BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management

There are no formal entry requirements however, the candidate will require an understanding of information assurance.

Who is it for:

Anyone who is involved in the areas of information security and information assurance. 

The certificate is relevant to anyone requiring an understanding of Business Continuity Management as well as those who are involved in the areas of information security and information assurance.

What will I learn:

Candidates should be able to demonstrate: 

• The function of and need for business continuity management within an organisation
• The business continuity management life cycle
• The main components of a business continuity management programme
• The need for risk assessment within business continuity management
• The options for development of a business continuity management strategy
• How to prepare and develop plans for business continuity management response  
• The need for exercising, maintenance and review of plans 
• The need for embedding business continuity management awareness within the organisation 

The certification promotes a hands-on approach to Business Continuity Management, making use of current standards, enabling candidates to make immediate use of the module on their return to their organisations.

1. Introduction to Business Continuity Management

• The need for Business Continuity Management
• The context of Business Continuity Management in the business
• Leadership and senior management commitment to Business Continuity
• Review of risk management fundamentals

2. Business Continuity Policy and Programme Management

• Business Continuity policy and programme (objectives and scope)
• Supply Chain Continuity
• Documentation
  • An agreed Business Continuity Management policy
  • Terms of reference for the Business Continuity Management programme
  • Business impact analysis 2.4.4 Risk assessments
  • Business Continuity strategies
  • A Business Continuity training and awareness programme
  • Incident management, Business Continuity, disaster recovery and business resumption plans
  • A Business Continuity testing and exercise schedule
  • Business Continuity service level agreements and contracts
  • Secure off-site/dual site storage of vital information and materials

3. Understanding the Organisation (Analysis)

This section of the module describes how the Business Continuity manager sets about understanding the organisation and initiates the overall Business Continuity Management programme.

• Identification of Business-Critical Areas
• Terminology
  • Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD), also known as Maximum Acceptable Outage (MAO)
  • Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
  • Maximum Tolerable Data Loss (MTDL)
  • Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
  • Minimum Business Continuity Objective (MBCO)
• Business Impact Analysis
• Continuity Requirements Analysis
• Threat and Vulnerability Assessments
• Horizon Scanning
• Risk Assessment
• Evaluation of Options
• Business Cases and Programme Sign-Off

4. Determining the Business Continuity Strategy (Design)

• Strategic Options - people, premises, processes and procedures, technology, information, supply chain, stakeholders, civil emergencies

5. Business Continuity Response (Implementation)

• Overall Incident Response Structure
• Types of Plan
• Incident Management Plans
• Business Continuity Plans
• Disaster Recovery Plans
• Business Resumption Plans

6. Exercising, maintenance and review (Validation)

• Exercising and Testing of Plans
• Maintenance of Plans
• Review of Plans

7. Embedding Business Continuity Awareness in the Organisation

• Overall Awareness
• Skills Training

NobleProg is a BCS Accredited Training Provider.

This course will be delivered by an expert NobleProg trainer approved by BCS.

The price includes delivery of the full course syllabus by an approved BCS trainer and the BCS CBCM exam (which can be taken remotely in your own time and is invigilated centrally by BCS). Subject to successfully passing the exam (multiple choice, requiring a score of at least 65% to pass) participants will hold the accredited BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management (CBCM).