If you have less than two years of industry experience, you should apply for the ABCP certification.


To Apply

To apply for CFCP certification, you must:

- Possess at least two years of significant practical experience in three of the Subject Areas of the Professional Practices for Business Continuity Planners. At least one of your three subject areas must be subject area #3: Business Impact Analysis; subject area #4: Developing Business Continuity Strategies; subject area #6: Developing and Implementing Business Continuity Plans; or subject area #8: Maintaining and Exercising Business Continuity Plans. This experience must have occurred within a ten-year period from your application date, and focus on your business continuity/disaster recovery planning responsibilities and accomplishments--not your position responsibilities or organizational accomplishments.

- Pass DRII's certification examination with a minimum score of 75%. If you have previously achieved ABCP and have maintained it in good standing, you are not required to re-take the exam.

- Complete the Online Application for Professional Certification.

- Tell your references about your application. Ask for their prompt assistance when DRII sends your Subject Area pages to them to substantiate your experience. Incomplete applications cause delays at this point in the process, and we may need to contact you for more information.

Once your references have documented your experience, members of DRII's Certification Commission will review your application. This review may also prompt the Certification Commission to contact you for more information.


CERTIFICATION PROCESS

This entire process can take several weeks. DRII will notify you when your application is approved. If approved, DRII will also notify you of your professional certification status and recertification period, and send you a professional certification card.

If not approved and you wish to re-apply, DRII can provide additional information on how to do so.



ABOUT YOUR REFERENCES

- You must provide the names and contact information for at least two individuals who can document your experience in each Subject Area. You can also provide a third reference to save processing time in case DRII cannot obtain verification from the first two.

- The total number of references you provide can be as few as two (if both references can attest to all your required Subject Areas), or many more (if different references are provided for each of your required Subject Areas).

- List all the references you need to document your minimum two years of required experience. Some individuals will list several, while others may list only two. Just make sure that the references you select can verify a minimum of two (2) years of your business continuity experience.