Business Continuity & Crisis Management Training Courses
6 courses
Business continuity planning (or business continuity and resiliency planning) is the process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats to an organisation. An organisation’s resistance to failure is “the ability … to withstand changes in its environment and still function”. Often called resilience, it is a capability that enables organisations to either endure environmental changes without having to permanently adapt, or the organisation is forced to evolve to a new way of working that better suits its new environmental conditions Crisis Management is a structured and systematic way of managing critical situations for which no planned solutions have been developed but still require strategic and operational response patterns that will optimally preserve the interests and assets of the organisation. Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It involves measures to prevent and mitigate the impacts of unauthorised access, use, disclosure, disruption, deletion, destruction, corruption, modification, inspection and the recording or devaluation of information assets.
ISO 22301 Foundation
This two day foundation course introduces the structure, intent, and practical application of a Business Continuity Management System aligned with ISO 22301:2019. Participants learn how continuity requirements fit into governance, risk, and operational control without treating BCMS as a standalone.
Lead Disaster Recovery Manager
This course prepares participants to initiate, develop, implement, test, and activate a disaster recovery plan (DRP) for ICT environments. Organizations face growing exposure to natural, human, and technological disruptions that legacy response plans fail to address, leaving recovery teams without tested procedures or clear accountability. Participants work through business impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery strategy design, and post-incident review across four intensive training days. Abilene Academy delivers this training through active consultants who bring operational DRP experience from real incident scenarios, not theoretical frameworks. It targets IT managers, ICT continuity professionals, risk consultants, and DR team members who own or contribute to recovery planning.
Lead Crisis Manager
This course prepares participants to plan, establish, maintain, review, and improve an organizational crisis management capability aligned with ISO 22361. Organizations across regulated industries face mounting pressure to demonstrate structured crisis governance: regulators, insurers, and boards now require documented anticipation, response, and recovery processes, not ad hoc reactions. Abilene's trainers are active crisis consultants who bring live case scenarios, not textbook abstractions, into every session. The course targets crisis leaders, senior managers, emergency response team members, and consultants who need both the conceptual framework and the operational tools to perform under pressure.
ISO 22301 Lead Implementer
This intensive 4-day training prepares participants to implement and manage a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) compliant with ISO 22301:2019. It covers planning, deployment, monitoring, updates, and continual improvement, with a focus on context analysis, business impact analysis, risk.
Lead Operational Resilience Manager
This course prepares participants to design, implement, test, and improve an operational resilience management framework. It addresses the growing pressure to maintain critical services through cyber incidents, supplier failures, technology outages, regulatory scrutiny, and physical disruptions. Participants learn how to identify critical business services, set impact tolerances, assess risk, and coordinate response and recovery decisions. Abilene Academy teaches through consultant-led case work, realistic evidence review, and exam-focused coaching built from field practice. It is designed for resilience leaders, risk managers, business continuity professionals, internal consultants, and managers responsible for disruption readiness.
ISO 22301 Lead Auditor
This advanced auditor training prepares experienced professionals to lead and execute audits of Business Continuity Management Systems aligned with ISO 22301:2019. The course focuses on real audit situations, decision making under pressure, and evidence based evaluation of business continuity capa.