Business Continuity Practitioner
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INTRODUCTION
The S-BCP certification program covers all the theoretical and practical aspects of Business Continuity Management that you as an aspiring BCM specialist will need to master to embed business continuity in your organisation. The certificate demonstrates your thorough knowledge of Business Continuity Management theory, your capability to translate theory to your own organisation, and your enhanced ability to apply the acquired knowledge to solve practical problems related to business continuity.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
In this course, you will build up the knowledge and skills you need to create and manage an effective business continuity program. You will learn how to identify and prioritise business continuity threats, compile an effective business continuity plan, organise a business continuity team, and conduct tests and exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of your business continuity initiatives.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Immerse yourself in the pragmatics of business continuity, emergency response, crisis management and recovery planning;
- Gain hands-on business continuity experience through case studies and fictive scenarios;
- Benefit from the insights of practicing business continuity specialists.
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COURSE AUDIENCE
This course is made for :
- Business continuity managers/ officers
- Facility managers
- Security managers
- Information security professional
- Quality officer
- S-BCP is intended for all professionals seeking to build a career in business continuity or organizational resilience
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COURSE OUTLINE
Day One
Threats and Vulnerability Analysis (BKA)
- The usefulness, necessity and purpose of a BKA
- Preparing a BKA and BKA reports
- How does your organization view threats and vulnerabilities in general?
- The difference between a quantitative and qualitative assessment of threats and vulnerabilities
- How can threats and vulnerabilities be made manageable?
Day Two
Business impact analysis (BIA)
- The usefulness, necessity and purpose of a BIA
- Existing methods for performing a BIA and drawing up a subsequent damage assessment
- Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD), Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- The types of consequential damage and determining a consequential damage picture
- Which disciplines are required for the implementation of a BIA?
- Preparing BIA reports
Day Three
Introduction to Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
- What is Crisis Management?
- The characteristics of a crisis
- The difference between an incident and a crisis
- What is the use and necessity of crisis communication?
- The difference between image and reputation
- Drawing up a crisis management plan
- The composition of the crisis organization
- The role of social media in times of crisis
- Drawing up a Crisis Stakeholdermap
- The role of BHV in crisis management
Day Four
Emergency Response Plan (ER)
- From company self-protection to company emergency response (BHV)
- History and exploration of first aid for incidents
- What requirements are set for the emergency response team?
- Setting up an emergency response organization
- Emergency Response from the Government
Day Five
Crisis Management Plan
- The formulation and basic requirements of a recovery plan
- The different types of recovery strategies and associated quality features
- The importance of backup and recovery of digital and non-digital data; the need for external storage
- The translation of a process into underlying information systems and the implementation of remedial measures
- The importance and composition of a recovery organization
