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Professional Certification & Development
Professional Certification & Development Links
Business Continuity InstituteThe Business Continuity Institute (BCI) provides recognition and professional qualifications for business continuity practitioners. Represented in 14 countries, membership brings significant benefits to professionals world-wide, providing recognition, networking, education and knowledge.
Professional PrideResource Center for Emergency Communications through books, videos, simulation training equipment, consulting, training manuals & supplies, mediation, dispute resolution, workshops, keynote speakers, etc.
Community Development/Emergency ManagementSouthern Cross University (Australia) offers distance education programs delivered via the Internet. Our Postgraduate Diploma and Masters courses are aimed at those people involved in Emergency Management and/or Humanitarian fields who have an interest in developing their community development knowledge and practice base.
Disaster Recovery Institute InternationalDRI International was founded in 1988 to provide a base of common knowledge in contingency planning, a rapidly growing industry. DRII also administers the industry's premier global certification program for qualified business continuity / disaster recovery planners. The Professional Practices for Business Continuity Planners, our common base of knowledge, serves as the industry's best practices standard. Training courses to educate and inform business continuity / disaster recovery planne...
DRI International - Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Education & CertificationThe purpose of DRI International (formerly the Disaster Recovery Institute) is to create a base of common knowledge for the disaster recovery/business continuity planning field through education, assistance, and the development of a resource base; to certify qualified individuals in the discipline; and to promote the credibility and professionalism of certified professionals. The DRI has developed a Common Body of Knowledge which outlines the experience required by professionals in the field.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)FEMA Emergency Management Insatitute, Higher Education Project: A Comprehensive List of Colleges, Universities and Institutions Offering Emergency Management Courses
ICORICOR is an international non-profit education and credentialing organization that provides professional development, certification, thought-leadership, and the latest in research and industry trends. The focus of our professional development and credentialing programs is Business Continuity Management, Crisis Management & Communications, Data Center Management & Emergency Management.
NAIT Emergency Management Diploma ProgramThis diploma program from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology - delivered online - will equip tomorrow's emergency management personnel with the skills to address key areas of emergency management, from mitigation and planning to response and recovery.
Postgraduate training program in emergency management and public healthGeorge Washington University (GWU) recently announced a postgraduate training program in emergency management and public health for beginning and mid-career professionals interested in combining emergency services, disaster relief, and the rapid assessment of public health concerns and services.
University of Missouri Extension Certificate program in Emergency ManagementThis certificate program will provide students with advanced education and applied skills in all aspects of emergency management.
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster ResponseIncident Command Systems (ICS) for Health Care (EM 140) During an emergency, an Incident Command System (ICS) assists in the command, control and coordination of all efforts aimed at protecting life, preserving property, supporting the emergency response and stabilizing the operations of a health care site. This course offers an introduction to ICS for health care workers and is designed to: * Describe the ways an ICS can provide a consistent approach to command and control during an emergency or disaster * Consider the composition of an effective ICS before an actual incident occurs * Provide an overview of roles and responsibilities for ICS members * Review Unified Command, needed when incidents involve not only health care facilities, but other response organizations both private and governmental.
BCM AcademyBCM Academy is the European Knowledge Institute for Business Continuity & Crisis Management. Educational Services offers a full range of education, training and courses in the domain of Business Continuity and Crisis Management. All courses take place in an inspirational environment; without an abundance of information, but rather a carefully balanced offer of theory and practical execution.
Boston University Metropolitan CollegeBoston University offers two distinct programs in an e-Learning format — the Master of Science in Business Continuity and Emergency Management (MSBCEM) and a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Organizational Continuity (EMOC).
BS7799-ISO17799 Security StandardsA point of reference in BS7799 / ISO 17799, an internationally recognized standard in this field
CNNMoney.com7 trendy new jobs (April 21, 2006) By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer "From keeping BlackBerrys in shape to settling minor divorce disputes, some interesting new positions have sprung up in recent years." Business continuity director
COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, and INSTITUTIONS Offering Emergency Management CoursesA compliation of educational programs by The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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| #1 | Service Level Agreement and SLA Guide - Directory of service level agreement template, guidebook, training, and audit resources. | |
| #2 | Business continuity metrics: How much can you afford to lose? - When developing a disaster recovery plan, companies need to evaluate how fast they can get their businesses running again and how much data they can afford to lose. Bob Cramer, CEO of LiveVault Corp., offers tips on key metrics companies should use to make these decisions. | |
| #3 | Saint Lucia Disaster Response Plan - Saint Lucia Disaster Response Plan | |
| #4 | A Design Language for Emergency Operations Center Facilities - "Most EOC layouts can be described in terms of a few basic models, each of which has unique implications for the organizational dynamics it supports. These basic layouts are combined and hybridized to yield almost all real-world EOC floorplans." | |
| #5 | University of Miami Disaster Recovery Plan for Computer Servuces - | |
| #6 | IBM's Web Service Level Agreements (WSLA) Project - The Web Service Level Agreement (WSLA) project, developed by IBM, addresses service level management issues within a Web services environment. Issues addressed include SLA specification, creation and monitoring. The project provides: Explicit specifications of servlce level agreements that can be monitored by the service provider, customer and even by a third-party; Ease of SLA creation using template-based authoring tools; and, Distributed monitoring framework for deployment in a single site or across multiple sites by translating SLA data in configuration information for the individual service provider components and third party services to perform the measurement and supervision activities. The WSLA creation and monitoring framework complements various other projects addressing issues on proactive management of a service environment, e.g., provisioning resources, workload management, etc., according to the agreed upon service levels specified via WSLA. | |
