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Mastering Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Strategies for Operational Resilience

Achieving Resilience through Strategic Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Practices

26-30 May 2025
Dubai
$5,950
 
04-08 Aug 2025
Dubai
$5,950
 
13-17 Oct 2025
Dubai
$5,950
 
29 Dec 2025-02 Jan 2026
London
$5,950
 

Course Introduction

In today’s rapidly changing and unpredictable business landscape, organizations encounter numerous risks that can disrupt operations, harm reputations, and threaten long-term viability. Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) go beyond merely responding to crises; they focus on creating operational excellence to proactively mitigate risks, adapt to disruptions, and ensure swift recovery of critical functions.

This Mastering Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Strategies for Operational Resilience training course provides participants with a thorough understanding of BC/DR principles, emphasizing the importance of achieving operational excellence through a strategic, structured approach. Participants will delve into proven methodologies, tools, and frameworks designed to help organizations manage risks effectively, respond swiftly to crises, and recover operations seamlessly. Upon completing the course, participants will have the knowledge and expertise to enhance their organization’s resilience, protect assets, and maintain business performance even in the face of challenges.

Training Objectives

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

  • Understand the core principles and importance of operational excellence in BC/DR.
  • Develop comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans aligned with organizational goals
  • Identify and assess potential risks, vulnerabilities, and impacts on business operations
  • Implement strategies and best practices to enhance organizational resilience
  • Design effective crisis management frameworks to handle emergencies
  • Coordinate seamless recovery processes to minimize downtime and operational losses
  • Evaluate and improve existing BC/DR systems through regular testing and audits

Training Methodology

This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes interactive presentations and discussions, role plays, simulations and videos to stimulate thinking and enhance learning.

Who should Attend?

This course is designed for:

  • Business continuity and disaster recovery professionals
  • Risk management specialists and officers
  • Operations and IT managers
  • Crisis management and emergency response teams
  • Senior executives and leaders responsible for organizational resilience
  • Professionals involved in compliance, governance, and internal controls

Course Outline

Day One: Fundamentals of Operational Excellence in BC/DR
  • Introduction to BC/DR and Operational Excellence
  • Key concepts: Risk, resilience, and recovery
  • Aligning BC/DR with organizational strategy and objectives
  • Case studies: Successful BC/DR implementation
Day Two: Risk Management for Business Continuity
  • Risk identification, assessment, and prioritization
  • Vulnerability analysis and business impact assessments
  • Developing risk mitigation strategies
  • Tools and techniques for risk monitoring and evaluation
Day Three: Crisis Management and Emergency Response
  • Designing crisis management frameworks
  • Communication strategies during crises
  • Role of leadership in crisis management
  • Crisis simulation exercises and real-world scenarios
Day Four: Disaster Recovery Planning and Execution
  • Key components of a disaster recovery plan
  • IT disaster recovery: Data backup, restoration, and cybersecurity considerations
  • Coordinating recovery efforts across teams and stakeholders
  • Measuring recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs)
Day Five: Achieving and Sustaining Operational Excellence
  • Integrating BC/DR into continuous improvement frameworks
  • Conducting regular tests, drills, and audits of BC/DR plans
  • Metrics and KPIs for monitoring BC/DR effectiveness
  • Developing a culture of resilience and excellence
  • Final group project: Designing an operationally excellent BC/DR plan

Certificates

  • Copex Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course.

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ section provides quick answers to the most common questions about our services, procedures, and policies. We aim to make your experience with us as straightforward as possible. For further assistance, our support team is ready to help.

How can I register?

There are several ways to register in our public training courses:
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“Register Now” inside the course outline page.
E-mail – Send the details (name, company name, email address and training course of
choice) of your nomination to [email protected]
Telephone – +971 4 368 6886 or +971 50 106 2750

When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.

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