About this Course

Disaster might occur anytime, so we must be prepared. Business continuity refers to the activities required to keep the organisation running during a period of displacement or interruption of normal operation. Disaster Recovery is the process of rebuilding your operation or infrastructure after the disaster has passed. The aim of this workshop is to equip participants with a basic knowledge of what to do when a situation arises that result in the disruption of services.

Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to;

• Describe how an organisation develops a disaster recovery and continuity planning philosophy as well as a disaster recovery/continuity plan
  
• Explain how to organise the disaster planning team
  
• Describe how an organisation puts its plan into effect including development of an Implementation Plan, assessing the value of mitigation steps, assigning responsibilities for implementation, establishing an implementation schedule and training employees
  
• Define how to capture the knowledge and experience gained during an actual disaster
  

Target Audience

This course provides a foundation for Students, Managers, and Staff in organisations that need to prepare to respond to a disaster and restore normal operations.

Duration

One day

Curriculum

• Introduction to Disaster Recovery
  
• The Basic Principles of Disaster Recovery Planning
  
• Framework for Disaster Recovery Planning
  
• Role of IT in Disaster Recovery
  
• Assessing Risks in the Organisation
  
• Compiling Exposure Inventories, Risk Inventories and Risk Assessment Reports
  
• Prioritising Systems and Functions for Recovery
  
• Developing Plans and Procedures
  

1. Direction, Control and Administration Procedures
   
2. Safety and Health Procedures
   
3. Internal and External Communication Procedures
   
4. Containment and Property Protection Procedures
   
5. Resuming and Recovering Operations Procedures
   
6. Systems Security Breach Procedures
   
7. Assessing and Determining Economic Procedures
   
8. Recovery of Small Computer Systems Procedures
   
9. Recovery of Large Computer Systems Procedures
   
10. Network Recovery Procedures
    
11. Establishing a Computer Incident Response Team
    

• Developing The Implementation Plan
  

1. Assigning Responsibilities
   
2. Establishing an Implementation Schedule
   
3. Distributing The Disaster Recovery Documentation
   
4. Assessing The Value and Effectiveness of Mitigation Steps
   
5. Building Awareness Among Employees
   
6. Launching Training Programs
   
7. Testing
   

• During and After The Disaster
  
• Managing Human Dynamics
  
• Conducting Post-Events Debriefings
  
• Reviewing and Modifying Plans After a Disaster
  

Methodology

The workshop is delivered through a series of conceptual lectures, group discussion and case study

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