Crisis and Disaster Management Planning

Training Duration:
2 days

Training Delivery Method:
On-site, instructor-led course; or online, instructor-led course

Prerequisites:
IT security background at the implementation or management level, IT audit, IT controls

What Problem Does This Training Help Solve?
Help audience prepare for crisis and disaster management planning

Who Should Attend?
IT security professionals, physical security professionals, IT auditors, business continuity and disaster recovery planning professionals, response management professionals

Course Material:
Content-rich manual/course handouts consisting of about 400 foils

Course Syllabus:

This seminar is designed to educate participants in crisis and disaster management planning. While the business continuity plan covers the business process recovery, disaster management includes incident stabilization and protection of human life. The first few hours after a crisis are very crucial since they can make a difference between successful or unsuccessful crisis management. Since business continuity management and crisis management are related, there are about 30 plus teams which need to be activated to handle different aspects of a crisis.

Topics to be covered:

• What is crisis management
• How is crisis management related to business continuity planning
• What are various phases of a crisis
• What is step-by-step approach to manage a crisis
• What is the role or senior and executive management
• Who should be included in the crisis management team
• Crisis management plan and the role of public relations officer
• Crisis communications within the organization
• Development of a crisis management plan
• CMT command center
• Awareness and training program
• Exercising and maintenance of a crisis management plan