Select indicators that show whether alternative recovery centres is improving, and reject those that only look useful.
Managing Alternative Recovery Centres and Backup Infrastructure
A working programme in alternative recovery centres for managers who have to deliver with existing resources.
Course Overview
Insider risk in alternative recovery centres is uncomfortable to discuss and expensive to ignore. The value of preparation for this strand of corporate security practice is only visible on the day it is needed. Participants finish able to explain this part of corporate security practice to a non-specialist audience without losing precision. Buying a tool rarely fixes alternative recovery centres; the underlying capability has to be built internally first. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from this aspect of corporate security practice, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. Benchmarking exercises repeatedly place this area of corporate security practice among the areas with the widest performance spread. It suits anyone whose decisions touch alternative recovery centres, in large organisations and small ones alike. Participants leave with a method for the practice within corporate security practice, not a set of opinions about it. Participants leave with a plan for the corporate security practice discipline sized to what their organisation can realistically absorb.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Handle the trade-offs in alternative recovery centres between speed, cost and assurance explicitly rather than implicitly.
Build the reporting on alternative recovery centres that senior management can act on.
Build the security operating procedures governing alternative recovery centres.
Balance security requirements in alternative recovery centres against operational practicality.
Coordinate with civil defence, police and external authorities on alternative recovery centres.
Anticipate the objections that alternative recovery centres will attract internally and answer them in advance.
Who Should Attend
Risk managers assessing exposure from alternative recovery centres.
Control room and monitoring staff operating alternative recovery centres.
Consultants and advisers supporting clients on alternative recovery centres.
Human resources staff handling vetting and insider risk in alternative recovery centres.
Security managers and officers responsible for alternative recovery centres.
Procurement and contracting staff whose agreements set obligations around alternative recovery centres.
Course Modules
Alternative recovery centres: surveillance, monitoring and control rooms
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What to measure in alternative recovery centres and what to ignore
- Check guard force instructions for alternative recovery centres are current and understood.
- Define the first response actions for an incident involving alternative recovery centres.
- Set escalation criteria and out-of-hours contacts for alternative recovery centres.
- Name a single owner for each element of alternative recovery centres.
Session 2Access control on alternative recovery centres that people do not bypass
- Record the rationale for each significant choice made about alternative recovery centres.
- Set out the decisions in alternative recovery centres that require sign-off and by whom.
- Exercise the plan for alternative recovery centres under realistic conditions and record failures.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in alternative recovery centres.
Alternative recovery centres: incident response and escalation
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Surveillance on alternative recovery centres that supports an investigation later
- Assess insider risk in roles with privileged access to alternative recovery centres.
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to alternative recovery centres.
- Identify vulnerabilities in alternative recovery centres and rank them by consequence, not ease of fix.
- Confirm vetting standards applied to staff and contractors in alternative recovery centres.
Session 2Coordinating with external authorities on alternative recovery centres
- Check that controls on alternative recovery centres cover deterrence, detection, delay and response.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around alternative recovery centres are understood.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in alternative recovery centres.
- Assess contractor and third-party exposure within alternative recovery centres.
Alternative recovery centres: procedures, access control and identity
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Making alternative recovery centres work when resources are constrained
- Compare the cost of alternative recovery centres with the cost of its absence.
- Confirm that those complying with alternative recovery centres understand why it exists.
- Benchmark the organisation's alternative recovery centres against comparable operations.
- Confirm access control on alternative recovery centres cannot be routinely bypassed.
Session 2Building lasting competence in alternative recovery centres
- Close out actions on alternative recovery centres rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when alternative recovery centres underperforms.
- Set escalation thresholds for alternative recovery centres that work out of hours.
- Report on alternative recovery centres in terms that support an investment decision.
Alternative recovery centres: continuity, exercises and external coordination
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Insider risk inside alternative recovery centres
- Verify identity checks applied at entry points relevant to alternative recovery centres.
- Identify the data already collected that bears on alternative recovery centres.
- Anticipate the objections alternative recovery centres will raise and prepare the answers.
- Coordinate arrangements for alternative recovery centres with civil defence and police in advance.
Session 2Finding the vulnerability in alternative recovery centres an adversary would use
- Check that alternative recovery centres still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
- Build the threat picture for alternative recovery centres from sources relevant to this site and sector.
- Review surveillance coverage for alternative recovery centres against likely approach routes.
- Establish evidence handling and chain of custody for alternative recovery centres.
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- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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