EDRP: EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional – eLearning

Develop practical skills in business continuity and disaster recovery and learn how to help organisations prepare for, respond to and recover from major disruptions. The EDRP programme covers the full continuity and recovery lifecycle, from risk assessment and business impact analysis to continuity planning, disaster recovery, backup, testing and continual improvement.

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The EDRP course provides a structured approach to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR). You will learn how to identify critical business functions, assess risks and dependencies, establish recovery objectives and develop plans that help organisations maintain essential operations during disruptive events.

The course covers both business and IT perspectives, including crisis management, disaster recovery planning, data backup and restoration, cloud recovery and plan activation. You will also explore how AI, automation and analytics can support risk analysis, early warning, recovery prioritisation and operational resilience.

The training combines theoretical knowledge with case based exercises and practical labs covering areas such as risk assessment, Business Impact Analysis, backup, system recovery and disaster recovery scenarios.

What will you get out of the course?

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the difference between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
  • Understand organisational resilience and continuity planning
  • Apply relevant BC/DR standards, regulations and best practices
  • Conduct Business Impact Analysis
  • Identify critical business functions, dependencies and recovery priorities
  • Perform risk assessments and evaluate threats, vulnerabilities and impacts
  • Establish recovery objectives such as RTO, RPO and MTD
  • Develop and maintain Business Continuity Plans
  • Develop Disaster Recovery Plans for IT systems, applications and data
  • Design crisis management and communication strategies
  • Evaluate cloud, hybrid and automated recovery approaches
  • Develop backup and restoration strategies
  • Activate and coordinate BC/DR plans during disruptive events
  • Test and improve continuity and recovery plans
  • Use AI, automation and analytics to support operational resilience

Who is this course for?

The course is suitable for:

  • IT professionals working with Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery or system administration
  • IT Risk Managers and consultants
  • Business Continuity consultants
  • Disaster Recovery consultants
  • Professionals who want to establish a career within IT Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
  • CISOs and IT Directors

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites stated for this course.

Experience within IT operations, cybersecurity, risk management, continuity planning or disaster recovery is an advantage.

Course content

The course consists of ten modules:

  • Module 1: Foundations of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
  • Module 2: Business Continuity Management
  • Module 3: Risk Assessment
  • Module 4: Business Impact Analysis
  • Module 5: Business Continuity Plan
  • Module 6: Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Module 7: Data Backup and System Recovery
  • Module 8: Disaster Recovery Plan Development
  • Module 9: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan Activation
  • Module 10: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan Activation Test, Training and Exercise

Throughout the course, you will work with topics including organisational resilience, ISO 22301, threat modelling, recovery objectives, crisis communication, cloud recovery, Disaster Recovery as a Service, backup technologies, ransomware recovery, automated recovery, testing and continual improvement.