Master DR planning, BIA, RTO/RPO, ransomware recovery, and cloud-based resilience with real-world scenarios and tools.
In today’s always-on, data-driven world, even a few minutes of downtime can cripple a business. Whether it’s a cyberattack, natural disaster, system failure, or global pandemic—your ability to recover fast and lead under pressure isn’t optional. It’s essential.
What you’ll learn
- Understand and implement key disaster recovery concepts including RTO, RPO, and BIA across real-world business scenarios..
- Design, document, and test a full disaster recovery strategy tailored to on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments..
- Navigate complex compliance standards like ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, HIPAA, and GDPR, integrating them into a DR plan..
- Confidently lead DR testing, team coordination, and post-incident recovery efforts—including responses to ransomware and critical infrastructure threats..
Course Content
- Introduction to Disaster Recovery (DR) –> 5 lectures • 17min.
- Risk Assessment and Business Impact Analysis –> 5 lectures • 14min.
- Strategy Development and Planning –> 5 lectures • 18min.
- DR Infrastructure & Tools –> 5 lectures • 17min.
- Policy, Compliance, and Documentation –> 5 lectures • 18min.
- DR Testing and Maintenance –> 5 lectures • 16min.
- Advanced DR Scenarios and Case Studies –> 5 lectures • 16min.
- Finalization and Certification –> 5 lectures • 13min.
Requirements
In today’s always-on, data-driven world, even a few minutes of downtime can cripple a business. Whether it’s a cyberattack, natural disaster, system failure, or global pandemic—your ability to recover fast and lead under pressure isn’t optional. It’s essential.
This Certified Disaster Recovery course is the most comprehensive, real-world DR training program available. Designed for IT professionals, compliance officers, and future-focused leaders, this course equips you with everything you need to build, test, and lead a complete disaster recovery strategy—regardless of your industry or infrastructure.
We start with the fundamentals: risk identification, business impact analysis, and defining your recovery time (RTO) and point (RPO) objectives. You’ll explore the full range of DR strategy types—including hot, warm, and cold sites—and compare on-premise, cloud-based, and hybrid solutions.
From there, we go deeper. You’ll learn how to:
- Design and document a full disaster recovery plan from scratch
- Set up and test backup, replication, and failover strategies
- Navigate complex compliance frameworks like ISO 22301, NIST 800-34, HIPAA, and GDPR
- Respond to cyberattacks like ransomware with a clear, tested recovery playbook
- Prepare for industry-specific DR needs in finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure
- Build a disaster recovery team, write runbooks, and train staff
- Present your DR plan to leadership with confidence and clarity
Each lesson is built for visual learners, delivered through high-quality videos with modern, low-polygon 3D scenes that make complex topics simple and engaging. You’ll also complete a capstone project that challenges you to apply your learning by building your own full-scale DR plan.
Whether you’re preparing for certification, improving your organization’s recovery posture, or stepping into a DR leadership role—this course gives you the confidence, knowledge, and toolkit to lead recovery efforts under real-world conditions.
There are no prerequisites. If you understand the basics of IT systems and are ready to protect your business or clients from disruption, this course is for you.