Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Online Course

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Online Course

Business Continuity and Recovery Planning is a comprehensive course designed to help professionals create effective continuity plans and disaster recovery strategies. You’ll start with the fundamentals of business continuity, then move into practical methods for risk assessment, business impact analysis, and recovery planning tailored to organizational needs. Through guided lessons and templates, you’ll learn how to develop emergency communication strategies, integrate cloud technologies, and implement IT-specific disaster recovery testing.

By the end, you’ll be equipped with the skills to design, document, and execute robust plans that ensure organizational resilience during crises.

Who should take this course?

This course is ideal for IT professionals, business managers, risk officers, and organizational leaders responsible for ensuring operations remain resilient during disruptions. It’s also valuable for aspiring managers, compliance officers, and security specialists who want to strengthen their knowledge of continuity planning and disaster recovery. Whether you’re safeguarding critical IT systems, protecting business processes, or preparing for unexpected crises, this course will equip you with the skills to design and implement effective continuity and recovery strategies.

What you will learn

• Identify and analyze potential risks to business operations.
• Develop and implement comprehensive Business Impact Analyses.
• Create robust Business Continuity Plans using adaptable templates.
• Define and execute effective disaster recovery strategies.
• Integrate cloud solutions into continuity & recovery plans.
• Conduct rigorous testing and evaluation of recovery plans.

Course Outline

Introduction to Business Continuity

• Overview
• Getting Started
• Business Impact Analysis
• Creating a BIA
• BIA Math
• Risk Assessment

Business Continuity Planning

• BCP Planning
• BCP Planning Part 2
• BCP Roles and Responsibilities
• BCP Communications
• Creating a BCP
• Creating a BCP Part 2
• Creating a BCP Part 3
• BCP and the Cloud
• BCDR KRIs and KPIs

IT Disaster Recovery Planning

• ITDR Planning
• IT DR Testing
• DR Procedures

Testing and Evaluation

• BCP Testing