Publication date : 07/26/2024

Course : Continuity plans for critical business activities

from risk analysis to contingency planning, a comprehensive approach

Seminar - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. PDS
Price : 1850 € E.T.

Continuity plans for critical business activities

from risk analysis to contingency planning, a comprehensive approach



This seminar provides you with the steps and best practices needed to successfully implement a business and IT continuity project in line with standards (ISO 27001/27002, ISO 22301, BS25999, ITIL® V3). From risk analysis and plan design to testing and crisis management.


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Seminar in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. PDS
  2d - 14h00
1850 € E.T.




This seminar provides you with the steps and best practices needed to successfully implement a business and IT continuity project in line with standards (ISO 27001/27002, ISO 22301, BS25999, ITIL® V3). From risk analysis and plan design to testing and crisis management.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand the challenges of a business continuity strategy
Understand the definitions of business continuity planning and the phases of a project to implement it.
Understand the standards and methods for analyzing risks with a view to drawing up a continuity plan
Identify critical business activities
Organizing escalation procedures and triggering the emergency plan
Define emergency plan scenarios, the roles involved and the resources used
Draft procedures and action sheets for the continuity plan

Intended audience
Business Continuity Managers, Risk Managers or CISOs. IT directors or managers, security correspondents, project managers, internal or external auditors, consultants.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of IS architectures.

Course schedule

1
Why manage continuity?

  • The evolution of companies and their strategies.
  • The strategic importance of information.
  • Business continuity strategy: laws and regulations, norms and standards.

2
Definitions and concepts

  • Define continuity strategy.
  • The differences between business continuity planning (BCP), disaster recovery planning (DRP), recovery planning, etc.
  • Safety reminders: DICP criteria and ISO themes.
  • The roadmap of continuity.

3
The project and its management

  • Reminders on project management.
  • The phases of a continuity plan project.
  • The particularities of the continuity plan project.

4
Risk analysis

  • Risk components.
  • Principles of the different methods.
  • Other standards (COBIT, ISO, etc.).
  • The notion of uncertainty matrix.
  • Risk analysis for continuity planning.

5
Identifying critical activities

  • Identify a company's critical business activities (BIA).
  • The fundamental parameters of impact analysis.
  • The notion of Service Delivery Objectives.

6
Means for device design

  • Elements and budget for developing scenarios.
  • The various fallback sites (hot, warm, cold sites, reciprocal agreement...) in-house or outsourced.
  • Decision criteria.

7
Continuity plans

  • Building and drafting procedures.
  • Rescue teams: composition, roles...
  • An example of an emergency plan outline.

8
Escalation procedures and crisis unit

  • Escalation management in line with RTO.
  • Setting up a crisis unit.
  • Principles of triggering the emergency plan.
  • Business continuity as an ITIL® process.
  • The importance of maintaining the plan in operational condition on a daily basis: the PDCA life cycle.
  • Continuity and other processes.


Customer reviews
4,3 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
LINA L.
09/10/25
4 / 5

Satisfied with the seminar
AURÉLIEN B.
09/10/25
5 / 5

Comprehensive content with clear explanations
LAURENT Y.
02/10/25
4 / 5

Well, even for subjects I already knew, it enabled me to compare them with the good practices that exist outside my ecosystem. But I would have liked more practical museum exercises, even if it meant a slightly longer course.



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2026 : 10 Mar., 10 Mar., 2 June, 9 June, 8 Sep., 24 Sep., 19 Nov., 3 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
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