Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
2:00pm - 5:00pm - Thursday, 19 June 2025
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $495.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $715.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 3
About The Course
RMIA in partnership with our training partner Battleground are excited to present our newest course offering; Resilience Starts Here: BIA & BCP Essentials.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP), essential practices for ensuring organisational resilience in the face of disruptions. Through four structured modules, attendees will explore the fundamentals and significance of BIA and BCP, gain practical skills in identifying critical business functions, and learn to assess risks and impacts from events such as cyberattacks or natural disasters. The course also covers the development of effective continuity strategies, assigning roles during crises, and implementing regular testing for ongoing improvement. By the end, participants will be equipped to build and sustain robust continuity frameworks.
Topics Covered
Module 1 – Introduction to Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Plan
What is BIA? What is BCP?
Identify the key components of both processes
Module 2 - Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Understanding how to conduct a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Identify critical business functions and determine their impact during disruption
Module 3 - Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
Learning the key components of BCP
Develop strategies and maintaining operation during disruption
Module 4 - Implementation and Continuous Improvement
Understanding how to test and improve BCP
Learn best practices for ensuring resilience
About the Trainers
Helen Lipscombe - Helen is an expert resilience consultant with over 20 years of international experience. She specialises in business resilience, including risk management, crisis management, and business continuity. She has worked with public and private organizations, offering consultancy and strategic guidance to strengthen their resilience frameworks.
As a qualified trainer, Helen has designed and delivered comprehensive training programmes both internally and externally, equipping teams with the skills needed for business continuity and organisational resilience.
Helen is also a dedicated mentor for the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), where she supports individuals at various stages of their careers in developing their expertise in business continuity and resilience.
A passionate advocate for embedding resilience into organisational culture, she has spoken at events like BCI World and BCI Education Week. Additionally, Helen contributed to the revision of the BCI Good Practice Guide version 7.0, focusing on the Embracing Business Continuity chapter.
Jack Salkild - Jack is a resilience and emergency management consultant with deep operational and strategic experience across government and healthcare sectors. He specialises in business resilience, including emergency response, crisis management, governance, and business continuity. He has worked with multiple New South Wales government agencies, including Transport for NSW and the NSW Reconstruction Authority, delivering expertise on complex disaster projects and resilience frameworks.
With a background as an Intensive Care Paramedic and Clinical Educator at NSW Ambulance, Jack has led major incident response training, developed high-fidelity simulations, and coordinated multi-agency operational readiness programs. His work in government has included delivering structured governance and capability uplift initiatives for disaster recovery at a state level.
As a consultant at Battleground, Jack works closely with organisations to enhance their resilience capabilities through tailored solutions. His focus includes business impact analyses, continuity planning, crisis governance, and embedding resilience into operational practice.
Jack brings a practical systems-based mindset, drawing on lived frontline experience and a strong understanding of organisational risk. He is passionate about supporting organisations to build resilience in the face of complex disruptions and cascading challenges.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 1300 775 648.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Battleground.