Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer

Become a Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer and master the skills necessary to ensure business continuity and resilience against cyber threats and natural disasters, perfect for IT professionals and security experts seeking to enhance their organization's recovery capabilities.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Design comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

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Implement industry best practices in disaster response and recovery.

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Analyze risks and develop strategies to mitigate business impact.

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Understand the certification standards and prepare for the C)DRE exam.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 4 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • IS Security Officers
  • IS Managers
  • Risk Managers
  • DR & BCP Engineers

Description

When a business is hit by a natural disaster, cyber crime or any other disruptive tragedy, how should the organization react? What if the network infrastructure is taken down? Will the business be able to continue operations? How much will it cost if the business is down during repairs?The answer is found in the vendor neutral Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer certification course. Disaster recovery and business continuity planning is the process of having a professional work with a business to prepare processes, policies and procedures to follow in the event of a disruption. The goal is to keep a business’ critical operations running,  which today relies heavily on its IT infrastructure. The comprehensive Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer course goes beyond traditional BCP training -preparing students for industry certification in Business Continuity planning, and presenting the latest methodologies and best practices  for real-world systems recovery. Students will receive a solid foundation of instruction that will enable them to create meaningful business continuity plans. This course offers up-to-date information that has been developed by leading risk management professionals.   Mile2 Accreditations:  Accredited by the NSA CNSS 4011-4016

  1. Is approved and has been placed on Homeland Security's National Initiative for Cyber Security Careers and Studies (NICCS) training providers and maps to the National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
  2. Preferred cyber certification for the FBI

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Upcoming Course Dates

July 21-24, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - US/Eastern

Enroll

$3000

October 6-9, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - US/Eastern

Enroll

$3000

Course Outline

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Module 1 - Welcome to Disaster Recovery Training

  1. Introduction to Business Continuity Planning

  2. What is a Disaster?

  3. What is a Critical Business Function?

  4. Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

  5. Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)

  6. Emergency Response

  7. BC/DR Trends

  8. Purpose of BC/DR Program

  9. Challenges to Effective BCP

  10. BC/DR Program Life Cycle Summary

Module 2 – Business Impact Analysis

  1. BCP Planning Model

  2. What is a BIA?

  3. BIA Scope, Goal, and Objectives

  4. Maximum Tolerable Downtime

  5. Recovery Time Objective

  6. BIA Process

  7. BIA Tools

  8. Kick off Meeting

  9. BIA Report Presentation to Senior Management

Module 3 - Risk Analysis

  1. BCP Planning Model

  2. Risk Examples

  3. Risk Analysis Terminology

  4. Risk Analysis Activities

  5. Exposure Inventory

  6. ALE Annualized Loss Expectancy

  7. Risk Assessment Report

Module 4 - Design & Development Phase (BCP Strategies)

  1. BCP Strategies Summary

  2. BCP Design

  3. Emergency Response & Operations

  4. Alternate Recovery Site

  5. Continuity Strategy - Insurance

Module 5 - IT Recovery Strategies

  1. IT Recovery Strategy Process

  2. Examples of IT Recovery

  3. Data Archiving Systems

  4. Alternate Recovery Sites

Module 6 - Implementation Phase

  1. Implementation of BCP

  2. Determine Cost Estimates

  3. Management Approval and Funding

  4. Awareness & Training

Module 7 - Testing and Exercise

  1. Testing & Exercise Phase

  2. Testing & Drills

  3. Testing Post-Mortem

Module 8 - Maintenance and Updating

  1. Maintenance Policies and Procedures

  2. Maintenance & Schedule Budgets

  3. Plan Distribution & Security

Module 9 - Pandemics

  1. What is a Pandemic?

  2. Develop a Disaster Plan

  3. Pandemics – Work from Home

Module 10 – Case Studies and Templates

  1. Hospital Case Study

  2. Pharmacy Case Study

  3. BIA Worksheet

  4. BCP Master Document

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