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 DRI2027 in Arlington, Texas Feb. 21-24, 2027. 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.
A Bold New Resilience Reality: Themes From DRI2026 – Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“It is clear that supply chain resilience has become an intrinsic part of operational resilience; operational resilience has become increasingly dependent on better data and technology governance; and both are exposed to cyber and geopolitical shocks that now travel through entire business ecosystems rather than just a single organization.” DRI Director of Global Strategy and […] View More
Climate Change as a Business Continuity Risk: Why Resilience Professionals Need to Act Now – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“For senior management, climate change increasingly represents a strategic risk to value creation rather than a ‘mere’ corporate responsibility issue, as it has been historically. For business continuity and resilience practitioners, it presents a challenge to ensure that long-term, systemic threats are addressed within frameworks that have historically focused on discrete, time-bound incidents.” DRI Director […] View More
Resilience in an Age of Structural Uncertainty: A Look Ahead – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“For resilience professionals, the value of the [Predictions Report] lies in its capacity to prompt structured foresight. It highlights how interrelated risks – from geopolitical instability and supply chain fragility to cyber insecurity and climate volatility – are no longer isolated concerns but ones which cascade into each other.” DRI Director of Global Strategy and […] View More
Looking below the surface of the 2025 Risk and Resilience Trends Report – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“Overall, the 2025 global risk landscape was shaped by intertwined geopolitical, environmental, economic, and technological shocks. The central challenge in 2025 for governments and organizations alike lay in balancing immediate security and cost-of-living pressures with longer-term investment in climate adaptation, digital resilience, and social protection.” DRI Director of Global Strategy and Innovation Rachael Elliott examines […] View More
Business Continuity and Severe Weather: Lessons from Hurricane Melissa
“Despite the devastation, the loss of life was far lower than might have been expected for a storm of its magnitude. After two decades of storms, Jamaica made gradual improvements in emergency management, addressing interagency coordination and shelter logistics through policy reforms.” DRI Director of Global Strategy and Innovation Rachael Elliott looks at the strengths […] View More
‘Resilience and Digital Transformation: Lessons from Denmark’s PostNord Project’ – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“This shift represents more than administrative reform. It is a national-scale resilience experiment – bringing benefits of cost-effectiveness, immediate direct delivery, tracking of opening, and ease of response. It is also an environmentally sustainable solution. However, it will stress test how Danish government, businesses, and society can handle the disruption of a major infrastructure change.” […] View More
‘Business continuity and IT in resilience: improving collaboration’ – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“Business continuity professionals know how to ensure that their organization has the means to recover critical activities in the event of a crisis. Meanwhile, IT professionals know how to build an information security management system (ISMS) which will identify threats, address system vulnerabilities, and ensure correct action is taken in the event of an impactful […] View More
‘Chronic risks, business continuity, and resilience’: DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“With many professionals battling to get the required level of investment into business continuity programmes, how can they go a stage further and gain additional corporate support for longer-term, proactive resilience initiatives? The following strategies may help with this predicament.” In her latest article for Resilience Forward, DRI Director of Global Strategy and Innovation Rachael […] View More
‘The UK Government Resilience Action Plan: what’s in it for resilience professionals?’ DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“The Government’s UK COVID-19 Inquiry highlighted its own failings in its first module, published in July 2024. It highlighted inadequate planning, dated and inadaptable plans, little consideration of existing health and social inequalities, limited scientific and inadequate training provided to Government ministers, flawed risk assessments, outdated documentation, and lack of freedom and autonomy to express […] View More
