Course Dates
| Dates | Number of days | Location | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 7 Dec 2020 |
£1,050.00 | Book now | |||
| Course tutor: James McAlister MA DipBCM DipEd Hon FBCI FICPEM | |||||
| Mon 8 Feb 2021 |
£1,050.00 | Book now | |||
| Course tutor: To be confirmed | |||||
Details & Programme
This course is a basic introduction to the world of Business Continuity (BC). It is designed as a first step for newcomers to the subject of BC and for those whom BC may be part of their role or responsibilities who need to have a good understanding of the subject.
It provides the new practitioner with the basic knowledge and understanding of the building blocks required for developing or maintaining a robust Business Continuity Management program and gives those individuals with a BC related role or responsibility a comprehensive overview of the discipline.
This course covers all six elements of the BCM Lifecycle and is based on global good practice as described in the Business Continuity Institute’s Good Practice Guidelines and the international standard for Business Continuity ISO 22301. It is not preparation for the Certification of the BCI Examination.
Modules
- What is Business Continuity
- The benefits of business continuity - This session aims to provide delegates with an understanding of how business continuity adds value to organisations
- PP1: Policy & Programme Management - This session aims to provide delegates with the knowledge to develop a business continuity policy
- PP2: Embedding Business Continuity Management
- PP3: Analysis - This session aims to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to conduct their own business impact analysis
- PP4: Design - This session aims to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to develop recovery strategies and tactics
- PP5: Implementation - This session aims to provide delegates with the knowledge to develop effective business continuity plans
- PP6: Validation - This session aims to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to validate and improve their plans through exercise, maintenance and review
Essential Reading
Delegates will require a copy of the Good Practice Guidelines 2018 for this course. Pre-reading prior to attending the course is advisable.
Download a PDF of the course details >Course Benefits
By the end of the sessions you will be able to:
- Understand what business continuity is and how it adds value to organisations
- Understand how to develop a business continuity policy and programme
- Understand how to conduct your own business impact analysis
- Understand how to develop recovery strategies and tactics
- Understand how to develop effective business continuity plans
- Understand how to validate and improve your plans through exercise, maintenance and review
- Understand how to embed business continuity awareness within your organisation
Who Should Attend?
- Business continuity and resilience newcomers looking for a solid foundation to their learning in the subject of business continuity.
- Individuals with a full time or part time role or responsibility that requires an understanding of business continuity.
- Individuals not yet ready to take the Certificate of the BCI (CBCI) examination.
Tutors
James McAlister
MA DipBCM DipEd Hon FBCI FICPEM
In-house Options
If you would like this training delivered for your organisation only, please contact the BC Training team on 01253 542650 or email info@b-c-training.co.uk.
Locations
Cyber Ransoms - Should I Pay?
Catalogue request from Nicholas Deakin
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER: Business Continuity Exercises: Quick Exercises to Validate Your Plan
quote for PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, London, 24th-28th May 2021
quote for PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, London, 24th-28th May 2021
quote for PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, London, 24th-28th May 2021
quote for PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, London, 24th-28th May 2021
quote for PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Implementer, London, 10th-14th May 2021
Avoiding burnout during your COVID-19 response
What is doxing, and should I be worried about it?
Crisis Communications Support Teams - What are they and do I need one?
Marks out of 100 for the NZ Stock Exchange Cyber Incident Response
Was COVID-19 a ‘Black Swan’? And why this is an important question…
Catalogue request from Grace Parkinson
My Thoughts On Online Exercises
Logging in a Digital Age
Catalogue request from robert olobo
COMING SOON! Business Continuity Exercises: Quick Exercises to Validate Your Plan
Dealing with emotion in crisis communications – the UK results fiasco
Catalogue request from Mirofora Geroulis
What type of incident is business continuity meant to deal with?
Catalogue request from Olaf Blaak
Catalogue request from mrs letitia samuels
Catalogue request from Jaime
Achieving situational awareness during an incident
A Model for Situational Awareness
The Effects of Stress on the Ability of Teams and Individuals to Manage Incidents
Building an Incident Team Competency Framework
Catalogue request from keeley robson
Catalogue request from David Richard Sharnock
Catalogue request from David Richard Sharnock
Catalogue request from Neil Ackers
Why, for many organisations, we are entering the most dangerous period of coronavirus.
quote for CBCI Certification Course (GPG), Live Online, 20-24 July 2020
Why you shouldn’t develop a new Pandemic Plan
quote for CBCI Certification Course (GPG), Live Online, 20-24 July 2020
Catalogue request from Jon Southgate
The Business Continuity Manager’s role in the recovery phase of coronavirus
Catalogue request from CHARLES NDUNGA
COVID-19 – A massive failure of risk management?
20/20 Vision: Comments on Exercise Iris (Scotland’s virus exercise in 2018)
Catalogue request from ee yew chuan
Catalogue request from ee yew chuan
Catalogue request from Ankurkumar Desai
Dominic Cummings – A crisis management case study
Marks out of 100 for Easyjet’s Cyber Incident Response
Emergency Communications – Awareness Campaigns
Catalogue request from Rachel Simpson
Why responding to a cyber incident needs an all department response
Catalogue request from Suzanne Renton
20/20 Vision: Comments on Exercise Cygnus (UK's pandemic exercise in 2016) and what happened
Catalogue request from oba okge
COVID-19 – Why you should be conducting a debrief now!
Catalogue request from Carole Frost
Lockdown Learning Webinar Recording - Decision Making During a Crisis
Catalogue request from michael bodi
Catalogue request from Brian Mutale
Crisis Communications - Skype to the rescue
quote for The Great Return: How to Restart Businesses from COVID-19 Lockdown Online Session, 30 April, 10am-12:30pm
Decision Making During a Crisis
Governed Unit of Crisis Management
Organising Your Response Plan
Exercising to Failure
Catalogue request from Suresh
Catalogue request from Daniel Villa
Lockdown Learning Webinar Recording - Developing an Exercise Programme
quote for CBCI Certification Course (GPG), Live Online, 11-15 May 2020
Developing an Exercise Programme
Coronavirus Response: The Peak-End Rule
IT Disaster Recovery vs. Business Continuity
quote for CBCI Certification Course (GPG), Live Online, 11-15 May 2020
Catalogue request from Ian Carbin
Lockdown Learning Webinar - Avoiding Groupthink: Observations on Decision Making During a Crisis
Battling the COVID-19 Infodemic
Catalogue request from Ann Marie
Avoiding Groupthink: Observations on Decision Making...
Catalogue request from Ahmad Alsharif
Catalogue request from DAVID HARRIS
Overview / Webinars
Panic buying toilet roll – lesson identified or learned?
Catalogue request from Asad Sabbah
An in-depth look at RTOs: Everything you ever wanted to know!
Business Continuity and Coronavirus - Marks out of 10
Overview / Live Online Courses
Catalogue request from Gavin Blanchfield
Catalogue request from Claire Thomas
After coronavirus, what next?
COVID-19
Coronavirus Public Reaction – ‘Keep calm and carry on’ or bystander effect?
Catalogue request from oba okge
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Planning - 7 Steps You Should Take Now
Catalogue request from Clare Tate
Catalogue request from Elsa Antonia Biyang Obiang
Catalogue request from lisa allcorn
Decision Making During a Crisis - Decision Making Models
quote for BCI Business Impact Analysis, London, 30 - 31 March 2020
Catalogue request from Pallavi
At last, a good example of how to respond to the reputational aspects of a cyber incident
Key Learning Points from the Scottish Continuity Groups Seminar on the 4th February 2020
Pandemic Planning - What is a Pandemic Operating Regime, and do I need one?
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Testimonials
“The way that James [McAlister] managed to deliver such a volume of information in a short time via remote training was superb.”
David Wilson
Schoeller Allibert2020
