DR-BC.AU1 ISBN: 978-1-64459-718-7
Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, & Business Continuity
For every disruption, there is a crisis response ~ Hone it with our gamified Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, & Business Continuity course.
What you will be able to do
Understand the principles of business continuity and disaster recovery.
Develop & deploy an IT disaster recovery plan.
Timely fill out & complete business impact assessment.
Implement plans during a disaster.
Analyze & test your plans before execution.
Build a strong foundation with suppliers.
Meet customers, audit, and fulfill regulatory expectations.
Get tools, techniques, and templates for crisis response.
Intermediate Self-paced · 1 year access
23 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
01 / About
About This Course
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Business disruptions can prove to be dangerous for organizations. How can we handle them?
Plan before the attack, nip them in the bud & follow crucial steps to get back to business without any changes - Do it all with our Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, & Business Continuity course.
Gain practical knowledge in business management & test your knowledge with gamified assessments before going into the field and playing for your businesses.
02 / Lessons & labs
See exactly what you will learn and practice
Lessons
30 Interactive Lessons · 175 topics01 Introduction 5 topics +
- Why Read This Course?
- Who Should Read This Course
- Practices to Underpin Frameworks
- Why Listen to Me?
- Structure of the Course
02 Business Continuity Management: An Overview 11 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- What Is Business Continuity Management?
- How Is Business Continuity Implemented?
- Criticality
- Severity Levels
- Scenarios and Risks
- The Five Possible Outcome Scenarios
- The Importance of Time
- Who Does What?
- When Do You Do BCM?
- Standards
- Action Plan
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Essentials of Business Continuity Management: Kick Start Your Business Continuity 6 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- BCM vs. Disaster Recovery
- Where Do You Stand Today? Take the Continuity Assessment
- Start with the Essentials
- Senior Management Involvement
- Employee Buy-in Plan
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Getting Started: First Things First 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Understand What’s Critical
- Completing a BIA
- Analyzing the BIA
- Risk Analysis
- Residual Risk
- Action Plan
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 Planning: Preparing the Plan 10 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- What a Business Continuity Plan Should Include
- Essential Ingredients of a BCP
- Structuring Your BCP
- Identify What Will Trigger Your BCP
- Create Battle Boxes and Grab Bags
- Create a One-Page Wallet Plan
- Mitigate Risk
- Identify Roles
- Have Accountable Managers Approve Plans
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 IT Disaster Recovery: An Overview of IT Disaster Recovery 12 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- What Is DR?
- Risks and Issues Associated with DR
- DR Solutions for IT
- Basic DR Concepts and Technology
- DR Roles and Responsibilities
- DR and Projects
- Documenting DR Risks
- Preparing a DR Business Case
- Undertake a DR Project
- The Change Process
- Get DR Going Live
- Action Plan
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Business Recovery Strategies: Identify Your Approach 9 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- What Does Business Recovery Involve?
- Understand Resilient Functions
- Understand Recoverable Functions
- Employ Manual Workarounds
- Size Your Solution
- Business Recovery Options
- Remediation: Identify Gaps in the Plan
- Prepare a Business Continuity Business Case
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Supply Chain: Managing Supply Chain Continuity 4 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Have a Plan in Place
- Assessing Third-Party Risk
- Business Continuity and Contracts
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
09 Continuity Suppliers: Select and Manage Business Continuity Service Providers 3 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Selecting Business Continuity Suppliers
- Demand Good Service
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Education and Awareness: How to Educate the Workforce 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- The Point of Education
- Education and Awareness Program
- What Are Your Needs?
- Measuring Education and Awareness
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 Governance and Reporting: Essentials for Business Continuity 7 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Create a Policy
- Set Standards and Create Processes
- Assign Steering and Management Accountability
- Assess Maturity Annually
- Manage Information
- Audit Plans and Actions Regularly
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 Testing Principles: Things You Need to Know About Testing 8 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Why Test?
- You Must Be a Realist
- What Testing Proves
- Types of Testing
- Testing Scenarios
- Conduct Desktop Walkthrough Exercises
- Leveraging Scenarios
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
13 IT Disaster Recovery Testing: Things You Need to Know 9 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Apply Basic Project Management Tools to Disaster Recovery Tests
- Assign Disaster Recovery Testing Roles and Responsibilities
- Use Scenario-Based Disaster Recovery Testing
- Plan DR Tests Well
- Engage Management in the Disaster Recovery Test
- Provide the Right Resources
- Manage Test Risk
- Report Results Quickly
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
14 Business Recovery Testing: Things You Need to Know About Work Area Recovery Testing 11 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Apply Basic Project Management Tools to Work Area Recovery Tests
- Assign Work Area Recovery Testing Roles and Responsibilities
- Observation Roles and Responsibilities for Work Area Recovery Tests
- Use Scenario-Based Testing for Work Area Recovery
- Engage Management in Work Area Recovery Tests
- Engage Users in Work Area Recovery Testing
- Provide the Right Resources
- Manage Test Risks
- Report Results Quickly
- Closing a Work Area Recovery Test
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
15 Crisis Management Exercising: Things You Need to Know About Exercising 15 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Key Elements in Crisis Management Exercises
- Choose a Meaningful Crisis Scenario
- People Need a Successful Outcome
- Developing the Crisis Management Team
- Improving the Crisis Management Process
- Make Sure Exercise Materials Are Appropriate
- Employ Quality Inputs to the Exercise
- Use Timeouts
- Engage Management
- Rotate Participants
- Conduct Crisis Exercises Frequently
- Report Frequently and Accurately
- Exercise Roles and Responsibilities
- Closing a Crisis Exercise
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
16 Maintenance: Maintaining Your Plans, Solutions, and Skills 9 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Never Forget: Disaster Recovery Is an Essential Function
- Review Change Management Processes and Controls
- Identify Events that Trigger Business Continuity Management Reviews
- Maintain Your Business Continuity Plan
- Business Recovery Solution Maintenance
- Maintain Your Information Technology Disaster Recovery Solution
- Maintain Your Crisis Management Plan
- Maintain Your Policies
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
17 Manage a Disaster: How to Respond When a Disaster Strikes 7 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Identification and Notification
- Triage
- Command and Control
- Records
- Postmortem
- Responding to Different Scenarios
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
18 Post Event: Return to Normal Operations 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Understanding the Different Planning Scenarios
- Consider the Ongoing Risks
- Planning the Return to Normal
- Maintaining Command and Control
- Action Plan
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
19 Appendix A: Criticality Levels +
20 Appendix B: Roles and Responsibility Matrix 2 topics +
- Key to Activity
- Key to Roles
21 Appendix C: Suggested Business Continuity Management Timetable +
22 Appendix D: Useful Resources and Contacts 7 topics +
- Business Continuity Organizations
- Business Continuity Standards
- National, Regional, Government, and Law
- Financial Services and Insurance
- Emergency Planning
- Fire and Flood
- Publications, Websites, White Papers, and Guidance
23 Appendix E: Continuity Assessment Questionnaire +
24 Appendix F: Crisis Management Team Roles and Responsibilities +
25 Appendix G: Call Cascade +
26 Appendix H: Basic Business Continuity Plan Template 13 topics +
- Key Contacts
- Useful Numbers
- Escalation Process
- Initial Response Checklist
- Day 0 Action Plan
- Critical Activities List
- Critical Systems List
- Work Transfer List
- Recovery Profile
- Additional Equipment List
- Call Cascade
- Contingency Site Details
- Assembly Point Details
27 Appendix I: Business Impact Analysis Questionnaire 11 topics +
- General Information: Function name:
- Critical Activities
- Internal Dependencies
- External Dependencies
- Systems Dependencies
- Manual Workarounds
- Work Transfer
- Desktop Profile
- Staff Recovery Profile
- Recovery Strategy
- Additional Requirements
28 Appendix J: Business Continuity Management Standards +
29 Appendix K: Severity Levels +
30 Appendix L: Mapping Severity Levels to Criticalities +
Hands-On Labs Our edge
23 LiveLabs- Implementing Business Continuity Management at FinSecure Bank
- Managing Business Disruptions at FinSecure Bank
- Discussing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in a Team Meeting
- Conducting BIA (Business Impact Analysis) at GlobalTrust Insurance
- Collaborating in a Business Meet-Up
- Structuring and Implementing Business Continuity Plans
- Navigating Disaster Recovery: Risks, Challenges, and Solutions
- Configuring Disk Mirroring
- Taking an Incremental Backup
- Taking a Full Backup
- Discussing IT Disaster Recovery Strategies
- Discussing Effective Business Recovery Strategies
- Ensuring Supply Chain Continuity in a Crisis
- Discussing Service Partner Selection and Ensuring Proper Delivery
- Training Campaign on Education and Awareness for Disaster Preparedness
- Discussing Governance and Reporting for Business Continuity
- Understanding Common Mistakes in Disaster Recovery Testing
- Discussion on IT Disaster Recovery Testing
- Discussing Work Area Recovery Testing
- Conducting Crisis Management Exercises Conference
- Preparing for the Disaster Recovery Viva
- Discussing Business Continuity Plans
- Ensuring a Smooth Transition Back to Normal Operations
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03 / FAQs
Questions before you start
What is disaster recovery and business continuity?+
Business continuity keeps businesses siling during a disaster whereas disaster recovery focuses on restoring data loss and IT infrastructure after a disaster.
What's the difference between DRP and BCP?+
- Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is a prepaid plan developed to restore services after a disaster utilized by restaurants & retail stores.
- A BCP provides steps to follow to recover after a disaster.
What are the job opportunities after completing the digital marketing course?+
IT Disaster Recovery Analyst
Business Continuity Manager
Risk Management Specialist
IT Security and Continuity Officer
Crisis Management Coordinator
Cloud Disaster Recovery Architect
Data Protection Manager
Emergency Response Coordinator
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