Lead Disaster Recovery Manager is both a training course and a certification. 

Candidates will be required to follow the training course in self-study mode or E-learning mode at their convenience, taking into account the 12 months timeframe for training and certification.  

Pre-recorded videos and materials will be made available to the candidate for further training. Candidates will also have access to an examination questionnaire to help them prepare for the exam. Candidates will be allowed two attempts at the exam, but these must be completed within the allotted time.

Disastrous events, which may be caused by natural, human, or technological hazards, significantly affect an organization’s ability to reach its objectives. In addition, the operations of many organizations are threatened due to a disaster after they cannot respond to or recover from the disaster adequately. That is why organizations should focus on developing capacities to prevent, anticipate, manage, and recover from disasters effectively through well-planned and tested disaster recovery plans (DRP). 

The PECB Certified Lead Disaster Recovery Manager training course provides an approach to managing a disaster recovery planning project and developing and implementing an information and communications technology (ICT) disaster recovery plan. It equips participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyze the incident response plan, emergency plan, and crisis management plan, and conduct disaster recovery testing and performance measurements. By attending this training course, you will be introduced to disaster recovery best practices and will learn how to conduct a risk assessment and business impact analysis (BIA) for disaster recovery. 

After attending the course, you are eligible to apply for sitting the exam. If you successfully pass the exam, you can apply for the “PECB Certified Lead Disaster Recovery Manager” credential. This credential will demonstrate your knowledge and professional capabilities to support and lead disaster recovery teams in implementing disaster recovery strategies based on best practices. 

Professionals or consultants seeking to learn how to implement disaster recovery planning projects, conduct risk assessments and BIAs, and carry out disaster recovery testing and performance measurements   

Managers responsible for establishing a disaster recovery plan in an organization 

Individuals responsible for maintaining the IT infrastructure in an organization 

Members of a disaster recovery team 

By the end of the training course, participants will be able to: 

Explain the fundamental concepts of disaster recovery and its tiers 

Initiate the disaster recovery planning project based on best practices  

Conduct a risk assessment and business impact analysis and design mitigation strategies. 

Develop a disaster recovery plan and analyze the incident response plan, emergency plan, and crisis management plan 

Conduct disaster recovery testing and performance measurements 

Day 1: Introduction to disaster recovery planning and risk assessment 

Day 2: Business impact analysis and development of the disaster recovery plan (DRP)  

Day 3: DRP subparts, recovery sites, and activation of the DRP 

Day 4: Disaster recovery testing, performance measurement, and continual improvement 

Day 5: Certification exam 

The “PECB Certified Lead Disaster Recovery Manager” exam meets all the requirements of the PECB Examination and Certification Program (ECP). It covers the following competency domains: 

Domain 1: Fundamental concepts of disaster recovery 

Domain 2: Planning disaster recovery 

Domain 3: Development and activation of the disaster recovery plan 

Domain 4: Selection of the disaster recovery site and competence development 

Domain 5: Disaster recovery testing and maintenance 

Certification and examination fees are included in the price of the training course. 

Training material containing over 450 pages of information and practical examples will be distributed to participants. 

An attestation of course completion worth 31 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credits will be issued to participants who have attended the training course. 

If candidates fail the exam for the first time, they are eligible to retake it for free within a 12-month period following the initial attempt.

The price online or face-to-face with an approved trainer is variable. Contact us for more details

The training is based both on theoretical concepts and best practices for disaster recovery planning. 

The training course comprises practical exercises (some of which are based on a case study) and multiple-choice quizzes (some of which are based on scenarios). 

The structure of quizzes is similar to that of the certification exam. 

The “Lead Disaster Recovery Manager” exam will be 100% online. 

Candidates will be asked to come to 1simple1's premises or take the exam in our accredited exam room, where they will be supervised in real time.