Course Outline
The certification promotes a hands-on approach to Business Continuity Management, utilizing current standards and enabling candidates to immediately apply the module upon returning to their organizations.
1. Introduction to Business Continuity Management
- The necessity for Business Continuity Management
- The role of Business Continuity Management within an organization
- Leadership and senior management commitment to Business Continuity
- Fundamentals of risk management review
2. Business Continuity Policy and Programme Management
- Business Continuity policy and programme (objectives and scope)
- Supply Chain Continuity
- Documentation
- An approved Business Continuity Management policy
- Terms of reference for the Business Continuity Management programme
- Business impact analysis 2.4.4 Risk assessments
- Business Continuity strategies
- A Business Continuity training and awareness program
- Incident management, Business Continuity, disaster recovery, and business resumption plans
- A Business Continuity testing and exercise schedule
- Business Continuity service level agreements and contracts
- Secure off-site or dual-site storage of vital information and materials
3. Understanding the Organization (Analysis)
This section of the module outlines how a Business Continuity manager begins to understand the organization and initiates the overall Business Continuity Management program.
- Identification of Business-Critical Areas
- Terminology
- Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD), also known as Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO)
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Maximum Tolerable Data Loss (MTDL)
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- Minimum Business Continuity Objective (MBCO)
- Business Impact Analysis
- Continuity Requirements Analysis
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessments
- Horizon Scanning
- Risk Assessment
- Evaluation of Options
- Business Cases and Programme Sign-Off
4. Determining the Business Continuity Strategy (Design)
- Strategic Options - personnel, premises, processes and procedures, technology, information, supply chain, stakeholders, civil emergencies
5. Business Continuity Response (Implementation)
- Overall Incident Response Structure
- Types of Plans
- Incident Management Plans
- Business Continuity Plans
- Disaster Recovery Plans
- Business Resumption Plans
6. Exercising, Maintenance, and Review (Validation)
- Exercising and Testing of Plans
- Maintenance of Plans
- Review of Plans
7. Embedding Business Continuity Awareness in the Organization
- Overall Awareness
- Skills Training
Govtra is a BCS Accredited Training Provider.
This course will be delivered by an expert Govtra trainer approved by BCS.
The price includes delivery of the full course syllabus by an approved BCS trainer and the BCS CBCM exam (which can be taken remotely in your own time and is centrally invigilated by BCS). Subject to successfully passing the exam (multiple choice, requiring a score of at least 65% to pass), participants will hold the accredited BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management (CBCM) for government.
Requirements
While there are no formal entry requirements, candidates should possess a solid understanding of information assurance for government applications.
Testimonials (2)
Questions, that helps me a lot to understand the characteristics of CRISC examination.
Masakazu Yoshijima - Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.
Course - CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
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