• Online, Instructor-Led

In this course, students explore tools and strategies for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) activities. Topics include business impact assessment methods, recovery strategy approaches and solutions and continuity planning.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, the student will be able:

  1. Describe the role of information security policy in the development of contingency plans
  2. Discuss why an individual or group needs to be appointed to create a contingency plan
  3. Describe the techniques used for data and application backup and recovery
  4. List the skills and components required to devise an incident response plan
  5. Describe the need for providing wide access to the planning documents while securing the sensitive content of the disaster recovery plans
  6. Describe the methodology used to construct the business continuity policy and plan

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Risk Management
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Cyber Operational Planning
  • Program/Project Management and Acquisition
  • Strategic Planning and Policy

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.