Introduction

Organisations face increasing exposure to operational disruptions, cyber threats, regulatory pressures, and unpredictable risk events that can significantly impact performance and stakeholder confidence. Developing organisational resilience requires a structured approach that links risk management, continuity planning, governance, and operational preparedness.

Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course provides practical frameworks for integrating resilience, risk governance, continuity planning, and recovery strategies across the organisation.

This training course provides a comprehensive understanding of business continuity management, enterprise risk management, disaster recovery planning, and resilience governance. Participants will gain practical insight into identifying risks, assessing business impacts, developing recovery strategies, and strengthening organisational readiness to respond to evolving threats and disruptions.

Key focus areas of this Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course include:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This training course combines expert-led instruction, interactive learning, group discussions, practical exercises, applied scenarios, and real-world examples. Participants analyse organisational disruptions, evaluate resilience challenges, and apply integrated BCMS and ERM methodologies that strengthen preparedness, governance, and continuity management capabilities.

Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Who Should Attend?

This Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course is designed for:

  • Business Continuity Managers
  • Enterprise Risk Managers
  • Risk Analysts
  • Resilience Managers
  • Disaster Recovery Managers
  • IT Risk Managers
  • Cybersecurity Managers
  • Information Security Managers
  • Governance Managers
  • Compliance Managers
  • Internal Auditors
  • Operational Risk Managers
  • Crisis Management Professionals
  • IT Governance Specialists
  • Resilience Programme Leaders

Course Outline

Day 1

Introduction to Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS)

  • Overview of business continuity concepts
  • BCMS standards (ISO 22301)
  • Developing a BCMS strategy and policy
  • Threats: Cyberattacks, data breaches, natural disasters
  • Controls: Backup strategies, emergency response plans, access controls
Day 2

IT Disaster Recovery Planning

  • IT disaster scenarios - hacking, malware, network outages
  • Recovery time and point objectives
  • IT disaster recovery plans and procedures
  • Threats: Unplanned IT outages, systems failure
  • Controls: Redundant infrastructure, offsite backups
Day 3

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Fundamentals

  • Key principles and ERM framework elements
  • Risk identification and assessment methods
  • Risk treatment and mitigation strategies
  • Threats: Supply chain disruptions, governance issues
  • Controls: Business continuity plans, risk monitoring
Day 4

Integrating BCMS & ERM

  • Aligning BCMS and ERM programs
  • Business impact analysis and risk scenarios
  • IT asset management and risk registries
  • Threats: Failed internal processes and controls
  • Controls: IT asset management, internal audits
Day 5

Organizational Resilience

  • Embedding continuity across the organization
  • Incident response planning and testing
  • Crisis communications
  • Threats: Skills shortages, leadership gaps
  • Controls: Awareness training, crisis simulations

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Integrating business continuity management and enterprise risk management creates a unified approach to organisational resilience. It enables organisations to identify risks proactively, prioritise critical operations, strengthen response capabilities, and ensure continuity planning aligns with strategic objectives and risk management priorities.

Participants gain practical knowledge of risk governance, business continuity planning, recovery strategy development, disaster recovery management, resilience frameworks, and risk assessment methodologies. These capabilities help organisations improve preparedness, maintain service continuity, and strengthen stakeholder confidence during disruptions.

A key component of the training focuses on cyber threats, IT system failures, data breaches, and operational technology disruptions. Participants learn how to establish recovery objectives, develop disaster recovery plans, implement preventive controls, and strengthen resilience against technology-related incidents.

Business impact analysis helps organisations identify critical processes, assess the consequences of disruption, determine recovery priorities, and allocate resources appropriately. The course demonstrates how business impact analysis supports continuity planning, risk management, and effective recovery decision-making.

This training course is particularly valuable for business continuity professionals, enterprise risk managers, resilience specialists, compliance managers, cybersecurity professionals, disaster recovery managers, governance practitioners, internal auditors, IT risk managers, and professionals responsible for organisational preparedness and risk oversight.

Participants will strengthen their ability to manage risk, develop continuity plans, coordinate recovery activities, improve resilience governance, and support organisational preparedness. These capabilities help organisations reduce disruption, enhance response effectiveness, improve regulatory compliance, and sustain operations during adverse events.

GRC Academy training courses are delivered in leading international business destinations, including London, Amsterdam, and Dubai. Sessions are hosted in carefully selected four- and five-star business hotels with professional meeting facilities that support focused learning, interaction, comfort, and confidentiality.

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GRC Academy provides both online and in-person options for all our training courses. Participants may join interactive virtual sessions or attend scheduled courses in major international locations, allowing them to select the option that best suits their professional commitments and availability.

GRC Academy develops customised in-house training courses that address each organisation’s strategic priorities, operational environment, and workforce capability requirements. Our team works closely with clients to tailor the course content, learning outcomes, and practical emphasis.

These tailored courses are designed to strengthen organisational capability, improve team performance, and support measurable and sustainable outcomes. For customised in-house training enquiries, please contact the GRC Academy Customer Service team at [email protected]

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