Training Overview
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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. Join us at DRI2024 in New Orleans, Mar. 3-6, 2024. 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
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Valentine’s Day Supply Chain In Peril as Candy Conversation Hearts Nowhere to be Found
It’s a supply crisis that could only happen for Valentine’s Day – could the holiday even survive without those candy conversation hearts?
Those ubiquitous candy hearts – the ones with time-tested romantic lines like “Be Mine” and “Luv U” – were produced by Necco (AKA the New England Candy Company), which closed its factory doors last year. The result: without anyone to fill the gap – even Spangler Candy Company, which had recently purchased the Necco Wafers and Sweethearts brands – there has been a massive Sweetheart Shortage this year.
With most distributors having sold out of their remaining supplies, many retailers have been reduced to selling leftover product from the year before (don’t worry, these things have quite the shelf life).
But if you’re desperate to have your innermost proclamations of love stamped on a tiny heart-shaped candy, rival company Brach’s has stepped into the breach. Though their hearts are thinner and softer, and the slogans laser-sketched rather than stamped, they’re out there, and they promise hipper phrases like “Adorbz,” “Text me,” and “TTYL.”
For the Necco purists, Kirk Vashaw, Spangler’s chief executive, had released a statement that the company looked forward to announcing that it would bring Sweethearts back in time for Valentine’s Day 2020. But that was back in September, which does beg the question: How long does it take to produce tiny candy hearts for the one time of the year people buy them?
