Course: Disaster Planning Development
Author: Colleen Neuharth McClain

Course ID: MCNMDP09/MCNMDP
CPE Hours: 3

Format: PDF

Price: $27.00  

 Delivery: Internet/Interactive

NASBA Category: Management Advisory Services
  

Course Description
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This course will introduce you to the process of developing, communicating and testing a disaster recovery plan to avoid this potential pitfall and ensure the continuation of critical business operations in the case of an unforeseeable event.

Throughout this course the term “disaster” shall mean any unforeseeable event which has the potential ability to cause interruption in the normal business operations of an organization.  This would include natural disastrous events such as fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, etc. in addition to electrical power failure, communication system malfunction, information system crashes, etc.

We will begin by taking a look at a mock scenario of a company which experiences a flood during the normal course of a day.  This company does not have a disaster plan in place and as a result, experiences a huge loss both financially and emotionally.

You will then be introduced to some of the processes and procedures which this mock company and your company or clients can utilize to ensure the continuation of critical business operations in the event of an unforeseeable disaster in order to reduce your financial and emotional risk.

This course will then revisit the mock scenario under the assumption that the company did have a disaster plan implemented when the flooding took place and compare the resulting damages imposed by the event.

Finally, you will be provided with additional resources that you may choose to utilize when developing your own disaster plans and a glossary of some of the more common disaster recovery terms.

 Level:Overview


Prerequisites:None

Updated/Revised: October 2011

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the importance of having a corporate disaster plan in place within your organization
• Outline the basics of how to develop, communicate and test a disaster plan, or also commonly referred to as a business continuity plan
• Estimate damages which occurred as the result of a disaster