Business Continuity Basics
Course Overview
This Continuity Systems course gives an overview of the principles and practice of Business Continuity Management, based on the Business Continuity Institute's Best Practice Guidelines. The course is also marketed by the the British Standards Institution because of its relevance to BS 25999-1
What You Will Learn
- The need for continuity planning
- The language, concepts and tools of Business Continuity
- How to define continuity requirements and choose appropriate recovery strategies
- Understanding the key elements of a continuity plan
- How to exercise the plan
- The key elements of a Business Continuity Programme
The Course Will Benefit
Those needing to get up to speed quickly with the terminology and practices of Business Continuity Management.
Duration: 1 Day
The venue:
Unless otherwise stated all course will be held at the award winning Cotswold Conference Centre is near Moreton-In-Marsh, which is 90 Minutes on a direct line from London Paddington. We offer free transfers from Moreton-in-Marsh railway station and Birmingham International Airport/ Railway Stn if booked in advance.
Dates:
Call 0800 458 9121 for details of the dates of the next course.
Course Presenters: Ian Francis MBCI, Ian Charters FBCI
Ian Francis is an experienced Business Continuity professional with extensive experience in the telecommunications field. Having served in the UK forces, Ian went on to become Head of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery at Orange, and was there until 2005. In his role, he was liaison with France Telecom for BS7799 (ISO 17799). He was also group Crisis Commander and Crisis Management leader. Ian now runs his own consultancy and training company, Absolute BC.
Ian Charters’, contingency planning experience was gained with a warm-start facility supplier where he developed concepts and methods to assist clients in all aspects of contingency planning. He has applied these to projects in the manufacturing, insurance, construction, transport, financial services, health care, NGO, computer services, petrochemical, retail, government and local authority sectors.
He was elected a Member of the Business Continuity Institute in 1997, a Fellow in 2004 and is now an elected Board member and held the position of Chair of its Education Committee for two years. As an author he contributed to 'The Definitive Handbook to Business Continuity Management' (Wiley) and has written provocative articles on continuity methodology and concepts in well-respected journals.
Please contact us on 0800 458 9121 to make a course booking
