Business Continuity Management: Standards, Plans and Systems Training Course

Business Continuity Management: Standards, Plans and Systems

In a constantly evolving and unpredictable region and economic climate, developing and implementing a successful Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) can enable…

5 daysClassroom or online

13Upcoming dates

7Cities

£2,750Fees from

Course overview

Why Attend

In a constantly evolving and unpredictable region and economic climate, developing and implementing a successful Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) can enable an organization to thrive regardless of the challenges and obstacles that may arise.

This course is designed to help professionals protect their organizations by providing all the necessary knowledge for developing, implementing and/or enhancing a powerful Business Continuity Management System. This course also provides practical tools, systems, and reports that will enable participants to create their own customized Business Continuity Plan and more easily implement and manage them.

Course Methodology

This course combines presentations as well as individual and team activities designed to establish a practical understanding of the elements of Business Continuity Management, enabling you to construct, deploy and validate relevant Business Continuity Management strategies/plans.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Apply best practices in Business Continuity Management (BCM), including methodologies, tools, and approaches
Enhance organizational capabilities and techniques within a Business Continuity team
Design, implement and manage a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)

Target Audience

This course is ideal for anyone who is in, works with, or is training to be in any organizational planning role, or position such as; Business Continuity Managers, Incident Response teams, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or Chief Information Officer (CIO), or Operational Risk Managers.

Target Competencies

Team management
Strategic planning
Communication skills
Crisis management
Process thinking
Analyzing skills

Course outline

1Day 1: Introduction to Business Continuity Management and Organizational Resilience
- How does business continuity provide value to the organization?
- Definition and components of Organizational Resilience
2Day 2: Business Continuity Management program, policy and strategy
- Application of a Business Continuity Management program and suitable leadership
- Business Continuity policy requirements
- Business Continuity Strategy - How, what and to which extent?
- Emergency and contingency plans
- Understand stakeholder expectations
- Legislation, regulations and standards that should be followed
3Day 3: Community Security Requirements ISO 22301-2019, and Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS)
- Overview and context
- ISO 22301 requirements
4Day 4: The Business Continuity Plan – development and implementation
- The plan ownership and structure
- Business Continuity manager and team leaders roles and responsibilities
- Business Continuity management costs
- Implementing the Business Continuity Program
- Development of the competencies framework required for the operational planning of business continuity management
- Analyzing training needs and skills and competencies framework
5Day 5: Risk Management and Business Impact Analysis and more
- Risk Management and Business Impact Analysis
- Risk Management
- Implementing business impact analysis methodologies
- Introduction to different types of business impact analysis
- Strategic
- Tactical
- Operational
- Business impact analysis case study

Schedule

Dates and fees

13 upcoming dates in 7 cities. Fees are per delegate; bring colleagues and every seat is discounted. Every date can also be joined live online for £1,280.

All dates as PDF

December 2026

21DEC 21 - 25 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 daysNext session

ViennaAustria · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

January 2027

18JAN 18 - 22 Jan 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

RomeItaly · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

February 2027

15FEB 15 - 19 Feb 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

GenevaSwitzerland · Classroom

£5,250per delegate2+ people: £4,200 each

March 2027

15MAR 15 - 19 Mar 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

AmsterdamNetherlands · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

April 2027

19APR 19 - 23 Apr 2027Mon to Fri · 5 daysOur home city

LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom

£2,750per delegate2+ people: £2,200 each

May 2027

17MAY 17 - 21 May 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

AmsterdamNetherlands · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

June 2027

21JUN 21 - 25 Jun 2027Mon to Fri · 5 daysOur home city

LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom

£2,750per delegate2+ people: £2,200 each

July 2027

19JUL 19 - 23 Jul 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

IstanbulTurkey · Classroom

£2,850per delegate2+ people: £2,280 each

August 2027

16AUG 16 - 20 Aug 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

ViennaAustria · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

September 2027

20SEP 20 - 24 Sep 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

RomeItaly · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

October 2027

18OCT 18 - 22 Oct 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

Cape TownSouth Africa · Classroom

£2,840per delegate2+ people: £2,272 each

November 2027

15NOV 15 - 19 Nov 2027Mon to Fri · 5 days

AmsterdamNetherlands · Classroom

£4,250per delegate2+ people: £3,400 each

December 2027

20DEC 20 - 24 Dec 2027Mon to Fri · 5 daysOur home city

LondonUnited Kingdom · Classroom

£2,750per delegate2+ people: £2,200 each

Live online, on the same dates

Join the class in real time from your office or home: live sessions with the trainer, group discussion, course materials and a certificate of completion. Joining details are emailed before the course starts.

December 2026

21DEC 21 - 25 Dec 2026Mon to Fri · 5 daysNext session

Live onlineVirtual classroom · join from anywhere