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.
DRI Leadership Perspectives: Resilience in the Philippines at the BCMAP Summit
By Kelsey Rose
DRI Director of Global Operations
Most of us will remember Haiyan-Yolanda, the typhoon that devastated the Philippines in 2013. Following Typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda, the DRI Foundation partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help rebuild the lives and livelihoods of those affected. Since then, the people and organizations of the Philippines have been working tirelessly to ensure that the Philippines is more resilient in the face of future disasters, the occurrence of which is unfortunately certain for this nation in the Pacific Ring of Fire. DRI has been proud to partner with the Business Continuity Management Association of the Philippines (BCMAP) through DRI Philippines and other initiatives to contribute to this critical cause.
Earlier this month, I had the honor of traveling to Manila, Philippines to deliver the key note address for BCMAP’s first annual Business Continuity Summit. My presentation was titled “Global Trends in Business Continuity” and discussed the findings of DRI’s Future Vision Committee, as well as the resources we provide to help professionals act on those trends. I was extremely impressed by the ideas and conversations shared by attendees as well as reports of resilience initiatives around the country.
As fate would have it, the day of the summit coincided with a National earthquake drill. A first for me, a native of the northeastern United States where earthquakes mostly exist in news reports, I was eager to witness and participate in an exercise being carried out by organizations in all parts of the country.
The following day, summit invitees were invited to tour the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation’s (PDRF) Emergency Operations Center in Clark about three hours outside of Manila. PDFR, a private sector organization tasked with promoting disaster management, impressively brings together businesses around the country to prepare for disaster. Their new EOC facilities feature classrooms, a research center, an impressive command center and more. It is a striking and encouraging example of ways that corporations can work together to not only protect themselves from the effects of disasters, but also educate and empower SMEs and the community to do the same.
The summit activities concluded this week with a Business Continuity course offered by DRI Philippines. While the Philippines faces unique challenges as a country prone to earthquakes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions and other events, efforts from organizations such as BCMAP and PDRF prove that they are on the path to greater resilience.
