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. Join us at DRI2025 in Las Vegas, Feb. 2-5, 2025. 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.
2021 Prediction: How Will COVID-19 Change Business?
The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 6th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2021 and its impact on the resilience community. Click here to download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction on how Covid-19 will change business.
Prediction: Permanent changes to business models will result from the response to Covid-19
In addition to the likely increase in home working, positive changes that have been discovered as part of the pandemic response will be incorporated into normal business activities. New business models for the post-pandemic era will emerge with flexible organizations and imaginative people transforming customer management and production/delivery operations. Inflexible organizations will be weakened or disappear, with considerable number of permanent job losses. Small businesses will suffer initially as the larger firms they support cut back or relocate. However, the management of small firms tends to be innovative and capable of seeing and taking new opportunities, so many will regroup and adjust to the new normality.
Medium-sized businesses might be most impacted in the long-term as multi-nationals have the resources to survive and small firms have the flexibility to adjust. The risk of supply chain interruptions and the need to introduce more resilience has been recognized, and many firms have changed their dependency on one supplier or one region. A portion of business will be transferred to local suppliers, but globalization will remain largely unchanged after a short readjustment. If globalization is slowed up, this will be due more to geopolitical realignments than the pandemic.
Some companies have reduced their range of products during the pandemic crisis and found they can maintain the majority of their sales volume with significantly lower costs. This will continue for a period as an attempt to restore financial viability, but customer demand will force ranges to widen again.
The pandemic has been a large-scale experiment in remote working, which may weaken the personal relationship that people build with their colleagues. It also reinforces information bubbles as people are more limited in their social interactions, receive less feedback and alternative perspectives, and do not learn from situational observation. Many people will struggle with this and will seek more traditional office-based employment.
Join us for the free online Resilience Excellence Summit Mar. 1-3 to continue the conversation. DRI Future Vision Committee Chair Lyndon Bird will be on hand with a panel on Mar. 2 discussing the findings of these reports and the shape of the coming year.
