PECB ISO 22301 Lead Implementer

Training duration: 32 academic hours (4 days).

Target audience:

  • Project managers and consultants involved in business continuity
  • Expert advisors seeking to master the implementation of the business continuity management system
  • Individuals responsible to maintain conformity with BCMS requirements within an organization
  • Members of the BCMS team

Prerequisites: Participants who attend this training course are required to have a fundamental understanding of business continuity concepts and comprehensive knowledge of BCMS implementation principles.

Contents of this training

No two disasters in the world cause equal damage. Between the unpredictability of natural disasters, information security breaches, and incidents of different nature, preparedness can make you stand out in the crowd and predict the future of your business. In light of this, proper planning is essential to mitigating risks, avoiding consequences, coping with the negative effects of disasters and incidents, but at the same time, continuing your daily operations so that customer needs do not remain unfulfilled.

Organizations can make progress towards understanding and managing disasters, incidents, and risks by having a BCMS based on ISO 22301 in place. Therefore, PECB has designed this training course to prepare its participants implement a business continuity management system (BCMS) in compliance with the requirements of ISO 22301. Attending this training course allows you to gain a comprehensive understanding of the best practices of the business continuity management system and to be able to establish a framework that allows the organization to continue operating efficiently during disruptive events.

After attending the training course, you can sit for the exam and, if you successfully pass the exam, you can apply for the “PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Implementer” credential. The internationally recognized “PECB Certified ISO 22301 Lead Implementer” certificate will prove that you have the professional capabilities and practical knowledge to implement a BCMS based on the requirements of ISO 22301 in an organization.

Trainer: PhD Andro Kull, certified ISO 22301 Lead Implementer

Specific course content will include

  • Day 1 Introduction to ISO 22301 and initiation of a BCMS
    • Training course objectives and structure
    • Management system standards
    • Fundamental business continuity principles and concepts
    • Business continuity management system
    • Initiation of the BCMS implementation
    • The organization and its context
    • Analysis of the existing system
    • BCMS scope
  • Day 2 Implementation plan of a BCMS
    • Leadership and commitment
    • Business continuity objectives and planning of changes
    • Business continuity policy
    • Organizational structure
    • Documented information management
    • Competence and awareness
    • Business impact analysis
  • Day 3 Implementation of a BCMS
    • Risk assessment
    • Business continuity strategies and solutions
    • Business continuity plans and procedures
    • Incident response plan
    • Emergency response plan
    • Crisis management plan
    • Communication
  • Day 4 BCMS monitoring, continual improvement, and preparation for the certification audit
    • Exercise programs
    • Monitoring, measurement, analysis, and evaluation
    • Internal audit
    • Management review
    • Treatment of nonconformities
    • Continual improvement
    • Preparing for the certification audit
    • Certification process and closing of the training course

Intended outcome

Learning objectives:

  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the concepts, approaches, methods, and techniques used for the implementation and effective management of a BCMS
  • Learn how to interpret and implement the requirements of ISO 22301 in the specific context of an organization
  • Understand the operation of the business continuity management system and its processes based on ISO 22301
  • Acquire the necessary knowledge to support an organization in effectively planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and continually improving a BCMS

Price includes:

  • training;
  • certification exam;
  • course materials;
  • certification of attendance the course.

Continuing Education Curriculum Group: Informatsiooni- ja kommunikatsioonitehnoloogia interdistsiplinaarne õppekavarühm

Cost

1980€ +VAT

Location

Online Training

Trainer

  • Andro Kull
    Andro Kull

    Andro Kull during his career, has worked in both sectors, public and private. In the previous years he has worked for the financial sector with regards to IT and information security, and for the energy sector with regards to IT risks, where security and continuity demands are very high. Kull started his career as IT specialist and IT manager, and has worked extensively as IT auditor and as IT risk manager for one of the largest company in Estonia. At the same time, he founded a small consulting company and managed projects related to IT risk assessment, the implementation of security measures, business continuity planning (BC), planning for recovery (DR), and crisis management mostly in public sector organizations.

    The international environment is not new to Andro Kull, since he has participated in the European Central Bank internet payment security working group. Kull has been cooperating with the IT banking supervisors on an international level. Furthermore, he has organized one international conference in Tallinn. In addition, he has worked for European Union DG Connect as advisor connected with IT risk management recommendations development.

    Andro Kull holds a PhD degree from the University of Tampere, concentrating on the IT oversight and compliance verification methodologies, and he currently is lecturing IT risk and information security management issues at the University of Tallinn.