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Track: Workshop
Course Title: Business Continuity Overview
Course ID: BCP OVR
Duration: Half day of instruction or variable
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Description

This briefing integrates two key components, addressing both the foundational aspects of business continuity and the imperative need for elevating organizational resilience. The first component provides a fundamental understanding of The Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management and their practical application within continuity programs. It is designed for individuals, organizations, and groups seeking a primer in business continuity and resilience as a professional discipline, with additional focus on emerging challenges like cyber resilience.

The second component of this workshop centers around the overarching goal of achieving organizational resilience by breaking down silos within an organization and understanding why business continuity is important to many key business functions. When a major disruption, disaster or crisis occurs, the entire organization is impacted! This workshop emphasizes collaboration among various business functions and risk-related areas, such as cyber, continuity, and risk management and how different areas must work together to optimize preparedness, response, recovery, and overall resilience.

Objective

- Provide all stakeholders with the awareness they need to facilitate business continuity management and to build organizational resilience
- Review The Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management body of knowledge to aid in the development, implementation, and maintenance of business continuity programs
- Highlight terms and methodologies presented in The International Glossary for Resilience and the Professional Practices

Outline

• Introduction
• Professional Practice 1: Program Management
• Professional Practice 2: Risk Assessment
• Professional Practice 3: Business Impact Analysis
• Professional Practice 4: Business Continuity Strategies
• Professional Practice 5: Incident Preparedness and Response
• Professional Practice 6: Plan Development and Implementation
• Professional Practice 7: Awareness and Training Programs
• Professional Practice 8: Business Continuity Plan Exercise/Test, Assessment, and Maintenance
• Professional Practice 9: Crisis Communications
• Professional Practice 10: Coordination with External Agencies and Resources
• Summary

This course is adaptable to the specific needs and interests of your organization, whether it is an executive briefing or a high-level overview for all resilience stakeholders. It also offers the flexibility to include a briefing on the state of the industry or other add-ons.

NOTE: This course does not prepare students to take the Qualifying Examination or apply for certification at any level. It is neither a replacement for any courses in DRI's Continuity Track nor a line-by-line review of the Professional Practices. While there are no formal prerequisites, a base level of knowledge is preferred, and the Professional Practices should be read in advance.

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