CS-3, Business Impact Analysis for Contingency Planning - New

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COURSE FEE: $1,150

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss risk analysis methods to determine business impact and loss from disasters
2. Apply them to business impact analysis for corporate and DP contingency planning and disaster recovery 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Executives responsible for information security and business continuity
• Contingency planning coordinators, and data processing personnel
• Internal, external and EDP auditors. Risk and business impact analysts
• Computer-dependent users, security specialists, consultants, and anyone responsible for asset protection and risk management programs.

COURSE OUTLINE

1. BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS. Applications to contingency planning.

2. IMPACT ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY. Business impact quantification. Time-Window of Vulnerability - Critical activities identification. Critical resources.

3. IDENTIFYING EXPOSURE POINTS AND THREATS. Threats and Single Points of Failure. Threat identification procedure and techniques. Exercise.

4. RISK AND EXPOSURE QUANTIFICATION. Techniques for estimating frequency of occurrence and loss quantification. Historical, subjective estimates, formula and scenario development methods. Mapping high exposure areas & setting protection priorities. Measuring business impact.

5. SETTING RECOVERY OBJECTIVES and PREPARING THE BIA REPORT . Prioritizing areas of business impact as a basis for recovery plan.

6. COST JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINGENCY PLANNING.

A copy of "EDP Risk Analysis & Controls Justification" book is included.