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Business Continuity – Best Practices for Managing the Risks

8 Credits: Information Technology

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Business Continuity – Best Practices for Managing the Risks

Format
Webcast
Course Level
Intermediate
CPE Credits

8 Credits: Information Technology

Course Description

Are you and your team members prepared for a business disruption? Natural disasters, technology glitches, human failures, sabotage, and terrorism threaten businesses of all sizes today. In this course, you will learn how to develop and implement a business continuity plan (BCP) to help manage the risks associated with business interruptions. In addition, you will learn how to address critical issues related to staffing, how virtualization can speed recovery times, and how Cloud-based storage, synchronization, and mirrored databases can help ensure that you always have access to your critical data and applications. Most importantly, you will learn to identify your organization’s significant risks and create an effective plan to address these contingencies.

Today’s technology-dependent organizations must have a plan for operating when facilities, power, communications, or technology fail or become compromised. Unfortunately, many companies only learn about critical infrastructure weaknesses after experiencing an outage. Participate in this course and learn how to identify, understand, and develop strategies for mitigating risks of business interruption.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Define the goals and activities involved in the creation of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP), and contrast a BCP with a data backup strategy
  • Identify and assess critical risks to a company’s operations
  • Classify identified risks into four timeframes for creating disaster recovery plans
  • Define three different types of data backups and explain the vital differences in how to create and store each so it can achieve its desired purpose
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Course Specifics

Course ID
WC1224387088
Revision Date
June 11, 2024
Prerequisites

Basic understanding of organizational business processes and technology terminology

Advanced Preparation

None

Compliance Information

NASBA Provider Number: 103220

CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.

Meet The Experts

Brian F. Tankersley Headshot

Brian F. Tankersley, CPA, CITP, CGMA, is a consultant who advises firms and companies on accounting technology issues. Brian has made presentations in 46 of the 50 U.S. states, served as a guest speaker for many professional accounting organizations across Canada, and publishes a nationally recognized blog on accounting and technology. He has over 20 years of professional experience, including accounting, auditing, technology, and education. Cygnus Business Media recognized Brian F. Tankersley as one of the “Top 25 Thought Leaders in Public Accounting Technology” for 2011–2014. He also received the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award from the Tennessee Society of CPAs …