Recovery Planning Practitioner Course 5 Day
Overview
This course is designed to provide an operational basis for all facets of recovery planning through information delivery and practical exercises. As a result of this course, students will be able to conduct risk analysis, business impact analysis, recovery strategy analysis and develop viable emergency response plans and recovery plans through the information obtained as a result of these assessments. The Recovery Planning Practitioner Course imparts an ability to conduct Business Impact Analysis so that executive management will have a prioritized list of all functions performed, a determination of when the loss of a given function becomes unacceptable to the organization, and the resources necessary to enable the recovery of each function.
The Recovery Planning Practitioner course provides students with insights into conducting Recovery Strategy Analysis, understanding the different strategies that are currently available and their applicability based on their strengths and weaknesses. This course will expose the students to emergency response techniques from the development of checklists to crafting concise communications releases. Upon completion of the study of recovery planning foundations, this course will give students a thorough knowledge of how to develop viable, easy to use recovery plans that address all hazards and all contingencies. Finally, this course is designed to provide the elements of an ongoing viable recovery capability through training and exercising programs that meet the needs of all audiences for all organizations.
Modules
Module 1: Introduction
Recovery Planning Introduction
Ground Rules and Background
Terms and Concepts
The History of the Recovery Planning Industry
Module 2: Risk Analysis
Determing Organization Assets
Determing Organization Vulnerabilities
Identifying Threats and Probability
Assessing Risk
Identifying Mitigation Strategies and their Implementation
Module 3: Business Impact Analysis
Identifying and Selecting Data Gathering Strategies
Identifying All Functions Performed by Organizations
Determing RTOs and Recovery Prioritizations
Determing RPOs and Data Currency Requirements
Identifying Recovery Requirements
Correlating Information and Formulating BIA Reports
Module 4: Recovery Strategy Analysis
Understanding Roles and Responsibilities of Recovery Organizations and Teams
Identifying All Recovery Strategies for Data, IT Systems, and Functions
Understanding Capabilities, Pros and Cons of Strategies
Analyzing Recovery Requirements and Comparing Requirements Against Strategies
Determining Most Effective Strategies Based on All Criteria
Module 5: Emergency Response Planning
Understanding Management's Responsibilities in Emergencies
Understanding Personnel Accountability Methods
Understanding Characteristics of Effective Emergency Response Plans
Understanding When to Implement Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place
Understanding Basics of Effective Communications During Emergencies
Understanding Connection Between Emergency Response and Recovery
Developing Emergency Response Checklists
Module 6: Plan Development
Comparing 8 Different Recovery Related Plans
Understanding Applicability of Different Types of Plans
Understanding Requirements Within Recovery Related Federal Regulations
Understanding How to Categorize Incidents into Disaster Declaration Levels
Understanding Recovery Tiers in Order to Facilitate Recovery Implementation
Understanding Three Phases of Recovery Planning and Associated Activities
Constructing Various Types of Plans in Easy to Use and Effective Formats
Understanding Organizational Impacts to Plans
Module 7: Training Programs
Identifying Different Audiences within Organizations
Determining Training Requirements for Audiences
Determining Most Efficient and Cost Effective Means of Training Delivery
Constructing Training Metrics in Order to Measure Program Effectiveness
Module 8: Plan Exercise
Understanding Different Types of Exercises and Strengths/Weaknesses
Determining Most Effective Exercise Program and How to Implement
Developing Realistic Exercise Objectives
Understanding How to Plan Exercies Against Exercise Objectives
Formulating Exercise Scenarios from Exercise Plans
Developing Exercise Metrics that Accurately Reflect Whether or Not Objectives Were Met
Learning Objectives
Conduct Risk Analyses
Conduct Business impact Analyses
Conduct Recovery Strategy Analyses
Develop Viable Response Plans
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Emergency Response Plans
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Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)
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Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP)
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Emergency Response Plans
Business Continuity Plans (BCP) -
Information System Contingency Plans (ISCP)
Certification
In partnership with the National Institute for Business Continuity Management (NIBCM), Lunarline students may opt to sit in on the Certified Continuity Manager (CCM) certification exam. When registering for the course and exam, student can choose either the public sector (COOP) or the private sector (Business Continuity Planning) specialty.
Lunarline's Recovery Planning Practitioner classes include the following takeaway items: A printed training manual, a CD with a comprehensive set of NIST - DoD approved templates, as well as copies of the guidelines, instructions, standards, and presentations discussed during the training.
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