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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

This course will teach you the foundational knowledge in business continuity and disaster recovery operations including how to build redundancy and resilience into an organizational strategy.

Beginner
56m
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Created by Phil Chapman

Last Updated Aug 14, 2025

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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

This course will teach you the foundational knowledge in business continuity and disaster recovery operations including how to build redundancy and resilience into an organizational strategy.

Beginner
56m
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Created by Phil Chapman

Last Updated Aug 14, 2025

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It is essential that all organizations adopt and implement a business continuity and disaster recovery plan to mitigate the risk of cyber attacks and IT outages. In this course, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, you’ll learn the concepts and the differences between maintaining continuity of operations and when to instigate a recovery plan. First, you'll discover how to conduct an effective risk assessment and business impact analysis on IT systems. Next, you'll dive into how to calculate the metrics required by a business to restore operations as quickly as possible. Finally, you'll explore how to implement robust redundancy and resilience measures and conduct routine testing of systems and plans to ensure that continuity of business operations remains a priority. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll be equipped to build and maintain effective business continuity and disaster recovery strategies that keep your organization resilient in the face of disruption.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
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Phil Chapman - Pluralsight course - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Phil Chapman
16 courses 4.5 author rating 92 ratings

Phil Chapman is a senior instructor. He is responsible for the delivery of a range of courses including official Microsoft, CompTIA, EC Council and BCS official certifications. He is also the subject matter expert and project lead for the bespoke Law Enforcement Cyber Security training packages which are delivered to UK Law Enforcement agencies and forces.

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