Business Continuity Planning Workshop

CBRM Seminar: Advanced Business Continuity Planning & Management (3-day workshop)

The CBRM Seminar is a comprehensive all-in-one 3-day business continuity planning and management training course which is designed to teach practical methods to develop, test, and maintain a business continuity plan and establish a business continuity program. The seminar provides open-concept education and is based on industry best practices and guidelines for the BCM process and the six stages of the BCP process:

Risk Management
Business Impact Analysis
Business Continuity Strategy Development
Business Continuity Plan Development
Business Continuity Plan Testing and
Business Continuity Plan Maintenance.

It is consistent with international standards, guidelines, and best-practices such as ISO/IEC 17799, NFPA 1600, BS 25999, COBIT, and Spring Singapore TR 19.

The seminar is suitable for anyone with or without prior business continuity or disaster recovery knowledge or experience. It gradually proceeds from introductory to advanced topics in business continuity planning and includes a detailed overview of business continuity management. Day 1 of the seminar provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of the business continuity planning and management process.

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Students will have the opportunity to take the optional business continuity certification exam during the CBRM Seminar course. To become a Certified Business Resilience Manager (CBRM). Learn more about becoming a CBRM at the BRCCI website (www.brcci.org) .

Workshop Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:

Establish BC program lifecycle processes within your organization
Assess business and technology requirements for a BC plan
Evaluate business continuity risks to your organization
Identify and select cost-effective BC recovery strategies
Organize an effective BC team
Develop a BC plan document
Coordinate BC plan with external entities
Develop an effective test plan for testing the BC plan
Organize and conduct successful BC plan tests
Establish a process for maintaining the BC plan
Implement a BC plan change management process
Avoid typical mistakes that lead to BC program failures
Understand the main differences between a disaster recovery plan, emergency response plan, crisis management plan, and business continuity plan.

Testimonials

"It was a course rich in content, meticulously presented and would enrich the knowledge of developing Disaster Recovery Managers, sharpen the skills of Business Continuity Plan developers and really open the eyes of would-be believers still sitting on the fence! In this field we strive to make contingency plans to cover most eventualities but situations like those in New Orleans , post-Huricane Katrina, not only boggles the mind but underscores the need for excellent foresight in this field. Sentryx provides the tools to do so." - Roslyn B., M.D, Assisstant Director, Burmuda Hospital.

I just wanted to drop a note to say that "The course was very useful and Rick did an excellent job. He is a great instructor and is obviously very knowledgeable in the field." - Daniel M.

Business Continuity Workshop Outline

The workshop is based on industry best practices and guidelines for the six stages of the BCP process:

Risk Management
Business Impact Analysis
Business Continuity Strategy Development
Business Continuity Plan Development
Business Continuity Plan Testing and
Business Continuity Plan Maintenance.

Introduction
Understand Business Continuity Planning (BCP) concepts.

Purpose and scope of BCP
Importance of Business Continuity plan (BC plan)
Types, sources, and business impacts of disasters and disruptive events
Historical evolution of BCP
Legal and regulatory requirements
Business continuity best practices, standards, and guidelines
Elements of business continuity management and business continuity planning process
Six stages of BCP life-cycle and their deliverables

BCP Process Stage 1 - Risk Management
Assess the threats of disaster, existing vulnerabilities, potential disaster impact, and risk controls options.

Introduction to risks, threats, exposures, impacts, and risk assessment methods
Risk management method: risk assessment, risk control options assessment, risk controls cost-benefit comparison

BCP Process Stage 2 - Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Identify mission critical business processes and their recovery requirements. Analyze the impact to business if these processes are interrupted.

Comparison of BIA and risk assessment
BIA responsibilities
Elements of a BIA: Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD), Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective (RPO), Work backlog, and Data Loss
Method for conducting BIA
BIA deliverables
Example BIA report

BCP Process Stage 3 - Business Continuity Strategy Development
Develop a business continuity strategy for timely and cost-effective recovery from potential business disruptions.

Introduction to business continuity strategy
Identification of recovery scope and requirements
Identification of available recovery alternatives and options
Cost-benefit assessment of available recovery options
Recommendations for recovery service contracts

BCP Process Stage 4 - Business Continuity Plan Development
Develop a document describing the plan for maintaining business continuity (BC).

Objective and scope of BC plan document
Role of BIA and BC strategy in BC plan
Roles and responsibilities of BC plan implementation teams
BC plan implementation phases: initial response and notification, problem assessment, disaster declaration, recovery and resumption, and restoration
Tasks and procedures for each BC plan implementation phase
Crisis communication plan
Emergency response plan
Change control procedures for a BC plan

BCP Process Stage 5 - Business Continuity Plan Testing
Validate the business continuity plan.

Benefits of testing
Types of testing methods
Importance of a test plan
Test plan content
Method for developing a test plan

BCP Process Stage 6 - Business Continuity Plan Maintenance
Maintain the business continuity plan in a constant ready state for implementation.

Importance of BC plan maintenance
Components of BC plan maintenance: change management, periodic testing, regular training, and periodic auditing
Deliverables from each component of BC plan maintenance
Recommendations for effective BC plan change management

Business Continuity Management

Detailed overview of business continuity management
Relationship between business continuity program phases and plan development
Business continuity and resilience program office
Business continuity program audit methodology

Business Resilience, Continuity, and Disaster Recovery

Evolution of business continuity to business resilience
Limitations of business continuity and disaster recovery planning
Business resilience concepts and model
Business resilience management
Business resilience strategy
Enterprise risk management

Other Topics

Overview of BC program audit methodology
BC standards document review
BC program maturity levels

Audience

This workshop is designed for anyone responsible for developing business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans, managing business continuity projects, or participating in business continuity planning.

The workshop is especially useful for business continuity and disaster recovery planners, business unit managers, project managers, senior management, and staff from information technology, security, emergency response and crisis management, communications, and human resource departments.

Students gain skills through discussions, hands-on practice in small group exercises, and through an easy-to-follow student manual.

Upcoming 3-day CBRM Seminar venue locations and dates
September 13 - 15, 2010 Toronto, Canada
September 27 - 29, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada
October 25 - 27, 2010 San Diego California
November 1 - 3, 2010 Dubai U.A.E.
November 15 - 17, 2010 Las Vegas Nevada
November 29 - December 1, 2010 Toronto, Canada
December 13 - 15, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada
January 10 - 12, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada
January 24 - 26, 2010 San Diego, California
February 14 - 16, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada
March 7 - 9, 2010 Toronto, Canada
March 21 - 23, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada

Course Fee (Includes optional Certification testing and processing):
Special $1995USD (Las Vegas, Toronto and San Diego)
$2395 USD (Other locations)

Students will receive special discounts towards hotel sleeping rooms.

On-site Course:
This course can be offered at your company site. If your company has mulitple number of students, then take advantage of cost savings of instructor-led training at your facilities. Please contact us for details on number of students and on-site course fees.

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