Disaster Recovery Engineer

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to BCP and Disaster Recovery

Lecture 1: Introduction to BCP and Disaster Recovery

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Definitions

Lecture 4: The Nature of Disasters – Natural

Lecture 5: The Nature of Disasters – Man-Made

Lecture 6: Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

Lecture 7: Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)

Lecture 8: BCP vs. DRP

Lecture 9: Other Types of Plans

Lecture 10: Phases of Continuity Planning

Lecture 11: Four Phases of the BCP

Lecture 12: BCP Step 1: Project Scope and Planning

Lecture 13: BCP Step 2: Business Impact Assessment

Lecture 14: BCP Step 3: Continuity Planning

Lecture 15: BCP Step 4: Approval and Implementation

Lecture 16: Module 1 Review

Chapter 2: Project Scope and Planning

Lecture 1: Project Scope and Planning

Lecture 2: Project Initiation Phase

Lecture 3: Management Responsibility

Lecture 4: Executive Management

Lecture 5: Functional Management

Lecture 6: Stage 1 – Organizations Operations and Support Services

Lecture 7: Stage 2 – BCP Team Selection

Lecture 8: Stage 2 – Senior Management and BCP

Lecture 9: Stage 3 – Resource Requirements

Lecture 10: Stage 3 – Resource Requirements

Lecture 11: Stage 4 – Legal and Regulatory Requirements

Lecture 12: Stage 4 – Legal and Regulatory Requirements

Lecture 13: Other: Departmental Involvement

Lecture 14: Other: IT Departmental Issues

Lecture 15: Module 2 Review

Chapter 3: Business Impact Analysis

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Lecture 3: BIA Types

Lecture 4: BIA Task 1: Identify Priorities

Lecture 5: BIA Task 1: Identify Priorities

Lecture 6: BIA Task 1: Identify Priorities

Lecture 7: BIA Task 2: Risk Identification

Lecture 8: BIA Task 2: Risk Identification

Lecture 9: BIA Task 3: Likelihood Assessment and Impact Assessment

Lecture 10: BIA Task 3: Likelihood Assessment and Impact Assessment

Lecture 11: BIA Task 3: Likelihood Assessment and Impact Assessment

Lecture 12: BIA Task 4: Resource Prioritization

Lecture 13: BIA Task 5: BIA Reporting

Lecture 14: BIA Task 5: BIA Reporting

Lecture 15: BIA Task 5: Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

Lecture 16: BIA Task 5: Interdependencies

Lecture 17: Demo – BCP from NIST – SP 800-34

Lecture 18: Module 3 Review

Chapter 4: BCP Design and Development Phases

Lecture 1: BCP Design and Development Phases

Lecture 2: BCP Policy Draft Cycle

Lecture 3: Project Management

Lecture 4: BCP Step 3: Continuity Planning

Lecture 5: Continuity Planning Sub-Task 1: Strategy Development

Lecture 6: Continuity Planning Sub-Task 2: Provisions and Processes

Lecture 7: BCP and DRP Objectives

Lecture 8: BCP and DRP Objectives Contd…

Lecture 9: Demo – FFIEC BCP for Financial Institutions

Lecture 10: Module 4 Review

Chapter 5: BCP Plan Approval and Implementation

Lecture 1: BCP Plan Approval and Implementation

Lecture 2: BCP Step 4: BCP Plan Approval and Implementation

Lecture 3: BCP Step 4: BCP Plan Approval and Implementation Contd…

Lecture 4: Training and Education

Lecture 5: Benefits of Documenting the BCP

Lecture 6: BCP Documentation

Lecture 7: BCP Documentation Contd…

Lecture 8: BCP Documentation Contd…

Lecture 9: BCP Documentation Contd…

Lecture 10: Module 5 Review

Chapter 6: Testing and Validating the Plan

Lecture 1: Testing and Validating the Plan

Lecture 2: Testing the DRP

Lecture 3: Reasons to Test

Lecture 4: Documenting Test Process

Lecture 5: Test Types

Lecture 6: Test Types: Checklist

Lecture 7: Test Types: Structured Walk-Through

Lecture 8: Test Types: Simulation

Lecture 9: Test Types: Parallel

Lecture 10: Test Types: Full-Interruption

Lecture 11: Data Recovery Plan Maintenance

Lecture 12: Emergency Response

Lecture 13: BCP and DRP Maintenance

Lecture 14: Demo – Ready.gov Business Continuity Planning Suite

Lecture 15: Module 6 Review

Chapter 7: IT Recovery Strategies

Lecture 1: IT Recovery Strategies

Lecture 2: Operations: Recovery and Restoration

Lecture 3: Hardware Failure