Latest EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional (EDRP) v3 certification launched
Firebrand Training
26 May, 2017
EC-Council today announced the launch of the latest version of the EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional (EDRP) certification, designed to build the critical skills your organisation needs to continue running following a disaster.
Earlier today, EC-Council COO, Sean Lim, announced the launch of the EDRP v3 certification. During a live presentation, Sean outlined exciting updates to the EDRP which resulted in a complete overhaul of the credential, bringing it right up to date.Why you need disaster recovery skills
The need for disaster recovery skills within your organisation is critical to the continued functioning of your business following a disaster. Organisations lacking a disaster recovery and business continuity plan risk significant financial losses, reputational damage and complete business failure in severe circumstances.
The threat is very real. Statistics from FEMA - a US Department of Defence organisation - report almost 75% of organisations without a business continuity plan fail within 3 years of a disaster. Of these businesses, between 40-60% never reopened their doors immediately following the disaster.
Disaster recovery is a growing industry
Unfortunately for you, disaster events are on the rise. In fact, the disaster recover industry is expected to grow to almost seven times its current size - from $1.6 billion in 2016 to $11.1 billion by 2021. This come as no surprise considering that more than half of companies (54%) have reported a downtime event that lasted more than 8 hours in the past five years (State of Disaster Recovery 2016 – Zetta).
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| State of Disaster Recovery 2016 Infographic - Zetta |
Two thirds of these organisations went on to report that they would lose upwards of $20,000/day for every day of downtime. Consider the revenue your business generates per day and imagine how losing your website and phone systems could impact that. This is an increasingly likely scenario - 34% of organisations reported downtime caused by a malware attack.
Despite these shocking statistics, 2 in 5 companies still do not have a documented disaster recovery plan, and only 40% of these organisations test them once a year.
Can your business afford not to be prepared?
How the EDRP certification protects you
The EDRP course focuses on developing the skills you need to prevent - and recover from - disasters affecting an enterprise scale organisation. These skills could mean the difference between business recovery and business ruin.
This purpose-built course will teach you to identify vulnerabilities and construct the countermeasures required to prevent and mitigate failure risks within your organisation.
You’ll develop a foundation in core disaster recovery principles, including preparation of a disaster recovery (DR) plan, risk assessment, policy and procedures development and implementation of the DR plan to recover from disaster – should the worst happen.
EDRP v3 has been completely redesigned to align to the latest job task analysis and market research with key additions including:
- New curriculum focused on business continuity and disaster recovery
- Meeting regulatory compliance for standards including ISO 31000, ISO 22301, ISO 22313, NFPA 1600 and many more along the NICE Framework
- Cloud-based virtual labs to simulate business continuity / disaster recover techniques in real time
- Bridging the gap between business continuity and disaster recovery
- Updated exams to validate both knowledge and practical skills across business continuity and disaster recovery
The course syllabus covers:
- An introduction to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Business Continuity Management
- Risk Assessment
- Business Impact Analysis
- Business Continuity Plan
Developing the skills to:
- Design a business continuity management framework
- Create a risk assessment report
- Create a business impact analysis report
- Create a business continuity strategy