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.
What Does the Twitter Chaos Mean for Disaster Response?
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has drawn a lot of attention to the inner workings of the social media network. But for resilience professionals, the bigger concern is the potential disruption of a valuable tool for communicating during a disaster.
In an emergency, Twitter can be a vital tool to get messaging out to a large population on evacuation routes, available shelters, and other important information – especially if the disaster in question has taken out electricity and with it, other communications hubs like local TV. Its ease of use and capacity for regular and constant updating are also platform benefits for emergency managers who, during a crisis, don’t have a lot of extra time on their hands. It also gives them crowdsourcing capabilities from others on the ground in real time.
Key to this, as Scientific American points out, is Twitter’s Blue Check system that verifies that the information is coming from a trusted source. But the recent move to monetize the system to anyone with $8 has led to a series of fake and parody accounts – including one for the National Weather Service that tweeted out “[Not gonna lie] the weather machine is real. it’s in Norman, OK” that was even promoted by the platform’s algorithm.
Twitter attempted to counter this problem by adding a second “Official” checkmark, before halting the feature, and rolling it out again later, but unevenly distributed across various emergency and media accounts. Along with the mass layoffs that are leaving critical Twitter departments understaffed and raising security concerns, the end result is a sudden lack of trust from users unsure if they’re getting the right information.
If that results in people quitting the platform, emergency managers will have lost a vital communications tool.
