Disastrous events, which may be caused by natural, human, or technological hazards, significantly affect an organization’s ability to reach its objectives. In addition, the operations of many organizations are threatened due to a disaster after they cannot respond to or recover from the disaster adequately. That is why organizations should focus on developing capacities to prevent, anticipate, manage, and recover from disasters effectively through well-planned and tested disaster recovery plans (DRP).

The PECB Certified Lead Disaster Recovery Manager training course provides an approach to managing a disaster recovery planning project and developing and implementing an information and communications technology (ICT) disaster recovery plan. It equips participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyze the incident response plan, emergency plan, and crisis management plan, and conduct disaster recovery testing and performance measurements. By attending this training course, you will be introduced to disaster recovery best practices and will learn how to conduct a risk assessment and business impact analysis (BIA) for disaster recovery.

After attending the course, you are eligible to apply for sitting the exam. If you successfully pass the exam, you can apply for the “PECB Certified Lead Disaster Recovery Manager” credential. This credential will demonstrate your knowledge and professional capabilities to support and lead disaster recovery teams in implementing disaster recovery strategies based on best practices. 

Who Should Attend?

This training course is intended for:

• Professionals or consultants seeking to learn how to implement disaster recovery planning projects, conduct risk assessments and BIAs, and carry out disaster recovery testing and performance measurements  
• Managers responsible for establishing a disaster recovery plan in an organization
• Individuals responsible for maintaining the IT infrastructure in an organization
• Members of a disaster recovery team

Learning Objectives

By the end of the training course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the fundamental concepts of disaster recovery and its tiers
• Initiate the disaster recovery planning project based on best practices 
• Conduct a risk assessment and business impact analysis and design mitigation strategies
• Develop a disaster recovery plan and analyze the incident response plan, emergency plan, and crisis management plan
• Conduct disaster recovery testing and performance measurements

Educational Approach

• The training is based both on theoretical concepts and best practices for disaster recovery planning.
• The training course comprises practical exercises (some of which are based on a case study) and multiple-choice quizzes (some of which are based on scenarios).
• The structure of quizzes is similar to that of the certification exam.

Prerequisites 

The main requirement for participating in this training course is having a general knowledge of disaster recovery concepts and strategies.