Cybersecurity and ITBusiness Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Continuity plans are commonly written for a fire and then tested against a spreadsheet, which is why so many fail on their first real use during a ransomware event or a prolonged power failure. This course covers building plans that hold. Delegates work through business impact analysis and the recovery objectives it produces, threat scenarios relevant to African operations including power, connectivity and civil disruption, and strategy selection against those objectives. Technical recovery is covered: backup design, immutability, restoration testing and the recovery sequence. Crisis management, communication and decision authority follow. The course closes on exercising a plan realistically and on maintaining it as the organisation changes.
Course objectives
- Run a business impact analysis and derive recovery objectives
- Assess scenarios including power, connectivity and civil disruption
- Select continuity strategies that meet the stated objectives
- Design backups for immutability and prove restoration by testing
- Sequence a technical recovery across dependent systems
- Run crisis management, communication and decision authority
- Exercise a plan realistically and maintain it as things change
Who should attend
- Business continuity and resilience managers
- IT managers and infrastructure staff
- Risk and compliance professionals
- Operations managers owning critical processes
- Executives with crisis decision authority
Course outline
- 01Written for a fire, tested on a spreadsheet
- 02Business impact analysis and recovery objectives
- 03Scenarios relevant to African operations
- 04Strategy selection
- 05Backup design and immutability
- 06Restoration testing and recovery sequencing
- 07Crisis management and communication
- 08Exercising and maintaining the plan
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 to 13 November 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | |
| 30 November to 2 December 2026 | Mbabane, Eswatini | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | |
| 11 to 13 January 2027 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | |
| 20 to 22 January 2027 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate |
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
From R6,500