Training Overview
See a summary of all our training options one page. All courses are currently available online.
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.
Digital Badge Program
Learn more about how to unlock your DRI digital badge and display your DRI certification to enhance your online professional profile today.
Maintain Certification
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. Save the date for DRI2026 in Jacksonville, Florida , Feb. 22-25, 2026. Check back for more information.
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.
Webinars
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.
Hiring Guide
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.
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.
DRI’s Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report: Key Risks by Sector
The DRI International Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report provides a global perspective and comprehensive trends analysis of how resilience professionals view their industry and the external factors that are shaping it. Each sector has its own major risks and industry concerns – what tops your sector’s list?
The DRI Future Vision Committee analyzed probability and impact responses for each of the following sectors (those with the most significant response rate):
The top five issues per region were identified for both probability and impact. There were 11 issues that appeared in at least one PROBABILITY Top 5.
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Impact
Result Highlights
There was reasonable agreement across sectors about the most likely disruptive events. These were technology interruptions (accidental or deliberate), severe data breaches, and extreme natural disasters. The only real differences were predictable. A global financial crash scored highly in the financial services sector, pandemics in healthcare and government, and serious supply chain disruption in healthcare.
Although there was general acceptance of the high impact caused by IT disruptions, data breaches, and extreme natural disasters, there was a much wider range of issues considered very important in specific sectors. The highest impact in financial services
was loss of license by regulator, and this finished second in healthcare. In non-regulated sectors this was of little or no concern. In healthcare, the top impact was a serious supply chain disruption, whereas this scored quite low in all of the other sectors. CBRN attack was ranked in second position in government/public sector but did not feature very highly in any other sector.
Additional Resources
You can download the complete Fourth Annual Risk and Resilience Trends Report from the DRI Resource Library (log in with your free DRI account).
Hear more about this report – as well as predictions for 2019 – at the Future Vision Committee session at DRI2019 in Las Vegas Feb. 17-20.
As a globally recognized certification organization, DRI provides education and credentials for resilience professionals in many sectors, including:
Click here for our 2019 course list, or call 866-542-3744.
Our webinar series covers many of the major issues featured in the report. Recent presentations include:
