Managing Disaster Recovery

Managing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Natural or man-made disaster may strike your workplace at any time.
Ensuring that your business can function following a major incident is
vital. This action packed course provides you with the knowledge and
skills to formulate plans of action and to execute them when and
where necessary.

Risks and Threats

There are many types of physical risk to businesses, all of which can seriously affect the short and long term functions of corporate life. These range from the natural disasters of fire and flood to man-made accidents and emergencies including terrorism, computer and communication failures.

We have recently experienced a number of such events including the Asian tsunami, international terrorist activities in London and the major explosion at Buncefield oil depot. These have led many business leaders to recognise the need to ensure that they can manage disaster recovery and provide continuity for their organisations and enterprises.

Counter Measures

Management of emergencies or disasters whether natural or man-made is paramount to the success of modern business. A clear Business Continuity Plan that is sanctioned by the Board or Managing Director of the company, then channelled down to all Heads of Department and communicated to
other members of staff provides a strong resilient response which could protect an organisation's reputation and brand.

End Result

While the individual processes of business continuity may vary with an organisation's size, structures and responsibilities, the basic principles remain exactly the same for those in the voluntary, private or public sector, regardless of scale, scope and complexity.

By adopting the Tavcom programme the individual will be able to develop a Business Continuity Plan for their organisation which should give all members of staff the confidence to tackle each stage of an emergency if - or when - it occurs.

Course Content:

• Defining an emergency
• Identifying emergencies that occur in your workplace
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Elements of the business continuity management life cycle
• Business impact of civil emergencies
• Cost benefits of emergency planning
• Cost benefits of emergency planning
• Incident management plans
• Threats and critical activities
• Recovery time objective and business recovery plans
• Communicating information accurately and speedily in emergencie·
• Controlling the public by electronic surveillance technologyontrolling the public by physical me
• Cordons and control measures
• Developing a business continuity plan
• Checking back up services on a routine basis
• Contingency planning for terrorist attacks
• Generic procedure implementation
• Fundamentals of First Aid
• Exercise schedule and reports
• Action plans. Review of plans
• Skills and training
• Major incident escalation
• Strategic, tactical and operational roles
• Security and emergency lighting
• Dealing with an on-site emergency
• Tactical and strategic planning
• De-briefing techniques
• Hot and warm sites.