The Business Continuity Essentials Seminar
Venue: Residence Inn by Marriott Bethesda Downtown
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Event Date/Time: May 21, 2009 | End Date/Time: May 22, 2009 |
Registration Date: May 21, 2009 | |
Early Registration Date: Apr 21, 2009 |
Description
PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 03, 2009 – Whether you are new to business continuity planning or need to revamp an existing disaster recovery program, this seminar is designed to help you identify and implement the essential elements of the BCP program. Each module will guide you step-by-step through the process of building a comprehensive business continuity program; selecting and negotiating with key recovery vendors; forming dynamic recovery teams to support business continuity, recovery, testing, documentation, and program anagement.
What You Will Learn:
Who should have a business continuity plan and regulatory compliance statues for various industries
Planning and Initiating the DR/BCP Program
The Business Continuity Infrastructure
The Vendor Selection Process
Mitigation Controls and Safeguards
The Disaster Recovery Coordinator’s Role
Building a Recovery Framework and Recovery Teams
How to Prepare for an Regulatory Compliance Audit
Setting Recovery Exercise Objectives
Guidelines for Planning and Conducting Tests
Documenting The Recovery Plan
The Post Recovery Exercise Report to Management
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Who Should Attend:
You should attend this event if you work in virtually any industry, e.g., a business, a non-profit, financial sector, insurance industry, or government. Also, this seminar is designed for individuals who are:
Relatively new to business continuity concepts
IT managers and professionals
Business unit leaders
Seeking general knowledge of BCM
Assuming a BCM leadership role
Taking over or revising a BCM program
Participating on a recovery team
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How You Will Benefit:
Instructor-led by professionals with real-world Business Continuity experience
Instructors hold a professional designation in Business Continuity Planning
Discover all the major elements of the business continuity planning life cycle deployed by business and municipalities
Learn key concepts and the language used by those involved in DR/BCP planning
Identify your role in the business continuity program and specific ways you can contribute to your organization’s recovery success
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Objectives:
Business Continuity Essentials Seminar will guide you out of the theoretical and into the practical, proven best practices required for starting an effective business continuity program and disaster recovery response. Business Continuity Essentials was developed to help disaster recovery planners create a step-by-step approach to design, implement, and maintain business recovery strategies that will minimize the impact of a potential disaster. This indispensable material will help equip any disaster recovery planner with the knowledge and tools necessary to assume a leadership role in creating a comprehensive business continuity program that encompasses every department and employee.
Related Objectives:
Developing a disaster recovery strategy.
Understanding the significance of a business impact analysis.
Forming a business continuity steering committee.
Learning the functions of the disaster recovery coordinator.
Understanding how to plan and implement the information technology that support the business continuity program.
Forming and training the recovery teams for technical testing.
Developing the methodology for a phased-in implementation of recovery plans for IT and business units.
Matching the information technology recovery objectives with business process priorities as they relate to recovery time objectives (RTO).
Understanding the significance of legal and regulatory compliance issues.
Creating the disaster recovery plan documentation.
Maintaining the business continuity program.
Developing guidelines for planning and nducting disaster recovery exercises.
Keeping accurate documentation for audits and regulatory compliance inspections.
Reviewing sample essays for the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) designation.