Business Continuity Management Course

Despite the best risk management efforts, some events will be beyond your control, and your Company needs to plan for them accordingly. This course introduces your employees to business continuity management.

They will learn how to ensure operational resilience in challenging situations and the key preparations needed to restore 'Business as Usual (BAU)' as soon as possible after risk events materialise.

Learning objectives
This course will prepare your employees to:

• Appreciate the objectives of a business continuity plan
• Recognise how risks are identified and analysed
• Know what to include in a risk register
• Identify the key elements of both a disaster recovery plan and a succession plan
• Appreciate the importance of effective communication and good PR when dealing with incidents and crises

Course Contents
Welcome

• Learning objectives
• How to complete this course

Introduction to business continuity management

• Management of risks
• Killer risks

The business continuity plan

• BCP implementation
• In the news

Identification & analysis of risk

• Gauging the impact
• Identification & analysis of risk
• Challenges in creating a BCP
• Analysing the risks
• The role of the crisis management team

Disaster recovery plan

• Disaster recovery in our company
• The crisis management team
• Off-site facilities & records

Managing crises

• Scenarios: The cyber risk threat

Succession plans

• Scenario: Coping with unexpected absence
• Scenario: Adapting to unexpected absence
• Succession planning policy