Certified Disaster Recovery Manager

After understanding all the necessary concepts of Disaster Recovery processes, you can sit for the exam and apply for a “PECB Certified Disaster Recovery Manager” credential. By holding a PECB Disaster Recovery Manager Certificate, you will be able to demonstrate that you have the practical knowledge and professional capabilities to implement and manage Disaster Recovery processes in an organization.

 

Learning objectives

• Acknowledge the correlation between Disaster Recovery and other standards, regulatory frameworks, and IT areas

• Understand the concepts, approaches, methods, and techniques used for the implementation and effective management of a Disaster Recovery Plan

• Learn how to interpret the ICT Disaster Recovery strategies in the specific context of an organization

• Develop the expertise to support an organization to effectively plan, implement, manage, monitor, and maintain Disaster Recovery services based on best practices

 

Day 1
Introduction to Disaster Recovery and initiation of a DR Plan

• Course objectives and structure

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• Initiating a Disaster Recovery Plan

• Disaster Recovery planning

• Risk assessment

• Business Impact Analysis

• Protection and mitigation measures

Day 2 - 3
Risk Mitigation Strategies and Disaster Recovery Planning

• Risk mitigation strategy development

• Backup and recovery considerations

• Disaster Recovery plan development

• IT recovery plan

• Recovery facilities

Day 4 - 5
Disaster Recovery Outsourced services, Response and Activation, Training and Testing and Certification Exam

• Outsourced services

• Response and activation

• Training and education

• Testing

• Performance measurement

• Continual improvement

• Certification scheme

• Closing the training

 

 

Examination Duration: 2 hours

The exam covers the following competency domains:

• Domain 1 Fundamental principles and concepts of a Disaster Recovery Plan

• Domain 2 Disaster Recovery plan development

• Domain 3 Recovery facilities and outsourced services capability

• Domain 4 Testing and Maintenance of a disaster recovery plan