Business continuity and resilience professionals who require in-depth knowledge and an understanding of how to carry out a BIA at all levels of an organization.

It is recommended that students have a minimum of a CBCI or equivalent credential with experience working in an organization in a continuity and resilience related role.

The objectives of this training course are to provide students with the ability to:

• Understand the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) process;
• Understand how to structure the BIA process;
• Apply the methods available to conduct a BIA;
• Utilise the information from the BIA to design the most appropriate business continuity recovery strategies.

This course covers the following:

1. Introduction – what is business continuity management ?
2. Policy and Programme Management – To define the organizational policy relating to Business Continuity and how that policy will be implemented, controlled and validated through a Business Continuity Management programme.
3. Embedding Business Continuity – To continually integrate Business Continuity into day-to-day business activities and organizational culture
4. Analysis – To review and assess an organization in terms of what are its objectives, how it functions and which are the constraints of its environment
5. Design – To identify and select appropriate strategies and tactics to determine how continuity and recovery from disruption will be achieved
6. Implementation – To executes the agreed strategies and tactics through the process of developing the Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
7. Validation – To confirm that the Business Continuity Management Programme meets the objectives set in the Business Continuity Policy and that the organization’s BCP is fit for purpose