The Fundamentals of Business Continuity

This practical course will provide an introduction to all the key steps involved in developing a business continuity programme.  It will enable you to understand how to approach each of the steps within your own company and implement levels of protection to meet your needs.

The course includes practical examples and real situations to ensure the material presented is appropriate and will work for your company.

• Carrying out a business impact analysis
  - how to set the metrics
  - creating your report
• Risk analysis
  - how to measure your continuity risks
  - creating your report and closing down the issues
• Strategy implementation
  - recovery strategies & resilience measures
• Continuity plans
  - what to include & supporting tools
  - making plans business driven and owned
• The approach to testing
  - how to prepare and facilitate tests
  - how to move away from a project mentality
• Operational risk and standards
  - ISO17799/ BS25999
  - Turnbull
  - Hampel
  - Higgs
  - Cadbury
  - Greenbury
• Key guidelines and software tools