CBCI 7.0 Certification Course

Build strong foundations. Gain recognised expertise.

Whether you are starting your career in business continuity and resilience or looking to strengthen your professional credentials, the CBCI Certification Course helps you build foundational knowledge to build your career and make a meaningful impact in your organization

Aligned to the latest Good Practice Guidelines (GPG 7.0), the course develops a strong foundation in business continuity good practice while helping you take the next step towards professional recognition and career growth.

Why choose CBCI?

The CBCI 7.0 Certification Course is more than a training programme. It's the first step on a professional journey that can support you throughout your career in business continuity and resilience.

By building strong foundations in good practice, you'll gain the knowledge and confidence needed to contribute effectively to organisational resilience. Achieving CBCI certification demonstrates your commitment to professional standards and gives you a recognised credential that employers and peers can trust.

Passing the CBCI Exam also marks the beginning of your BCI Membership journey. As a CBCI Member, you'll join a global community of professionals, access ongoing learning and development opportunities, and continue building your expertise as your career progresses.

Whether your goal is to develop new skills, strengthen your professional credibility, or advance towards higher global certification and membership levels such as AMBCI, MBCI and FBCI, CBCI provides the foundation for long-term professional growth.

Through CBCI, you will:

Build strong foundations in business continuity and resilience good practice.
Gain a globally recognised professional certification.
Demonstrate your knowledge, commitment and professionalism.
Join a global community of resilience professionals.
Access a pathway for continued professional development and career progression through BCI Membership.
Take the first step towards becoming a recognised leader in the profession.

Who is the course and certification for?

The CBCI Certification Course is designed for:

Professionals looking to build strong foundations in business continuity and resilience.
Practitioners seeking to complement practical experience with a globally recognised professional certification.
Individuals looking to develop their career, increase their professional credibility and gain recognised expertise.
Professionals whose role includes resilience, business continuity, crisis management, risk or related responsibilities.

Learning outcomes:

The CBCI 7.0 will take you through the six Professional Practices (PP) and provide you with detailed learning outcomes that you will be able to directly apply to your day-to-day job.

PP 1 - Establishing a business continuity management system

In this course module you will learn:

The activities needed to establish and maintain a business continuity management system.
Why and how to define the scope of a business continuity management system.
How to develop an effective business continuity policy and governance.

PP 2 - Embracing business continuity

In this course module you will learn:

The difference between embracing and embedding business continuity.
How to understand an organization’s culture and business continuity culture.
How to improve an organization’s business continuity culture through different approaches.
How to measure an organization’s business continuity culture.
The benefits and outcomes of embracing business continuity management and the importance of ongoing monitoring and maintenance activities.

PP 3 - Analysis

In this course module you will learn:

The use of primary techniques of analysis, business impact analysis, and risk assessment.
How to identify different types of business impact analysis and the activities that need to be undertaken to develop a business impact analysis.
How to determine the maximum tolerable period of disruption (MTPD) and recovery time objective (RTO).
About the product and service, the process, and the activity of business impact analysis.
The content, approval, and use of a consolidated business impact analysis.
Risk assessment in the context of the business continuity management system.

PP 4 - Solutions design

In this course module you will learn:

The purpose of business continuity solutions design and how recovery strategies and solutions are developed.
The strategies and solutions that can be used for different resources and RTO categories, and how unacceptable risks and single points of failure are mitigated.

PP 5 - Enabling solutions

In this course module you will learn:

How to implement a solution, and establish a response structure.
The factors affecting communications when responding to incidents and the relevant procedures to be applied.
How business continuity plans are developed and managed as well as the purpose and characteristics of strategic, tactical, and operational business continuity plans.

PP 6 - Validation

In this course module you will learn:

Why and how exercise programmes are developed as well as the different types of exercises.
How to develop, conduct, and evaluate an exercise.
How a business continuity management system should be maintained and reviewed.

Important Notice for Delegates

To be eligible to register for the Online CBCI Exam, you must complete the entire CBCI Certification Course - whether you choose the 6-week CBCI Online Course or the 3–5 day option delivered by one of our Licensed Training Partners. If you do not attend the full course, you will not be permitted to take the exam.

We would highly recommend the course: as business continuity professionals the experience shared by the tutor and other participants was enlightening and the GPG have definitely helped to better understand some steps of the methodology. The course has also given us many resources and examples to improve the way in which we explain the BIAs and plans to clients during a business continuity program implementation. James [McAlister] was fantastic. He has a great deal of experience in the sector and tremendous energy and sense of humour.

Marta Bellera

CBCI Student with BC Training, Institut Cerdà
Your training - it was engaging and informative, so well delivered. I really related to some of the examples you provided and that helped me a lot to put context to what we were discussing.

CBCI Student - The Continuity Shop
The training was very rewarding. I appreciated a lot. The instructor was knowledgeable on the subject matter, he provided clear examples and he asked questions to the participants which further enriched the training with the exchanges of experiences and best practices.

Zouhair Erraji - CBCI Student with BC Training

How is the course delivered?

BCI Licensed Training Partners

The BCI has a global network of Licensed Training Partners delivering the CBCI 7.0 Certification Course over 3-5 days, in-class or online. In this course, you will be joined by fellow professionals from a variety of backgrounds and organizations. All you need to do is select your prefered course date and book your place.

CBCI Online 6-week course

The CBCI Online is delivered over 6 weeks, with four hours of sessions each week. This course format provides flexibility for studying at a time that suits you. It is supported by recorded sessions and is a highly convenient course designed to work around your schedule, irrespective of whether you are new to business continuity or a seasoned professional.

How will the course be assessed?

To receive your CBCI Certification, post-nominals, and access to BCI Membership - you need to sit and pass the CBCI Exam.

The CBCI Exam consists of multiple-choice answers based on the based on the course content. The exam can be taken online at a convenient time for you. You simply need a stable internet connection and a webcam so the exam can be proctored.

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