BUSINESS CONTINUITY, PLANNING AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

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Why Attend

This course provides participants with concrete solutions, strategies and insights into the delivery of an effective Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)

Using tested processes and procedures, participants will analyze the risks and impacts to business operations that threats might cause. A framework for building organizational resilience will be provided to deliver an effective response for safeguarding the interests of key stakeholders, reputation, brand, and value-creating activities.

This practical course provides participants with a framework that is aligned with the global best practice 7000-2015, Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) 2018 and ISO 22301-2012 Societal Security; Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) requirements.

Event Date: 28/03/2023 – 30/03/2023

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Overview
Course Outline

Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Organizational Resilience
- How does Business Continuity provide value to an organization?
- Definition and ingredients of organizational resilience
ISO 22301-2012 Societal Security; Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) requirements
BCM Program, Policy, Strategy and Tools
- Implementing a BCM program, and its leadership
- The BC Policy requirements
- The BC strategy – how and depth?
- Contingency and standby
- Understanding stakeholders
- Legislations, regulations and standards
Embedding Business Continuity
- Training needs analysis, skills and competency framework
- Why do we need a Competency Framework?
- Developing a Competency Framework
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Types of BIA
  - strategic
  - tactical
  - operational
- Implementation methods for BIA and Risk Assessment (RA)
Developing and implementing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
- Ownership and plan structure
- Roles and responsibilities of BC Champion and Team Leaders
Delivering a Business Continuity Exercise
- Types of testing/exercising
- Key components for delivery of an auditable exercise
Maintenance of the BCMS
- What is the function of an audit?
- BCM Steering Committee and Terms of Reference (ToR’s)
- Overriding management review and continuous improvement