Primary Core Capability: Planning

The goal of this course is to help continuity practitioners understand continuity roles and responsibilities, and provide the knowledge sets, skills, and tools necessary to help develop and maintain a viable continuity plan for their organization and community.

The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.

For additional course information, including contact hours, please see the National Preparedness Catalog.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe National Continuity Policy, continuity guidance, directives, and background.

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of key personnel involved in developing and maintaining a continuity plan.

• Describe the essential function identification process.

• Describe how to conduct a Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA).

• Identify mitigation options to reduce an organization's risk and key planning elements to support those options.

• Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts and strategies for developing and maintaining a viable continuity plan

IS-1300: Fundamentals of Continuity

• Emergency Management