The course will primarily benefit those already involved in the areas of business continuity management including business managers responsible for operational functions.
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Learning Objectives
On completion of this course delegates will be able to demonstrate their competence in, and their ability to:
• Explain the need for business continuity management (BCM) in all organisations
• Define the business continuity lifecycle
• Implement business continuity programme management
• Understand their organisation sufficiently to identify mission-critical impact areas
• Determine their organisation’s business continuity strategy
• Establish a business continuity response
• Exercise, maintain and review plans
• Embed business continuity in an organisation
• Define terms and definitions appropriate to business continuity
Pre-Requisites
Candidates should ideally have 1-2 years experience in business continuity management. An awareness of BS 25999 the business continuity Standard would be beneficial.
Course Content
This course covers the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management. The course closely follows the approaches recommended in the BS 25999-1: A Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management.
Exams & Certification
After taking the course delegates will be able to sit a formal 3 hour examination set by BCS.
The examination will comprise:
Section 1:
- 10 multiple choice questions
- 6 short answer questions
Section 2:
- 3 scenario based essay style questions.
Students will need to obtain a pass mark of at least 65% in Section 1 and an overall pass mark of 65% or more to pass the examination.
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