CSIT 375 - Principles of Business Continuity

3 Credits

In this course, the student will explore the subject of business continuity management. From basic principles, to best practices, the student will develop an understanding of the processes and procedures required to maintain a functioning organization, while the organization is in the midst of a crisis, or disaster recovery situation. The student will also gain an overview of contingency operations, with a summary of incident response and disaster recovery. At the conclusion of the course,  the  student  should  have  a  fundamental  understanding  of  business  continuity  plan development,  threat identification and countermeasures, the coordination and execution of contingency processes, the differences between different types of plan exercises, the importance of consistent exercises, and business continuity plan maintenance.