This course provides an intensive explanation of Business Continuity and gives you the tools you need to justify and validate Business Continuity’s importance to the Board and employees.

From the smallest business venture to the largest, all businesses face a range of operating challenges for a wide range of complex issues, including events that have not happened yet--or may never happen. One of the most crucial objectives of management is to learn how to deal with Business Continuity Planning and Implementation.

Business Continuity Planning is the process through which an organization ensures the maintenance or recovery of operations, including services to customers, when faced with disruptive events such as natural disasters, technological failures, human error or terrorism.

This session covers:

  • What is Business Continuity? How it evolved, and how it differs rom regular risk management
  • Risks & Threats: Understanding risk, and identifying real threats and interdependencies
  • Basic Definitions: Understanding terms such as Business Continuity Management, Business Impact Analysis, Critical Market Participants, Major Operational Disruption, Operational Risk, Recovery Time and Resilience, among others
  • Why is Business Continuity Critical? We examine potential “headaches” such as telecommunications failures and the potential for disruptions caused by environmental failures
  • Justification for a BCM Program: What is the real bottom line in trusting your business to fate and probability?
Learning Objectives
  • Explore an understanding of why Business Continuity is critical for all business entities
  • Participants will articulate & describe Business Continuity concisely and clearly
  • Assess how to Propose and justify implementation of a Business Continuity program for your organization to the organization’s board & employees (a key necessity  to achieve consensus in advancing a Business Continuity program)
  • Identify the negatives of not having a Business Continuity program
Last updated/reviewed: March 9, 2024
38 Reviews (165 ratings)

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5
Anonymous Author
The instructor provided a thorough and comprehensive overview of fundamental business continuity planning activities, as well as risk evaluation. With our ever-increasing reliance on technology to maintain critical business operations during a catastrophic event or unplanned interruption, this course effectively reiterated the importance of conducting routine risk assessments, sufficient planning, and proactive preparation to recover in a timely manner. Great supporting materials augmented this course as well!
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Member's Profile
This was an excellent presentation about Business Continuity Program. Mr. Barr was very effective in providing all the important information a manager needs to have at high level in knowing and implementing a business continuity plan tailored to her or his own firm. The examples used in the course helped better understand the explained concepts. I highly recommend this course to all professionals mainly to those involved in Risk Management programs.
5
Member's Profile
This course provided much helpful information which I will use to help ensure our Business Continuity Plan provides for not only economic stability, yet includes the interdependencies across the societal continuum.
4
Anonymous Author
Great class. I have worked with companies who took BCP seriously and with others that did not. This is a good presentation to explain why this should be taken seriously by all companies.
5
Anonymous Author
This is an area that I will be getting more involved in and this course provided great technical background and "why" it needs to be done. It was a very interesting course.
4
Member's Profile
The course covered the basics of a business continuity plan in a straightforward way and gave some methods for evaluating whether a safeguard makes economic sense.
4
Member's Profile
Quite a bit of rationale presented to convince the naysayer to put BCP in place! Would have liked a bit more of the "how to" but did enjoy all of the "why".
5
Anonymous Author
As a fairly new leader in BCP, I found this course relevant, timely and a good use of my time. I am glad to see such a wide selection of courses by Illumeo.
5
Member's Profile
Short and to the point, this overview was a great refresher for those around the industry also an excellent primer for those new to these type of programs.
4
Anonymous Author
This is a great course. The speaker shared a lot of valuable information. The topics were very well organized and the materials used were comprehensive.
5
Anonymous Author
This is a refreshing course on disaster recovery. Nothing surprised me. This is be useful for beginners.
4
Anonymous Author
This course provides an understanding of what Business Continuity Planning is and why it is important.
4
Member's Profile
very clearly relates the basics of Business Continuity. Great course ofr those new to the concept.
4
Member's Profile
Very good presentation. Examples used in the course was helpful to better understand the concepts.
5
Anonymous Author
This course helped further my understanding of BCP and it's importance in technology and business.
4
Anonymous Author
Good overall courses highlighting good selling points to have a BCP. Really enjoyed the content.
4
Member's Profile
Good course, great examples, clear instructions, good assignment, practical ideas to implement
5
Anonymous Author
Program materials were relevant and contributed to the achievement of the learning objectives
5
Anonymous Author
Wow a really comprehensive session and supporting written material too.. above and beyond!
5
Member's Profile
Business Continuity well explained. Kudos to the presenter and the presentation contents.
4
Anonymous Author
Interesting real world examples and seems to have stood the test of time as a course.
5
Member's Profile
Course was well done. May want to update to reflect learnings from pandemic.
5
Anonymous Author
Great course with excellent discriptions and justification for having a BCP.
5
Member's Profile
This was a great course, I really learned a lot. Would recommend
4
Member's Profile
Well structured, presented and very informative. Learned a lot.
4
Member's Profile
A good high-level course of business continuity planning.
4
Anonymous Author
Great course, and clearly sets out the importance of BCP.
5
Anonymous Author
Very informative and well structured course. Good Job.
5
Anonymous Author
Well organized presentation of a very important topic
4
Member's Profile
Quality baseline information summarized effectively.
5
Member's Profile
Liked the review on Business Continuity theory
5
Member's Profile
Great course! Very informative and helpful.
5
Member's Profile
Very interesting course. Liked it a lot!
5
Member's Profile
Well structured and well taught course.
5
Anonymous Author
Good lesson on ERP planning
4
Anonymous Author
good review course.
5
Member's Profile
Great!
4
Anonymous Author
Good
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Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate

Prerequisite: Exposure to internal controls and risk management

 

Advanced Preparation: None

 

Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .
Instructor for this course
  Course Overview CPE
Course Syllabus
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
  25:56PREVIEW: Introduction to Business Continuity Planning: Risks and Threats
Business Continuity Planning
  What is Business Continuity?5:57
  Some Basic Definitions 13:50
  Why is Business Continuity Critical?22:10
CONCLUSION
  Justification for a BCM Program and Conclusion14:21
Continuous Play
  Business Continuity Planning - Understanding The Risks and Rewards1:22:16
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
  Slides: Business Continuity Planning PDF
  Business Continuity Planning Glossary/IndexPDF
  Bonus Material: Business Continuity GuidelinesPDF
REVIEW & TEST
  REVIEW QUESTIONSquiz
 FINAL EXAMexam