Becoming A Competent Business Continuity Management Auditor [BCM-8030]

A BCM-ready business is highly regarded and prized as a supplier, largely because this company is deemed a reliable and sustainable partner for both the short and long haul. Becoming BCM-ready is a process businesses providing essential services to others cannot ignore, whether required as part of legal obligations stipulated in the request for proposal (RFP)/ tender, or it is part of the corporate culture and ethos of the supplying organisation.

Course Overview

BCM Institute’s BCM-8030 internal audit course provides the audit framework that enables companies to develop and enhance their audit capabilities so as to meet its business requirement. This is primarily achieved through the equipping of internal auditors and Organization BCM Coordinators with the requisite skills, tools and knowledge to plan, control and eventually lead BCM-related audits by the requirements of ISO 22301 Standard.

Objectives

The 3½‎ day course would cover the following topics, which the participants should be able to master by the following: 

• Have an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals for Business Continuity Management with alignment to ISO22301.
• Learn the principles and practices of internal audit for a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS).
• Walkthrough the entire audit process of people, policies and processes from managing an audit program, controlling audit activities to reporting on audit results.
• Able to interpret and understand the framework and audit requirement of the ISO 22301 BCM standard.
• Understand the function and purpose of ISO 22301, the BCM values and standards required of the company and its executives.
• Review the leadership and management commitment for the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS).
• Translate the requirements of ISO 22301 into a program for auditing BCM within the company.
• Understand the Element of BC Programme or BCM planning methodology with the ISO 22301, their risks and controls.
• Highlight the principles and practices for performing an internal audit of the BCM program and/or BCM System.
• Equip skill, knowledge and tools to plan, control and manage internal audits.
• Report results to the company’s BCM Steering Committee and/or Executive Management about the compliance to practices, or any shortfall.

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