Group Training
The leader in business continuity education and certification across many industries, DRI International offers team training designed to fit the needs of every organization, from private corporations to the public sector and everywhere in-between.
Higher Education
DRI International offers colleges and universities the opportunity to familiarize their students with information on business continuity professions and certifications recognized by private and public sector organizations around the world.
Certification Overview
Certification is a two-part process; verification of knowledge and confirmation of experience.
Value of Certification
A DRI International certification is the most widely recognized and respected business continuity certification in the world. DRI only certifies professionals that have demonstrated both knowledge and experience in the business continuity and/or disaster recovery profession.
Maintain Certification
Maintaining your DRI International certification carries two requirements; an annual maintenance fee as well as Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAP).
Meet DRI
We speak at numerous industry events around the globe and engage with our community in a variety of ways. Find out where you can meet DRI.
Thought Leadership
Through committees and other initiatives, we publish research and insights about the profession. Explore our library and other resources.
What is Business Continuity Management (BCM)?
BCM is a holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations those threats, if realized, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organizational resilience.
DRI in the News
We reach out and engage as many audiences as possible using broad media coverage to provide a forum for discussion. We serve as a trusted resource to other professions and the general public.
Corporate Hack Roundup: Panera Bread, Boeing, and More
A slew of cybersecurity news have made the rounds in the past week, illuminating just how vulnerable companies — and consequently, their customers — are to online threats. Some of the most notable cases:
Panera Bread: A security flaw in the restaurant chain’s website left millions of customers’ information exposed, including username, first and last name, email address, phone number, birthday, last four digits of saved credit card number, home address, and more. Even worse, when the company was alerted to the danger, it accused the security researcher of trying to scam them, and sat on the problem for eight months!
Boeing: The aerospace giant was hit by WannaCry, the malware that continues to rear its ugly head. Though it potentially targeted manufacturing and assembly lines, a company spokesperson said “Our cybersecurity operations center detected a limited intrusion of malware that affected a small number of systems.”
Under Armour: About 150 million users of the nutrition app MyFitnessPal suffered a data breach. The good news: The intrusion only exposed usernames, email addresses, and passwords, indicating that systems were segmented enough to protect major information like birthdays, location information, or credit card numbers. But they also admitted that some passwords were protected by a function called SHA-1, which has had known flaws for a decade.
Saks 5th Avenue/Lord and Taylor: The high-end retailers suffered a data breach that my have compromised 5 million customers’ credit cards and information. The company had to admit the hack after a group JokerStash or Fin7 claimed it was putting up for sale up to 5 million stolen credit and debit cards on the dark web; about 125,000 records were immediately released for sale.
