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Niagara Falls (USA)
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1623 Military Road # 377, 14304

Start date

On request

About this course

Minimum of 2 years business experience; working knowledge of English.

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Course programme

Effective Business Continuity Planning

At the conclusion of this course, participants should:
· have a solid understanding of the overall Continuity Management lifecycle
· have the tools and knowledge required to conduct Risk Assessments and Impact Analyses for their organization
· be able to guide their IT and business unit personnel through the development of practical and effective business resumption plans
· understand the advantages and disadvantages of plan development software packages and commercial recovery services
· know how to establish the organizational framework required to keep their Continuity plans current and viable
· have the tools and knowledge required to plan and coordinate effective tests and exercises
· know how to maintain support and commitment for the Continuity program
· have a solid understanding of Continuity "Best Practices"
- successfully write the certification exam for the "Certified Continuity Manager" designation

Topics covered include:

1. Business Continuity Lifecycle Management:
· The new realities of Business Continuity Planning
· Management's roles and responsibilities with respect to Business Continuity
· Establishing and managing a Business Continuity program
· How to evaluate, and maximize, the program's cost-effectiveness
· Generally Accepted Business Continuity 'Best Practices'
· Future trends in Business Continuity Management

2. Business Impact Analysis:
· Identifying critical business processes
· Determining impacts of business interruption
· Assessing the time-sensitivity of impacts
· Developing impact mitigation strategies
· Establishing the 'maximum tolerable downtime' of critical processes
· Determining minimum resource requirements for business resumption
· Preparing and presenting a Business Impact Assessment report
· Interview techniques

3. Business Resumption Planning:
· Establishing Business Unit Recovery teams
· Identifying planning assumptions
· Documenting recovery strategies and resource requirements
· Developing activity and task lists for each phase of the recovery
· Documenting tasks and compiling supporting information

4. Setting the Framework - Enabling your Continuity Program
· Overview of Continuity 'best practices'
· Setting corporate policies, objectives and budgets
· Assigning accountability for the Continuity program
· Establishing the Business Continuity teams
· Implementing an Incident Command / Crisis Management Framework

5. Keeping the Plan Alive - Validating and Maintaining your Continuity Program
· Maintaining and administering Business Continuity plans
· Auditing and evaluating Business Continuity plans

6. Testing, Training and Exercising a BCP Program
- conducting tests, training and exercises of the Business Continuity plan

7. Implementing the Program
· Selecting the Right ‘Vehicles’
· Obtaining Budgetary Approval
· Preparing the Program Content
· Launching the Program
· Managing the Ongoing Program
- Maintaining management support and commitment

Course Handouts:
· Print and Electronic Versions of all Presentation Materials
· Excel Spreadsheet tools for Risk Assessments, Business Impact Analysis, Strategy Evaluations, Awareness and Training, and more
· Word document templates and a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan


Additional information

Support: Payment by cheque, credit card, wire transfer; Purchase orders accepted.
Payment options: Discounts available. Courses to be held in Washington DC, Orlando FL, and Denver CO.
Students per class: 8

Effective Business Continuity Planning

£ 1,500 VAT inc.