Business Continuity Management & IT Disaster Recovery
29th - 30th April 2026
Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai - U.A.E.
Meet Our Trainer
Dr. Lawrence Salvoni
Dr. Lawrence Salvoni is a successful Senior Consultant with several EU, UK and Middle East Training providers sharing his extensive 30 plus years’ experience in the preparation and exercising of Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Safety Management and Emergency Response plans and procedures. An experienced, dynamic and passionate speaker, Lawrence has delivered hundreds of motivational speeches, keynote addresses and presentations to most industry sectors, as well as to thousands of clients and stakeholders on BCM and safety related topics in the EU, Middle and Far East. Lawrence now advises public and private companies and governments on how to operate safely, plan for, and respond to disasters from whatever cause.
Learning Outcomes Key Topic
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand mission critical needs: identifying which processes and systems must be prioritized to keep the business running.
- Improve your incident response skills: learn how to establish and lead response teams, ensuring clear communication and coordinated action.
- Build Resilience: implementing Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS), strengthening organizational resilience against internal & external threats.
- Adherence to international standards: attendance will ensure preparedness to meet these obligations.
- Reputation Management: Quick recovery preserves customer trust and brand credibility, which are often more valuable than immediate financial gains.
- Gain a solid understanding: of BCM & IT DR “Best Practices & Principles”
- Design specific BCM: exercises to coordinate Crisis Management with DR
- Understand: How to maintain support & commitment: for the BCM programme
- Understand: all ten stages of the BCM Life Cycle using ISO22301
- Master: proven techniques to assess and reduce risk and impact
- Construct: and maintain effective BCM and DR plans
Reason To Attend This Training
Attendees will be equipped to safeguard operations, protect assets, and lead effectively during crises. Without this knowledge, organizations risk severe financial losses, reputational damage, and prolonged downtime when disruptions occur.
- Risk is inevitable: Cyberattacks, natural disasters, and system failures are no longer rare events; they are certainties in today’s business environment.
- Leadership responsibility: Managers are accountable for ensuring that teams remain productive and safe during disruptions. Training gives them the tools to make informed, timely decisions.
- Financial protection: A single incident can cost tens of thousands per hour in lost revenue. Managers trained in continuity and recovery can minimize these losses.
- Preparedness: Managers can anticipate risks and prepare mitigation strategies before disaster strikes.
- Confidence under pressure: Training provides frameworks and tested processes, reducing panic and uncertainty during crises.
- Sustainability: Ensures long term survival of the business by protecting people, processes, technology and reputation.
Course Details
Session 1: Introduction to the subject and explanation of ISO 22301
- - What are the key benefits of the Policy & Programme
- - Ensuring top management commitment, how to embed BCM into the fabric of the organisation
- - Defining the Scope of the BCM System
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Session 2: Identifying Critical Business Processes & Impact mitigation strategies
- - Business Impact Analysis (BIA) with examples and templates
- - Engaging all key stakeholders to map out potential disruptions and impact
- - Conduct a Risk Assessment, then design recovery strategies
- - Consider the implications of Cyber Hacking of Networks with case studies
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Session 3: Establishing the BCMS Framework
- - Identify the “Maximum Tolerable Downtime” of critical processes
- - Develop plans with Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs)
- - Consider the Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs)
- - Identify worst case scenarios and recovery strategies
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Session 4: Determine the associated Costs
- - Evaluating the potential costs of the strategies
- - Essential equipment back ups and recovery strategies
- - Case Study and workshop exercise
Session 1: Command & Control. Who should be on the team
- - Taking a BCM Crisis Management Overview
- - Who is on the Crisis Management Team (CMT)
- - Who is on the Emergency Response Team (ERT)
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Session 2: Implementing an Incident Command Framework
- - Emergency Centre Management
- - Involvement of External Agencies Mutual Aid
- - Reputation, Media and Public Relations Management – 20 point must do list
- - BCM PR Case Study and Exercise
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Session 3: IT Disaster Recovery Phase
- - Minimising Damage, re establishment of services
- - In a BCM incident do you adopt an Evacuation or a Shelter’ Policy
- - What are the Human Factors in BCM
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Session 4: Developing BCM Plans and keeping them alive
- - Maintaining, Administering, Auditing and Evaluating BCM Plans
- - How to validate your Plan. BCM exercise aims & objectives
- - Who should be on your exercise planning team
- - Test the whole system, implementation, evaluation, hot de brief and critique
- - Case Study and Exercise
Course Fees
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