Classroom cohorts in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town · live online · in-house anywhere in South Africa
Power failures, cyber incidents, supplier collapse, floods and civil disruption rarely arrive one at a time, and organisations that rehearsed only a single scenario discover the gaps when it matters. Five days equip experienced continuity and risk professionals to build resilience that survives complex, overlapping disruption. Participants conduct business impact analysis, set recovery time and recovery point objectives, map critical services and dependencies, and test third-party and supply chain exposure. Sessions align programme design to ISO 22301, covering policy, governance, metrics and management review, and link continuity with enterprise risk, crisis communication, ICT recovery and impact tolerance thinking used in operational resilience.
The second half is practical: designing recovery strategies, writing playbooks, running tabletop and live exercises, and learning from incidents. The programme is intended for business continuity managers, risk and compliance heads, operations directors, ICT and security managers, and facilities and emergency planners in banks, utilities, government agencies, NGOs and large enterprises. It is offered in classroom, online and in-house formats with a CPD-accredited certificate. Afterwards you can defend a continuity strategy to an executive committee and prove that it works.
Resilience is no longer a back-office concern. Boards, regulators and customers expect critical services to continue through disruption, or to be restored within tolerances that were agreed in advance. Basic continuity plans that sit in a binder are not enough when disruption is digital, interconnected and fast moving.
This advanced programme assumes participants already know the vocabulary and want to raise the standard of their continuity management system. It begins by moving from plan-centred thinking to service-centred resilience, using critical services, impact tolerances and dependency mapping. Participants then deepen business impact analysis and risk assessment, evaluate strategic options for people, premises, technology and suppliers, and examine how a mature system is governed, resourced and audited against ISO 22301. Later sessions address crisis leadership, decision logging, stakeholder messaging and the specific demands of ICT disaster recovery and cyber incident response.
The final part of the course is devoted to exercising and improvement. Participants design a scenario, run it under pressure, record findings and convert them into a corrective action plan that management can track.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave with working tools and a plan of action:
The sessions treat participants as peers and concentrate on the harder judgements in resilience work. They include:
Because the content is advanced, it is aimed at practitioners with prior exposure to continuity or risk work, such as:
On completing the programme and its practical simulations, each delegate receives a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. This recognises attendance and active participation in the exercises, and it does not constitute a certification in ISO 22301.
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South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500KenyaMachakosNext 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$1,900TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500Scroll sideways to see all 18 cities →
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Advanced Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course runs as classroom training in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town, South Africa, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. You can also join a live online cohort from anywhere in South Africa, or book it in-house at your organisation's own premises.
The next classroom cohort in South Africa starts on October 26, 2026 in Cape Town, and a new intake follows every four weeks in each city. Pick a city and date in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Classroom fees for Advanced Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course in South Africa run from USD 3,200 per delegate in Pretoria to USD 3,800. The fee covers tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes — Advanced Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course can be delivered at your offices anywhere in South Africa, or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
Yes. Advanced Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course also runs as live online training: the same curriculum as the classroom programme, taught by a trainer in real time, so you can join from anywhere in South Africa without travelling. Choose "Virtual Live" in the schedule panel above to see the online dates and fee.
By the end of the Advanced Business Continuity & Operational Resilience programme, you'll be able to map critical services, their dependencies and impact tolerances across an organisation, conduct a rigorous business impact analysis and set justified recovery objectives, assess disruption risk, including supplier, cyber and concentration risk, and evaluate and select continuity strategies for people, sites, technology and suppliers. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
Because the content is advanced, it is aimed at practitioners with prior exposure to continuity or risk work, such as: Business continuity and resilience managers, Enterprise risk and compliance heads, Operations and service delivery directors, ICT, disaster recovery and information security managers, Emergency, facilities and safety planners, Internal auditors reviewing resilience arrangements, Procurement and vendor managers responsible for critical suppliers, and Executives sponsoring a continuity programme in banks, utilities, government and NGOs.
Advanced 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 Advanced 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.
Advanced Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course is pitched at advanced 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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