Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor – ISO 22301 training

Introduction

This course is available to be delivered in a classroom and Live-Training model. Live Training brings you the dynamic environment of the classroom, to your desk. Using your computer, you interact with the trainer and the trainees as if you were with them in the classroom. On this course, the students will acquire the expertise to develop an audit program, lead audit teams and audit a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), established according to the requirements of the ISO 22301 International Standard.
Besides the fundamental concepts related with business continuity and a detailed overview clause-by-clause of the ISO 22301 standard and its requirements, the course leads the students through a step-by-step customized methodology to prepare and conduct internal and external audits in compliance with the ISO 22301 international standard. The BCMS audit program and its process covered on this course is supported by the ISO 19011, ISO/IEC 17021-1 and ISO/IEC 17021-6 standards, and other international recognized audit best practices.
The audit customized methodology helps the students to transform the learned knowledge and expertise into real-world practice. Applying this knowledge, the students will be able to draft and implement their own audit program, including the design of the required tools and techniques to support the audit program and perform their internal and external audit assignments.
Based on a real-world adapted case-study organization, and supported by several approaches, templates, and other tools, including discussions and practical exercises, the students will team-up with their peers during this course and will be challenged to demonstrate their Lead Auditor skills on the audit of the BCMS for this organization. This training methodology train and prepare students for successfully perform audits in conformity with the ISO 22301 standard in a real-world environment.

Training Methodology

This course is based on theorical, and practical sessions supported by a real-world adapted case-study.
The course includes hands-on practical and theorical exercises to:

• better prepare the students for the real-world challenges,
• to prepare and increase the likelihood of success on the certification exam, and
• train and prepare professionals for leading the BCMS audits and achieve/assess for ISO 22301 certification.

This course is available to be delivered in a Classroom and Live-Training model.
Live Training brings you the dynamic environment of the classroom, to your desk. Using your computer, you interact with the trainer and the trainees as if you were with them in the classroom.

Audience

This course is intended to:

• Business Continuity, Information Security, IT Consultants, or other IT/IS experts that need to perform Internal or External Audits
• Internal auditors participating or leading ISO 22301 audits
• External auditors hired by contract to perform internal audits or, requiring the needed knowledge to work with Organization Certification Bodies performing ISO 22301 certification audits
• Managers or head of audit departments wanting to complement their knowledge on how to establish an ISO 22301 audit compliant program
• Project managers leading or preparing to lead an ISO 22301 implementation program that need to understand the BCMS audit requirements and want to establish an ISO 22301 compliant audit program
• Any professional involved on the implementation or operation of an BCMS based on ISO 22301 wanting to better understand the audit process
• Anyone who wants to acquire the knowledge needed to audit an ISO 22301 BCMS

Prerequisites

Students should understand English as the course documentation is in this language. Please consult BEHAVIOUR to verify the availability of the course on other languages.

Duration (days)

5 days

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course students will be able to:

• Understand the fundamental business continuity concepts, and the main requirements and controls of ISO 22301
• Get to know and understand the correlation of the ISO 22300 family standards, including ISO 22301, ISO 22313, and related ISO and other best practices, legislation, and regulation
• Understand the ISO 22301 certification process
• Understand the fundamental audit concepts and principles based on the ISO 19011 standard
• Establish, implement, maintain, and improve an internal audit program compliant with the requirements of ISO 22301 and supported by the most recent ISO and related audit best practices
• Understand the requirements and know how to prepare and plan BCMS compliant ISO 22301 audits
• Understand the main roles, including the auditor role, competence requirements and the communication requirements to successfully perform an audit
• Conduct ISO 22301 internal and external audits, either first-party, second-party or third-party audits
• Draft and/or implement the required templates, tools, and techniques to support an audit program and an ISO 22301 audit
• Identify and record findings, including nonconformities to establish conclusions and draft the audit report
• Understand and implement the needed activities to complete an ISO 22301 audit, including ensuring the implementation of the required audit follow-up activities
• Use the audit process to support the organization on the continuous compliance with ISO 22301, and on the maintenance of the ISO 22301 certification

Program

1. Introduction to Business Continuity, the ISO 22301 standard and, related best practices
• Course introduction
• Business continuity standards, legislation, and regulation
• Advancing for ISO 22301 Certification
• Business continuity fundamentals
• Presentation and overview of the BCMS requirements (Part 1- Clauses 4 to 7)


2. BCMS and Audit concepts and principles
• Presentation and overview of the BCMS requirements (Part 2 - Clauses 8 to 10)
• Introduction to audit concepts and principles based on ISO 19011


3. Preparation, planning and initiating an audit; Conducting documentation and on-site audit activities
• Internal audit program
• Preparation and planning for BCMS audits
• Communicating during the audit
• Planning and initiating the audit
• Conducting the Stage 1 documentation audit
• Summarizing information and planning for the Stage 2 on-site audit
• Conducting the Stage 2 on-site audit


4. Conducting on-site audit activities and closing the audit
• Obtaining and verifying information: audit methods and audit tests
• Identifying and recording audit findings
• Preparing for audit conclusions
• Closing the audit; prepare and distribute the audit report
• Audit follow-up activities
• Maintaining the ISO 22301 certification
• Personnel certification and closing the training

Exam

The “Certified Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor” exam covers the following competence domains:

• Domain 1: Business Continuity fundamentals and ISO 22301 requirements
• Domain 2: Fundamental audit concepts and principles based on ISO 19011
• Domain 3: Establish and maintain an ISO 22301 internal audit program
• Domain 4: Prepare and plan ISO 22301 audit activities
• Domain 5: Conduct ISO 22301 audit activities
• Domain 6: Complete and close ISO 22301 audit activities

Language(s): English and Portuguese (please consult BEHAVIOUR for availability on additional languages).
Exam details: Two parts exam.
Duration: 1 hour (part 1); 3 hours (part 2).
Results: “Pass or Fail” quantitative score for part 1 and qualitative score for part 2. In the case of a failure, the result will be accompanied with the list of domains in which you had a mark lower than the passing grade. If the candidate fails either part of the exam, he is entitled to one free retake within a 1-year period from the initial exam date.
Passing score: 260/400 marks (part 1); and 700/1000 marks (part 2).
Exam type: Multiple-choice questions (part 1); Scenarios-based open questions (part 2).

Certification

After successfully completing the certification exam, participants may apply for one of the three available credentials for this personnel certification scheme, depending on their level of experience.

• Certified Business Continuity 22301 Associate Auditor: no previous experience required.
• Certified Business Continuity 22301 Auditor: 2 years of experience on business continuity and audits
• Certified Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor: 5 years of experience on business continuity and audits

A certificate will be issued to participants who successfully pass the exam and comply with all the other requirements related to the selected credential. Candidates also receive the digital badge of the certification achieved.
The “Certified Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor” personnel certification program is drafted and maintained according to the ISO/IEC 17024 standard.

Trainer

Our specialists are renowned consultants and auditors, with several years of experience in the areas of implementation, auditing and training in BS 25999 and ISO 22301, with particular focus on the family of standards ISO 22300, 27000, ISO 24762 (Disaster Recovery) and their associated standards.

General Information

• Training in English language.
• Online training material resources in English, with online access, and in accordance with the commercial conditions.
• Practical step-by-step auditing methodology
• Behaviour Digital Participation Certificate of 40 CPD/CPE credits.
• Online Certification Exam in Portuguese or English language. The exam can be taken up to 2 months from the start date of the course.
• If the candidate fails the exam, he is entitled to one free retake within a 2 month period from the date of the exam result.
• Certification Diploma and certification badge after successful examination and formal process registration. This process has no associated cost.

Benefits

• ISO 22301 is an auditable Business Continuity Management System (BCMS).


• ISO 22301 allows certification and international recognition of an organization; access to new markets and optimization of operations; and improves quality, increases productivity, competitive advantage, customer satisfaction and sales revenues.


• Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor course bases its pedagogical model in a certification program based on the ISO/IEC 17024 standard, which defines the requirements for certification of people, fulfilling the recommendations of ISO.


• Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor course geared towards to the audit of the standard, through a step-by-step audit process. Thus, throughout the course, in addition to the basic concepts of BCMS, are presented the steps needed to prepare and start the BCMS audit process and the management of audits through an audit program, which includes the selection of the approach, the audit methodology, selection and skills of the auditors, steps and approaches for evidence collection and drafting of findings, including nonconformities, among other activities needed to prepare the auditor to audit the BCMS of his organization or to participate and lead audits for an certification body, using the best practices of audit according the ISO 19011 and the requirements for certification bodies in ISO/IEC 17021-1.


• One of the strengths of the Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor course, in addition to inclusion of implementation methodology, is that it allows to prepare professionals for the audit of ISO 22301 certification and the registration in the certifying body. Addresses itself to this end, the recommendations of ISO 19011 and the ISO/IEC 17021-1 - requirements for certification bodies.


• Certification exam is monitored by an official Behaviour administrator.


• The Certified Business Continuity 22301 Lead Auditor certification exam is a two parts exam and is conducted at the end of the course, on the last day of training, which focuses on development questions and case studies allowing the certifying entity to measure, more effectively, the knowledge of the candidates.


• Upon success in the exam, the professional will achieve one of the Business Continuity 22301 certifications levels. In case of failure, professional may repeat the exam at no additional cost, within 1 year after the date of the 1st examination.


• Behaviour Pedagogical Model aims to provide a learning environment conducive to acquisition of competences, in accordance with objectives of each training program. Promoting interaction, participation and appreciation of experiences, we contribute to meaningful learning, certification and international recognition but, above all to the development of critical thinking and autonomy.


• Behaviour is an organization accredited by DGERT (Portuguese Government Entity). Behaviour has its Quality Management System (QMS) implemented in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001, the requirements of DGERT, the requirements of the European standard NP 4512 and the standard ISO 10015.

Dates and Price

Guaranteed Dates Program (*)

(*) All dates of this course are guaranteed only for the events that take place in Lisbon. In other locations the events are subject to a minimum number of participants.
On Behaviour all courses at Lisbon occur regardless of the number of trainees in room. The concept of setting up classes does not exist in our educational model, which is why all public dates, presented on the website, are guaranteed. So if you're in Portugal or anywhere else in the world, you can prepare your week and your trip, as long as you ensure your registration in the course.

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