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How to Develop a Successful Business Continuity Audit Program that Will Help Ensure Your Program is Compliant and Effective
- What should be included in a business continuity audit
- Setting controls
- Which regulations and standards apply to business continuity audits
- Examining evidence about the performance of activities
- Verifying measures to ensure continuity
- Evaluating quality vs. a general template
Overview of the webinar
Successful business continuity planning :
- Involves the entire organization
- Requires clear and consistent communication
- Encompasses how employees will communicate, where they will go and how they will keep doing their jobs
- Prepares the organization for disruptive events
Why is a Business Continuity Program Important?
- 61% of companies surveyed had to invoke their BCP
- 43% had to invoke it more than once
- Key Causes: Natural Disaster, Power Outage, IT Failure, Flood, Fire, Telecom Failure, Utility Outage, Pandemic
What were the top 3 lessons learned from invocation?
- There had not been enough training and awareness efforts across the company
- 48% Plans didn’t adequately address emergency communications
- 37% Key staff had not been included in testing; as a result, they did not know their roles and responsibilities in the plans
- 25% Cyberattacks
Who should attend?
- Auditors
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Continuity Team members
- Disaster Recovery professionals
Why should you attend?
ISO 22301 is a great standard to plan against and to audit against even if an organization does not plan on becoming ISO Certified. I will cover the lifecycle of auditing a Business Continuity Program, with specific emphasis on the following areas:
- Understand what’s involved in a full BCP Program (for those that are unfamiliar)
- Provide insights based upon field experience that can be applied to Internal Audit work and BCP program work
- Provide you with tools that you can bring back to your company to improve upon BCP programs
- Improve ability to audit BCP programs and provide targeted recommendations
Faculty - Dr.Michael C. Redmond
Dr. Michael C. Redmond is a globally recognized expert in Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance
With extensive experience advising board members, CISO’s, CEOs, and others for Private and Public Organization, , Dr. Redmond brings a wealth of knowledge and practical insights. She has been a lecturer, trainer, consultant and auditor for 20 years. She is a published author and her books are sold in over 35 countries, Mastering Business Continuity Management, Mastering Your Introduction to Cyber Security, Evolving Roles of Chief Information Security Officer’s and Chief Risk Officers, Mastering Your Work Life Balance. She has over 30 certifications including International Standards.