The Business Impact Analysis Course

EXTRA TAKEAWAY!

Dramatically reduce your IT (DR) TRTO recovery requirements, and save significant dollars!

DATES

Part 1 - April 23, 2024 (online)

Part 2 - April 24, 2024 (online)

TIME

UAE Time 1.00 PM to 4.00 PM
KSA Time 12.00 Noon to 3.00 PM
India Time 2.30 PM to 5.30 PM

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ABOUT THE COURSE

This course provides an in-depth look at how to conduct a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). The class is for both BIA novices and experienced professionals. It provides you with the opportunity to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the BIA. The course will help you further appreciate the how to ensure an insightful BIA. You will be taught two different approaches to a BIA – interviews and workshops - and the value of each. You will also be provided with an actual BIA survey and the sample results from the real-life BIAs of some clients.

Many years ago, Ted Brown was elected to the BCP Hall of Fame. In 2017, Ted Brown received a BCP Lifetime Achievement Award. In the same year, he was also awarded "Consultant of the Year"! These awards were partly due to innovation and leadership in Business Continuity. KETCHConsulting’s proprietary BIA Workshops are an example of this.

The BIA is the backbone of an effective BCMS. Whether executed by a BCP practitioner or consultant, all BIAs start with a survey. Surveys alone result in ”ties” for who is most critical, who is first for recovery, who should get the most resources, etc.

KETCHConsulting’s BIA Workshops break those ties by reviewing those surveys in workshops of four or five departments comparing results, dependencies, impacts, workarounds and so forth. Thus, the data is peer vetted and the results always change, with the Technology Recovery Time Objectives (TRTO) frequently being extended. This extension results in a dramatic reduction in the IT (DR) TRTO recovery requirements, saving significant dollars.

About KETCHConsulting, USA

Brought to you by Continuity & Resilience UAE (C&R)

ABOUT KETCHConsulting

Founded by Ted Brown, KETCHConsulting, Inc. has for over fifteen years been providing high quality, comprehensive crisis management and business continuity services to organizations in a variety of disciplines and industries. Founded by Ted Brown, a former IBM executive with 30 years of experience in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, KETCHConsulting has worked for customers across the US and around the world. The organizations KETCHConsulting has helped include universities, major hospital chains, county governments, international retail chains, multinational manufacturers, and government bodies at the city, county, and state level.

KETCHConsulting is unique in that most KETCH consultants have actual RECOVERY experience. Furthermore, they provide unique offerings like Hot Site Negotiation, long term recovery strategies, table top exercises and Executive selling of BCP. All consultants of KETCHConsulting are certified (CBCP or MBCI).

ABOUT CONTINUITY AND RESILIENCE (C&R)

Continuity & Resilience is an ISO 22301 & ISO 27001 Certified Management Consulting firm that provides world class services in Business Continuity Management (BCM), Crisis Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, Cyber Security and Resilience. C&R has been in the business for over 18 years, and have served more than 590 companies in over 20 countries across industries., delivering excellence and value to their clients.

C&R also provide advisory services in Automation tools in Risk Intelligence, IT DR and BCM automation, Mass Notification for Crisis Incident Management, Workplace Recovery and All-employee/vendor mass eLearning. We have won multiple awards for our services, including the BCI Hall of Fame Award, and the BCI Service Provider of the Year Award for the Middle East and India (multiple times).

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

A winner of the BCP Lifetime Achievement Award, Ted Brown, CBCP, President & CEO of KETCHConsulting, is a recognized business continuity industry leader whose tireless efforts have dramatically increased the visibility of Business Continuity Planning nationwide and globally.

As IBM's first business continuity and recovery services' (BCRS) sales executive, Ted led its growth from zero revenue in 1989 to half a billion dollars in 1998. He then went on to become IBM's eastern regional manager for its BCRS division before retiring in 1998 to become a vice president at Strohl Systems, the leading provider of business continuity software.

With 40 years in technology, Ted Brown has contributed 20 years of experience to the business continuity industry. At various times, he has lent his expertise to the sales, consulting, and service delivery aspects of the industry. He has led the development of hundreds of unique BCP plans and actual recoveries. As a Certified Business Continuity Professional, Ted has shared his experience and expertise through published articles and lectures to thousands of business continuity and disaster recovery professionals. His lectures have been featured at CPM, CI, DRJ,CA World, EPICC, DVDRIEG, MADRA, Summit, BOMA, COMMON, DPMA, Survive, DRIE, CPE, ACP, NEDRIX, and 7x24 in North America, plus Australia and Malaysia.

From the beginnng, Ted Brown has been a leading proponent of work group recovery, voice recovery, electronic vaulting, and non-IT business continuity. He has personally influenced many facets of the business continuity process including evaluating alternatives, implementing those alternatives, and ground zero recoveries. He also offered a great deal of time and personal assistance during the long effort to reconstruct the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Marilyn.

In November of 2007, KETCHConsulting was inducted into the Contingency Planning & Management (CPM) Hall of Fame. In 2002, Ted as an individual was elected to the Contingency Planning & Management Hall of Fame, which recognizes leading contributors to Business Continuity.

Ted Brown, a graduate of Penn State, lives in northeastern Pennsylvania and is recognized for his contribution to his community, including the Chamber of Commerce, adult literacy, and special needs services.

4 times

CONTINUITY & RESILIENCE IS A 4-TIME WINNER OF THE BCI's SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR (Middle East and India &

South Asia)

100+

IMPLEMENTATIONS

30+

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

450,000+

TRAINED/ INTERACTED

LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

Smart organizations recognize that the BIA is critically important for an organization as a vital tool that helps identify the requirements that lay the base upon which the Business Continuity Management System can be set up.

Understand the BIA process and how it contributes to the BCM methodology

Understand how to structure a BIA

Apply the standard methods to conduct a BIA

How to determine the results of the BIA

How to identify the critical functions for recovery strategies

Appreciate the relationship between MAO, MTPD, RTO etc. and establish the same for various processes/functions

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The course has been designed for companies ready to embark onto a promising business sustainability journey and would like to empower their key executives with the necessary knowhow, inputs and insights to achieve the overall business goal. Take this opportunity to learn the BIA process, including the phases, importance, and how to conduct it. This can help individuals and organizations to identify critical business functions and predict the consequences of a disruption to one of those functions.

BCM Program/ Project Managers

BCM Heads

Risk Management Professionals

Business Continuity Professionals or Consultants (full or part time)

BCM coordinators, Recovery team and support team

IT and Information Security Professionals

Disaster Recovery Professionals, who need a BIA to identify the Business IT needs

Auditors (in fields of BC Program, Compliance, Information Security, Internal/External, Finance)

TESTIMONIALS

Ted Brown helped us complete the first business impact analysis for our $1b healthcare IT hosting and services company.

I am just one of many thousands of BC/DR professionals that have had the opportunity to

meet Ted Brown over the decades.

We have worked with Ted's team over the past two years to provide some necessary improvements to our organisation's Business Continuity and Incident Management process.

An excellent instructor who has in-depth knowledge… I really feel that I have learnt a lot that can be implemented in my organization.

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The session is well designed. Instructor delivery is excellent.

REQUEST FOR CUSTOMIZED IN-COMPANY WORKSHOP

Reach out to us today to explore how our tailored workshops can propel your organization forward.

Our workshops are meticulously crafted to align with your organization's unique needs and maturity levels.

Whether your preference is virtual engagement or an immersive face-to-face session on your premises, we've got you covered (minimum batch size 8).

Our workshops can be seamlessly integrated into your operations, whether following a standardized format or custom-tailored to incorporate your team's specific suggestions and requirements.