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Course Outline

Module 1: Threats and Vulnerability Analysis (BKA)

  • The usefulness, necessity, and purpose of a BKA;
  • Preparing a BKA and BKA reports;
  • How your organisation generally views threats and vulnerabilities;
  • The difference between quantitative and qualitative assessments of threats and vulnerabilities;
  • How threats and vulnerabilities can be made manageable.

Module 2: Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

  • The usefulness, necessity, and purpose of a BIA;
  • Existing methods for performing a BIA and drawing up a subsequent damage assessment;
  • Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD), Recovery Time Objective (RTO), and Recovery Point Objective (RPO);
  • The types of consequential damage and determining a consequential damage profile;
  • Which disciplines are required for the implementation of a BIA;
  • Preparing BIA reports.

Module 3: Introduction to Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

  • What is Crisis Management? The characteristics of a crisis;
  • The difference between an incident and a crisis;
  • The use and necessity of crisis communication;
  • The difference between image and reputation;
  • Drawing up a crisis management plan;
  • The composition of the crisis organisation; The role of social media during crises; Drawing up a Crisis Stakeholder Map;
  • The role of BHV (First Aid/Rescue Team) in crisis management.

Module 4: Emergency Response Plan (ER)

  • From company self-protection to company emergency response (BHV);
  • History and exploration of first aid for incidents;
  • Requirements set for the emergency response team;
  • Setting up an emergency response organisation;
  • Emergency Response from the Government.

Module 5: Crisis Management Plan (CMP) Module 6: Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)

  • What is a COOP and what is it for?
  • The student can name the plans within the COOP;
  • The formulation and basic requirements of a recovery plan;
  • The different types of recovery strategies and associated quality features;
  • The importance of backup and recovery of digital and non-digital data; the need for external storage;
  • The translation of a process into underlying information systems and the implementation of remedial measures;
  • The importance and composition of a recovery organisation.

Requirements

The SECO-Business Continuity Foundation (S-BCF) certificate or equivalent knowledge is recommended.

 35 Hours

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