Training FAQs & Answers

What does the Lead Operational Resilience Manager exam cover?

The exam covers five domains: fundamental concepts of operational resilience; planning the management framework; establishing business, digital, and cyber resilience practices; third-party resilience and organizational culture; and testing and continual improvement. The 3-hour multiple-choice exam requires a 70% passing score.

What is the PECB Lead Operational Resilience Manager certification?

The PECB Certified Lead Operational Resilience Manager certification validates the ability to design, implement, and test an operational resilience management framework. The 4-day program covers critical service identification, impact tolerance setting, business impact analysis, risk assessment, and scenario-based resilience testing.

What is the difference between operational resilience and business continuity?

Business continuity focuses on maintaining or recovering operations after a disruption. Operational resilience is broader — it requires setting maximum impact tolerances for critical services and proving through testing that those tolerances can be maintained even during severe disruptions including cyber and third-party failures.

Who should attend the Lead Operational Resilience Manager course?

The course is designed for operational resilience managers formalizing service mapping and impact tolerance documentation, business continuity managers, risk managers building disruption risk documentation, and consultants designing resilience frameworks. Prior exposure to risk management, business continuity, or information security is expected.