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AUTOMATA: YOUR AUTOMATIC CHOICE!
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) CONTINUITY
Summary
Organisations of all sizes and sectors are increasingly at risk of disruption from terrorism, floods, pandemics, power failures, security incidents, technological disruptions and data disasters. Business Continuity methods have been developed as an innovative response to such threats and many others, including minor day-day incidents, impacting business life, that may have a serious cumulative effect. ICT Continuity is the ICT component of Business Continuity Management Programmes. Regardless of your previous experience of ICT Continuity, our exclusive, two day course will be your ideal choice if you wish to gain a clear and thorough understanding of this new discipline from a Business Continuity Management perspective. If you are already are involved in ICT Continuity it will provide a perfect opportunity to "benchmark" yourself against relevant standards.
Please note: Prior to BS 25777, aspects of ICT Continuity were often referred to as "IT Disaster Recovery".
Venue
This exclusive course is held at Whittlebury Hall in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside. The centre features a swimming pool, spa, sauna, gym and jogging trails. Each bedroom is designed to be a home from home for you to work, network and relax.
Objectives
To ensure you and other delegates gain the skills, knowledge and expertise to lead, make a major contribution to or audit the ICT Continuity component of a Business Continuity Management programme within an organisation of any size or sector.
Content
Through an enjoyable combination of case studies, group work and presentations this interactive course we will cover ICT Continuity as it relates to the Good Practice Guide & Standards of the Business Continuity Institute and other relevant business continuity standards. We will particularly focus on the special role of Business Impact Analysis in prioritising application recovery, cost effectively aligning resilience within ICT infrastructures to “the business” and ICT Continuity plan creation, testing and exercising.
We will also explore other key topics with you and other delegates, as they relate to the course objectives, including BS 25777 “Code of Practice for ICT Continuity Management”, virtualisation, BS 25999 "Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management, ITIL,
pandemics.
NB: To thoroughly review the BS 25777 in extra depth, delegates we would strongly recommend that you stay on for a 3rd day and take Automata’s BS 25777 EXTRA! course.
Who should attend?
This course will be especially valuable if your role is involved with ICT Continuity Management or a closely related ICT discipline such as Disaster Recovery, ICT Architecture, ICT Capacity Planning, Systems Administration, ICT Availability, ICT Network Management, ICT Security etc.
Lecturer Practitioners:
Either Garry Poole or Jim Burtles will lead you through this highly informative course. Both Garry and Jim are Fellows of the BCI, were founder members of the Institute and work with major organisations across the globe. Garry was a UK Business Continuity Manager of the Year (Corporate Insurance & Risk Magazine) and subsequently global BCM director of a major telecommunications company. Both served served as elected BCI directors for six years assisting with its growth across the globe.
FREE unique benefits that you will gain from the course:
- memory stick with course materials
- binder with course materials and useful information
- advice regarding professional memberships, eg BCI
- toolkit with questionnaires, plan templates etc
- post course Help Desk to assist with enquiries
Training Fee:
The training fee is amazing value @ £870 + VAT. This includes a superb three course lunch on both days plus hot and cold snacks and refreshments
Accommodation
Accommodation and meals may be booked at our superb conference centre for before, during and after the course to suit your convenience. This should be done through Automata at the same time as you make your course booking. Fees are as follows:
£95 + VAT for Bed & Breakfast per night
£25 + VAT for a superb three course evening meal.
NB: We would recommend booking the course evening meal on the first night of the training as it will be a marvellous opportunity to socialise with other delegates!
Complimentary airport taxi service
To assist with your journey we will be delighted to provide you with a complimentary taxi service to/from London, Birmingham and East Midlands airports.
We can come to you!
We will be pleased to discuss bringing this course to you or you delivering it under licence.
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