BCI CERTIFICATION

Risk needs to be mitigated. Business Continuity Management needs to be front and center in this process.

The BCI Professional Recognition Program provides an international structure for the Certification of business continuity practitioners. It has created a benchmark for the assessment of best practice and encouraged the enhancement and further development of related skills. The Certification is based on a set of standards known as the Certification Standards for Business Continuity professionals, which have been accepted internationally and were developed and published in co-operation with the Disaster Recovery Institute International of the USA. Each element links with the other elements to form the continuum of business continuity management.

Historically the skills required to achieve certification, and ultimately professional membership of the Business Continuity Institute, have been presented as a list of 10 required Subject Areas. To maintain consistency with the continuum of business continuity management as illustrated by the BCM Lifecycle, the BCI has taken the decision to map these fundamental required skills against stages of the Lifecycle presenting these mandatory requirements in 6 distinct sections as detailed below. The Business Continuity Institute's Good Practice Guidelines is published in 6 Chapters which correspond to these sections.

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS

The six subject areas listed below cover the competencies required by a professional practitioner in order to deliver effective Business Continuity Management. They are not presented in any particular order of importance or sequence.

1. BCM Policy and Programme Management
2. Understanding the Organisation
   1. Business impact analysis (BIA)
   2. Risk evaluation and control
3. Determining Business Continuity Management Strategies
4. Developing and Implementing a BCM Response
5. Exercising, Maintenance and Review
6. Embedding Business Continuity Management within the Organization's Culture

BCI E-Learning
A distance learning course teaching the basics of business continuity management. The course content supports the BCI Certificate which is based on the BCM lifecycle. This E-Learning program is available as individual chapters or a complete course. Content is based on the six elements of the Good Practice Guidelines, and incorporates the British Standard BS25999.

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Instructor Led Training
In response to demand for a more definitive and consistent route to BCM education, the BCI has developed a 5 day entry level training course based on the BCM life cycle as defined by the BCI's Good Practice Guidelines (GPG). Contact your FS-ISAC Certification Consultant today for pricing, dates and locations or to ask additional questions.