Detailed Course Description:

Module 1:        INITIATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 

How to approach the BCP/DR process and gain senior management support. 

Business Continuity Project - Activities

Defining the Need: Scope, Disaster Defined, Recovery Timescale

Communicating the Need: Awareness, Dangers, Benefits of Business Continuity Planning

Establish BC Policy, Project Plans, Steering Committee

Develop Initial Budgetary Requirements

Reporting to Senior Management

Module 2:        RISK EVALUATION & CONTROL

Identification and classification of resources and assets that are mission critical and vulnerable to threats.

Needs & Definitions: Hazards, Threats, Risks and Assets

Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH)

Risk Management for the Finance & Government-regulated Industry Compliance

Risk Assessment Process, Critical Component Failure Analysis

Module 3:       DEVELOP A BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS

How to calculate the maximum allowable downtime, establish enterprise wide recovery priorities, and demonstrate company priorities.

BIA Defined & Explained

BIA Data Collection Methods

Critical Success Factor / Business Process Matrix

Key Performance Indicators

Process Flows

Generating Outputs & Deliverables

Discovery process using Questionnaires and Interviews

Creating Real Financial Justifications

Calculating Costs & Impacts

Module 4:  DEVELOPING Business CONTINUITY STRATEGIES

 Create strategies for developing the BC/DR framework.

 Vital Materials and Strategy

 Contractual Arrangements

 Recovery Options and Recovery Timescale

 Creative Thinking

 Role of Insurance

Module 5:       EMERGENCY RESPONSE & OPERATIONS

Communication  for BCP/DR. Techniques for BCP/DR managers. How to obtain and distribute information during a crisis, and  how to communicate with your staff during an emergency. 

Coordination with Public Authorities

Public Relations & Crisis Communication

Managing communications with Media and Stakeholders

Coordinating Salvage and Restoration

Module 6:        DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE Business Continuity Plan

    Guidelines and templates to for planning process. Define and control specific functions.

Plan Introduction

Identify Teams

Tasks, Actions and Functions

Roles and Responsibilities

Alternative Locations (Standby Locations)

Internal and External Contacts

Vital Documents and Materials

Resource Requirements, Reporting Processes, Audit Trail

Confidentiality Status, Version Control and Document Configuration Management Structure of Plan

Module 7:        CREATION OF an Internal AWARENESS & TRAINING PROGRAM

              Create internal awareness and training programs to insure employees focus on critical success factors and maintain direction. 

Establishing Objectives

Gain recognition from management

Developing the Training Methodology

Staff Skills Assessment Matrix

Resources available for training

Module 8:  Maintenance & Testing Business Continuity Plan Update

BCP/DR plan documents

 BC Plan Audit & Review

Exercise Strategy and Methods

Structured Approach

Module 9:       COMPLIANCE, BCP/DR STANDARDS, AND GUIDELINES

Apply standards to your BCP/DR internal framework.

U ISO 17799 & British Standard BS 7799-2 Standard in Information Security Management

US Federal Emergency Agency FEMA Disaster Planning for Business and Industry

SOX 404 BCP Requirements

Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-7731-M95, National Standard Emergency Planning for Industry

SA NFPA 1600 - the Standard on Disaster/emergency Management and Business

NIST 800-34 Federal Government agency BCP model

OPTIONAL DAY 4:    Create a simple Disaster Recovery plan LAB

Create Disaster Recovery Templates

Create Disaster Recovery Checklists

Create Disaster Recovery Forms

OPTIONAL DAY 5:  Disaster Planning and Recovery Auditing Concepts and LAB

Course Information:

Various sample deliverables are offered utilizing public domain templates, checklists, and forms. Templates will change continuously adapting to changes in the disaster planning and recovery industry.

NCS Data Systems consultants working in the disaster planning and recovery and security field will be dynamically implementing new scenarios that are over and above the base scenarios used in student workbooks.

Please note that this is not a class that will explain the very intricacies of each and every technique and template available.

NCS Data Systems consultants constantly revise information used in this class.

To enroll in the class or for further information and class schedules please contact us via training@ncsdata.net