Implementing Business Continuity using BS25999

Open Enrollment Offerings
July 20 to 21, 2009 (Islamabad)


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Introduction
The need for business continuity is well established and there are many statistics and examples of organizations failing to address business continuity failing to survive even the most simple of incidents. Business continuity management is, put simply, good business management.

BS 25999 is a recently released British standard. It provides a basis for understanding, developing, implementing and maintaining Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) within an organization. It serves as a single reference point for identifying the range of controls needed for most situations where BCM is practiced in industry and commerce, and to be used by large, medium and small organizations in industrial, commercial, public and voluntary sectors.

This 2-day course is designed for Business Continuity and BS 25999 implementers. It will provide the complete roadmap and strategies for effective implementation of Business Continuity using BS 25999 BCMS in your organization.

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Contents

  • Introduction to Business Continuity
    • Why do we need business continuity
    • What is business continuity
    • Business continuity plan
    • Disaster recovery
    • The concept of resilience

  • Understanding Your Organization
    • What is Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
    • Process of BIA
    • How to conduct BIA
    • The concept of ‘critical’ process
    • The concept of process disruption
    • The concepts of MTPD, RTO and RPO
    • Presenting BIA summary

  • Risk Assessment
    • What is risk
    • Identification of BC risks
    • Risk assessment process
    • Quantitative risks assessment
    • Risk matrix for BC
    • Determining choices for risk treatment

  • Business Continuity Strategies
    • Business continuity strategy principles
    • Time vs. cost
    • Continuity vs. recovery
    • Relocation strategies
    • Backup and restoration strategies
    • Site resilience strategies
    • Determining appropriate strategies
    • Managing relationships with key stakeholders

  • Response Planning
    • Defining incident response structure
    • Developing continuity plans
    • How to invoke continuity plan
    • Process for standing down once the incident is over
    • Documenting the incident

  • Exercising and Maintaining BCM
    • Different types of drills and exercises
    • Potential sources of scenarios
    • Who should be involved in designing the exercise
    • Techniques for increasing participation in drills and exercises

  • Embedding Business Continuity in Organization’s Culture
    • Trainings sessions
    • Awareness development techniques
    • Evaluating effectives of sessions

  • Audit Requirements
    • Maintenance and Improvement in BCMS
    • Concepts of continual improvement
    • Conducting internal audit
    • Management review
    • Managing external audit

  • Introduction to BS 25999
    • History
    • The two parts of BS 25999
    • Contents of BS 25999-1 and BS 25999-2
    • PDCA cycle implementation in BS 25999
    • The business continuity management lifecycle

  • Business Continuity Program Management
    • Implementation roadmap
    • Formation of BC forum and team
    • BC manager
    • The BC policy
    • BC project management
    • Change management
    • Critical success factors

Benefits
The participants of this course will:
  • understand the importance of BCM
  • leverage on strategies that ensure continuity of businesses
  • acquire knowledge on achieving BCM competence
  • learn techniques and skills required in dealing with an emergency
  • demonstrate a recovery capability with BCP test
  • be able to conform the requirements of BS 25999


    Who Should Attend?
    This course is highly valuable for
  • Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery managers and team leaders
  • Business Continuity project sponsors
  • Crisis managers and team leaders
  • Anyone who is interested in learning Business Continuity and BS 25999.


    Course Format
    The course uses a stimulating mix of instructions, exercises, discussions, and videos.


    Materials Provided
  • Course reference manual containing printed copies of presentation and workshops
  • Course certificate
  • CD containing relevant course material


    Duration and Timings
    Two Days - 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM


    Fee and Discount Policy
    Course Fee: Rs.

    19,000 per delegate

    Course Fee For Silver Members: Rs.

    15,200 per delegate

    Course Fee for Gold Members: Rs.

    12,350 per delegate



    Course Registration
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    Tel. : (+9221) 4559076, 4316494
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    Office # 202, 2nd Floor, Chenab Center, Blue Area, Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan
    Tel. : (+9251) 2804380 - 1

    For further information, please e-mail us training@businessbeam.com

    This course may also be offered by arrangement at customer sites. E-mail training@businessbeam.com or call +92-21-4559076, 4316494 for details.

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