Resilience by Design

In today's hyper-connected world, no organisation is immune from disruption. Learn to embed resilience by design, ensuring systems, people, and processes withstand shocks.

Duration1 Day

FormatIn-Person / Virtual

LevelExecutive

Overview

In today's hyper-connected digital economy, no organisation is immune from disruption. Cyberattacks, system outages, political instability, and even natural disasters can trigger operational breakdowns with massive reputational and financial cost.

Too often, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP and DR) plans exist only as static documents, untested, incomplete, and ineffective when disaster actually strikes. This course empowers leaders to embed resilience by design into their organisations, ensuring systems, people, and processes are built to withstand shocks rather than collapse under pressure.

What You'll Learn

Assess BCP and DR Frameworks

Evaluate whether continuity plans are robust, realistic, and regularly tested.

Hold IT Leaders Accountable for Resilience

Ask the right questions to uncover weaknesses in continuity planning.

Strengthen Organisational Preparedness

Build board-level dashboards to monitor resilience maturity and readiness.

Reduce Financial and Reputational Risk

Align resilience strategy with shareholder value and regulatory expectations.

Who Should Attend

Board Members & CXOs

Oversee organisational resilience and crisis preparedness

Risk & Audit Committee members

Ensure robust continuity and recovery frameworks

Business Continuity Leaders

Strengthen operational resilience capabilities

Regulators and policymakers

Drive resilience standards and compliance

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Why Resilience by Design Matters1.5 hours

The evolving threat landscape in Zimbabwe and Africa
Local case studies: disruptions in banks, telcos, public sector
Global lessons: firms that survived versus collapsed
From compliance tick-box to resilience culture

Module 2: The Principles of Digital Resilience2 hours

CIA Triad in practice: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
Designing for redundancy - people, process, technology
Principles of resilience and recovery
Building a resilience-first mindset

Module 3: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Fundamentals2 hours

What effective BCP & DR plans must include
Testing and simulation - tabletop exercises
RTO and RPO metrics explained
Common gaps: outdated plans, untested backups

Module 4: The Executive & Board Role in Resilience2 hours

Oversight: challenging the CIO and CISO constructively
Integrating BCP/DR into enterprise risk management
Linking resilience with shareholder value
Board accountability when resilience fails

Module 5: Crisis Simulation Exercise2 hours

Simulated ransomware or systems outage scenario
Board and executives role-play response and recovery
Crisis communication frameworks
Debrief: lessons learned and gaps identified

Module 6: Building Continuous Resilience1 hour

Embedding resilience into digital transformation
Using automation and AI for early detection
Building 12-36 month resilience roadmaps
Resilience as competitive advantage

Meet Your Instructors

Dave Remba

Business Continuity SME | Associate Trainer, Advisory

Dave is a business continuity and transformation leader with over 35 years of experience in banking, consulting, and manufacturing across Africa and Europe. He specialises in business continuity, risk management, operational resilience, and crisis management.