The objective of this workshop is to provide participants with a practical understanding of the key principles of Business Continuity Management (BCM), BCM systems and processes and how these translate into effective implementation of a BCM programme.

Key Topics

• Understanding business disruption risks and the impacts on organisations
• The relationship of BCM to emergency management, risk management and organisational resilience
• An overview of Australian and international standards and how they guide implementation of BCM
• The BCM lifecycle:
• BCM policy and programme management
• Conducting business impact analysis and risk assessments
• Identifying business continuity requirements and strategies
• Developing the business continuity response plans
• Exercising and testing the plans
• Training, reviewing and maintaining the plans

Who should attend

• Executives, audit and risk managers who have oversight responsibility for BCM
• Business lines BCM Coordinators
• Those who need an introduction to BCM so that they can get a program underway and to deal more effectively with BCM compliance issues, decisions on future BCM requirements and budgets

Upon completion of this course, participants will:

• Have an understanding of the fundamental principles of BCM and why it is important
• Be able to apply the BCM lifecycle within the context and framework of their own organisations to manage business disruption risks

Instructor

Kenny is a Partner at Riskwest and a Director of the Australasian Chapter of the Business Continuity Institute. He has over 25 years of international experience in emergency management, business continuity and crisis management in banking, securities, logistics and government. Kenny conducts BCM training regularly and has trained over 2,000 senior managers and executives from public and private sector organizations. He is a BCI Approved Instructor and qualified ISO 22301 Lead Auditor and Trainer.