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CBCP is Great, But Did You Know About DRI's Other Certifications?
DRI International is best known for the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) designation. But did you know that we also offer business continuity certifications that focus on public sector, healthcare, audit, advanced BCP, and more?
Master
The MBCP (Master Business Continuity Professional) is DRI International's highest level of certification and is reserved for individuals with significant demonstrated knowledge and skill in the business continuity/disaster recovery industry. The certification is tailored to individuals with at least five years of industry experience and demands a high level of industry commitment, as well as additional and continual enhancement of your knowledge and skill level.
Audit
Become a Certified Business Continuity Auditor (CBCA) or a Certified Business Continuity Lead Auditor (CBCLA) with the skills and knowledge you need to dissect and evaluate business continuity programs for audit. This skill set is invaluable for aspiring auditors, industry consultants, and business continuity professionals who'd like to ensure that their programs can hold up under the audit microscope. And the training is delivered in an exciting learn-by-doing, hands-on format that is as unique as it is effective.
Healthcare
The Certified Healthcare Provider Continuity Professional (CHPCP) designation, designed to meet the specific and unique needs of professionals in the healthcare field -- the people who are responsible for continuity in organizations with a uniquely compelling human need for the finest, most robust business continuity programs. The CHPCP certification will set apart qualified individuals by verifying their knowledge of key concepts and practices in continuity.
Public Sector
The Certified Public Sector Continuity Professional (CPSCP)* designation designed to meet the specific and unique needs of professionals in federal, state, and local public sector organizations, agencies, and groups. The CPSCP certification will set apart qualified individuals by verifying your knowledge of key concepts and practices in continuity and resiliency and prepare you to protect mission essential functions.
For more information, visit drii.org or call (866)542-3744.
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Greetings!
In our house, vanilla is not a flavor. Vanilla is simply, and sadly, the absence of chocolate. So, on Monday when we went to Dairy Queen in search of cool and delicious dessert delights, we were thinking chocolate. My son wanted an Oreo milkshake with chocolate ice cream (hold the whipped cream, but don't forget the cherry). My daughter and I favor Blizzards - hers chocolate with Snickers, mine chocolate with Heath. Imagine our surprise (and horror!) when we were told, "Sorry, but we don't have chocolate. Our machine is down." What???!!!! Dairy Queen unable to soft serve half of its flavors (and the only one that counts)! Home we went, as vanilla simply will not do.
We went back again last night. And hold onto your hats, business continuity professionals, the chocolate machine was still down!!!! Have they not heard of RTOs? Where's the plan? And most importantly, where's the chocolate ice cream???!!! Well, chocolate ice cream was procured at the local Giant supermarket. Ben and Jerry came through, with the spectacular bonus of a new flavor called Chocolate Therapy (fellow chocoholics, check it out!). And it's a good thing I had cash on me because when I went to swipe my card, guess what? The machine was down! Really?
So, this morning as I sat on my deck, enjoying the relative cool, I was hoping these outages were not a trend. Hoping that when I go to get gas at the only full-serve station in town, that it's still functioning (I'm from New Jersey; I do not pump gas). And as I cast my eyes skyward to say a little gas pump prayer, I caught my breath as I caught site of Limerick Nuclear Power Plant (my son thinks it's a cloud factory). Okay, DQ, Giant, even Sunoco, I'll give you a break and bear with a few bumps in the road every now and then. But that cloud factory, well, that's a different story.
Buffy Rojas
DRI International Director of Communications
brojas@drii.org
(610) 792-4802
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DRI2013 Call for Presentations! | 
This is just a heads up to let you know that in next week's Drive we'll be opening the DRI2013 Call for Presentations. I've gotten quite a few inquiries, and I know all of you like to be prepared. So, put your thinking caps on, call me if you want to bounce around ideas, and get ready to submit your idea for DRI2013, to be held June 4-7 in Philadelphia. If you just can't wait to send in your session topic, send away (brojas@drii.org). I'm super excited to read them! |
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Save A Life! Watch This and Share!
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When I saw this, I clicked on it skeptically, wondering how much a quick video snippet could really teach me about helping someone who just had a heart attack. My inclination would be to call 911 and first do no harm by not messing around with stuff I don't understand. But this video, from the Heart Rescue Project, is a quick walk through of exactly what to do and left me feeling prepared to do it. Confession, I didn't even know what an AED was until I watched it. So, watch it yourself now and then find a way to have absolutely everyone in your organization, your family, and your circle of friends watch it too. You may just save a life. |
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Epidemic Travel Plans: Nothing to Sneeze At
|  Snakes on a Plane sounded scary enough (and no, I didn't see it or Contagion). But what's really frightening is a computer model developed by MIT researchers that predicts which airports will have starring roles in the spread of the next epidemic. New York's JFK is first, followed by Los Angeles International Airport, and then Honolulu International Airport in third place.
MIT geoscientist Ruben Juanes told NPR "that by refining this type of model, one can make real-time forecasts of geographic spreading for specific outbreaks based on realistic air traffic, travel patterns, and individual-mobility behavior." For the complete article, and accompanying video and graphics, click here. |
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Are You Prepared for a PR Disaster? |  Politics aside, the Chik-Fil-A public relations nightmare has got to have you thinking about a PR disaster. Are you ready? How would you handle it if your organization suddenly became the focal point of a controversy - especially a highly emotional and personal one? This week's one-question survey comes from a reader who wants to know how prepared his BCP peers are to respond to PR disasters. Click here to take the survey and check back next week for the results. |
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Did You Pass the Test?
|  Last week's one-question survey asked about testing, asking respondents to rank the effectiveness of tests and exercises on a scale of one to 10. So, how effective are your tests and exercises? Only 7 percent of you gave yourselves a 10. And the lowest rank was two percent with a two. For complete results and comments from survey takers, please visit our LinkedIn. |
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