Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course in Dubai, UAE
Classroom training in Dubai · next cohort Oct 26, 2026 · from USD 3,800
Power cuts, ransomware, floods, supplier failure and civil unrest rarely arrive with warning, and customers judge an organisation by how quickly it recovers. A continuity programme that exists only as a binder on a shelf will fail on the day it matters. This five-day workshop is built around practice: you will build, test and improve the working parts of a resilience programme.
The sessions follow the ISO 22301 lifecycle. You carry out a business impact analysis, set recovery time and recovery point objectives, assess threats and single points of failure, and choose continuity strategies for people, premises, technology and suppliers. You write business continuity plans, incident management and crisis communication procedures, and schedule tabletop and live exercises. A final day covers operational resilience, including critical services, impact tolerances and board reporting. It suits business continuity coordinators, operations and facilities managers, risk and compliance officers, ICT and disaster recovery leads, banking and insurance staff, and public sector managers responsible for service delivery. Classroom, online and in-house formats run with a CPD-accredited certificate. You return able to present a tested plan and a realistic exercise calendar to executive leadership.
At a Glance
Training in Dubai, UAE
Dubai is the Middle East's business and travel hub, with direct flights to most African capitals.
More about training in Dubai →- Format
- Classroom, in Dubai
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 3,800
- Next start dates
- Oct 26, 2026, Nov 23, 2026, Dec 21, 2026
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- Airport
- Dubai International (DXB)
- Time zone
- Gulf Standard Time (UTC+4)
- Currency
- UAE dirham (AED). Fees are listed in USD.
- Business districts
- DIFC, Downtown, Business Bay and Dubai Marina
About this course
Modern organisations depend on a thin chain of electricity, connectivity, suppliers, systems and skilled people, and the loss of any link can halt revenue within hours. Regulators in banking, insurance and public services increasingly ask institutions to show that they can keep critical services running through disruption, not just recover afterwards. Boards want evidence, which means plans that have been tested and results that are recorded.
The Applied Business Continuity and Operational Resilience programme moves participants step by step through building a working capability. It starts with governance and policy, then applies business impact analysis and risk assessment to identify the activities that matter most and the time within which they must be restored. Participants select recovery strategies, write plans for continuity, IT disaster recovery and crisis response, and design exercises that expose weaknesses before an incident does. The closing sessions extend the discipline to operational resilience, mapping critical services to the people, processes, technology and third parties behind them.
Everything is done in working sessions. Using a case organisation or their own, participants produce draft documents they can adapt, and take part in a facilitated simulation that tests their decisions under time pressure.
Training Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Establish a continuity policy, governance structure and scope aligned to ISO 22301.
- Conduct a business impact analysis and determine recovery time and recovery point objectives.
- Assess disruption threats, dependencies and single points of failure.
- Select continuity strategies for staff, premises, technology and suppliers.
- Develop business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis communication plans.
- Design, run and evaluate tabletop and functional exercises.
- Define critical services and impact tolerances for operational resilience.
- Report programme maturity and exercise outcomes to senior management.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
Participants take away:
- A completed business impact analysis template with prioritised activities.
- Draft continuity and incident response plans using a proven structure.
- A calendar of exercises with scenarios and success measures.
- A crisis communications checklist with holding statements.
- A map of critical services and their dependencies.
- A programme maturity self-assessment to guide the next twelve months.
Training Methodology
The programme treats continuity as a craft to be rehearsed, so each day centres on producing and testing something. Methods include:
- Case organisation used throughout to build each document in sequence
- Templates for BIA, recovery plans, action cards and exercise scripts
- A timed tabletop simulation with injects that change as decisions are made
- Group critique of sample plans to spot gaps
- Brief expert inputs tied to ISO 22301 requirements
Day 1: Foundations of Continuity and Resilience
- Business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management and resilience compared
- ISO 22301 and the programme lifecycle
- Policy, scope, roles and top management commitment
- Regulatory and stakeholder expectations of resilience
- Lessons from real outages and disasters
- Setting up a continuity programme in a case organisation
Day 2: Business Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment
- Planning and facilitating BIA workshops
- Maximum tolerable period of disruption, RTO and RPO
- Mapping resources, dependencies and key suppliers
- Threat and vulnerability assessment for continuity
- Identifying single points of failure
- Exercise: completing a BIA for three departments
Day 3: Strategies and Plan Development
- Strategy options for people, premises, technology, information and suppliers
- Alternate sites, remote working and mutual aid arrangements
- Business continuity plan structure and action cards
- IT disaster recovery and data backup considerations
- Supplier and outsourcing continuity requirements
- Writing a plan for a critical process
Day 4: Incident and Crisis Response
- Incident management structures and escalation triggers
- Crisis team roles, decision logs and command centres
- Crisis communications with staff, customers, regulators and media
- Awareness, training and competence of response teams
- Exercise types: walkthrough, tabletop, functional and full-scale
- Facilitated tabletop simulation of a major outage
Day 5: Operational Resilience and Continual Improvement
- Identifying critical or important services and their impact tolerances
- Mapping people, processes, technology and third parties to each service
- Scenario testing against severe but plausible events
- Metrics, audit and management review of the programme
- Corrective actions and lessons learned
- Programme roadmap and presentation to leadership
The course is relevant for people who build, maintain or depend on continuity arrangements, including:
- Business continuity and resilience coordinators
- Operations, facilities and service delivery managers
- Risk, compliance and internal audit officers
- ICT managers and disaster recovery leads
- Bank, insurance and SACCO operations staff
- Emergency preparedness officers in county and national government
- Supply chain and vendor management professionals
- Hospital, school and utility administrators
Attendance at the sessions and completion of the practical work earns each participant a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course Venues
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800Viewing
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,900
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course in Dubai
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course runs as classroom training in Dubai, UAE, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. The venue, daily timings and joining details are sent in your Joining Instructions email ahead of the start date.
The next Dubai cohort starts on October 26, 2026, and a new intake follows every four weeks. Pick a date under "Upcoming sessions in Dubai" above and click Register; your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course in Dubai is USD 3,800 per delegate, covering tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Dubai is the only classroom city for Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course in the UAE at the moment. You can also join a live online cohort from anywhere in the UAE, or book it in-house at your organisation's own premises.
Yes — Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course can be delivered at your offices in Dubai or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Message our training advisors to request a proposal.
By the end of the Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience programme, you'll be able to establish a continuity policy, governance structure and scope aligned to iso 22301, conduct a business impact analysis and determine recovery time and recovery point objectives, assess disruption threats, dependencies and single points of failure, and select continuity strategies for staff, premises, technology and suppliers. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is relevant for people who build, maintain or depend on continuity arrangements, including: Business continuity and resilience coordinators, Operations, facilities and service delivery managers, Risk, compliance and internal audit officers, ICT managers and disaster recovery leads, Bank, insurance and SACCO operations staff, Emergency preparedness officers in county and national government, Supply chain and vendor management professionals, and Hospital, school and utility administrators.
Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Applied Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
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