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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.
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 is a two-part process; verification of knowledge and confirmation of experience.
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.
Learn more about how to unlock your DRI digital badge and display your DRI certification to enhance your online professional profile today.
Maintaining your DRI International certification carries two requirements; an annual maintenance fee as well as Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAP).
Be a part of the premier business continuity conference. Join us at DRI2024 in New Orleans, Mar. 3-6, 2024. Registration is now open!
Register NowWe 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 at these upcoming events.
Through committees and other initiatives, we publish research and insights about the profession. Explore our library and other resources.
DRI International webinars cover vital resilience issues, engaging and informing professionals in the field. See what's coming up next and view previously broadcast presentations here.
Learn how to hire the right business continuity professionals that will enable your organization to withstand any crisis and come through even stronger with the DRI Hiring Guide. Download now.
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.
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.
We offer a mix of in-person and online, instructor-led courses. Search courses for more information.
See a summary of all our training options one page. All courses are currently available online.
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.
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 is a two-part process; verification of knowledge and confirmation of experience.
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.
Learn more about how to unlock your DRI digital badge and display your DRI certification to enhance your online professional profile today.
Maintaining your DRI International certification carries two requirements; an annual maintenance fee as well as Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAP).
Be a part of the premier business continuity conference. Join us at DRI2024 in New Orleans, Mar. 3-6, 2024. Registration is now open!
Register NowWe 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.
Through committees and other initiatives, we publish research and insights about the profession. Explore our library and other resources.
DRI International webinars cover vital resilience issues, engaging and informing professionals in the field. See what's coming up next and view previously broadcast presentations here.
Learn how to hire the right business continuity professionals that will enable your organization to withstand any crisis and come through even stronger with the DRI Hiring Guide. Download now.
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.
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.
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DRI Leadership Perspectives: Japanese Resilience and Preparation in Advance of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
By Chloe Demrovsky, President & CEO, DRI International
From floods in western Japan brought on by unusually torrential rain to earthquakes in both Osaka and Hokkaido to a record-setting heat wave, Japan has been hit by multiple natural disasters in 2018. This is not unusual, but climate change is making it worse. In their position on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Japanese people are already all too accustomed to facing the destruction that nature can wreak.
The nation has long worked to build a culture of preparedness and response. I was able to participate in this national conversation on resilience last month. It was an honor to be invited to present as the keynote speaker at the Risk Taisaku conference where I opened the conversation with 700+ risk managers and other experts in the field. The event was hosted by Shinken Press, which publishes Japan’s premier risk management magazine. It has been seven years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and business continuity has since become established in many Japanese organizations. While progress has been made, the maturity level varies dramatically by sector and there is much to be done particularly in healthcare. To what extent were lessons learned after the events of 3/11 and how should priorities be set moving forward?
Given the abundance of natural hazards, it is unsurprising that the national conversation being had by experts is largely focused on physical disasters. This is in direct contrast to what we at DRI most often hear about these days, namely cyber resilience and technology failure. The conference organizers encouraged me to help broaden the discussion by focusing on the importance of diversity in building a culture of resilience. There are so many questions to answer when it comes to the diversity of challenges we face. What are the top issues that worry resilience professionals and is Japan preparing for them? Do some sectors have an edge over other sectors in understanding and managing risk? How can resilience professionals best support the technology teams when a crisis occurs? Should international terrorism and supply chain failures be priority resilience issues? And what about pandemics? Tokyo is preparing for the 2020 Olympic games now and it is essential that Japanese companies that may be affected also begin their preparations. What can be drawn from the global perspective to prepare for the games?
Last year, DRI’s top three overall resilience issues were the business consequences of major IT failures, cyber-attacks, and adequate investment in information security. From this year’s survey of DRI Certified Professionals, the same three issues top our rankings again. There is now a stronger correlation between the probability of one of these factors occurring to an individual enterprise and the perceived business impact. Organizations now accept that technology interruptions are possible — even probable — and, they are a major threat to overall business viability in addition to broader concerns such as risk of another financial melt-down, reputational damage via social media, and flooding/extreme weather that Japan knows all too well. Rapidly gaining attention is the risk of compliance failure with respect to data protection and privacy legislation.
With so many risks at play, diverse teams can help organizations to broaden their perspective and see unforeseen challenges on the horizon. That is why I also emphasized the need to analyze and increase the presence of women in the profession as we are doing with our Women in Business Continuity Management Initiative. This focus is in line with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “womenomics” plan to bring more Japanese women into the workforce. There is surely room for them in the growing field of business continuity.
Just as essential as a diverse team is a diversity of skill sets. A variety of skills and experience will help all professionals to suitably prepare for tomorrow’s careers in business continuity. In DRI’s glossary, we define resilience as “the adaptive capacity of an organization in a complex and changing environment”. That’s why we spend time advocating to audiences like these who are charged with helping organizations foster this ability. It is our responsibility to identify and build the skills resilience professionals need to thrive in this world of complexity and change.
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