IT Disaster Recovery Planning Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse organisational IT infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and potential disaster scenarios.
• Design a comprehensive IT disaster recovery plan that aligns with business continuity objectives.
• Implement recovery strategies for critical systems, data, and networks.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster recovery plans through testing and exercises.
• Apply best practices for backup, replication, and failover procedures.
• Demonstrate compliance with relevant legislation and standards (e.g., POPIA, ISO 22301).

Target Audience

IT managers, systems administrators, network engineers, and business continuity coordinators responsible for safeguarding organisational IT infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and networking concepts. Prior exposure to business continuity principles is beneficial but not required.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practicals reinforce DR concepts through simulated scenarios. Learners conduct a mini-BIA, draft a DR plan section, and execute a tabletop exercise, building confidence to apply DR planning in real-world settings.

Practical Activities

• Mini Business Impact Analysis — Learners work in groups to identify critical IT systems, determine RTOs and RPOs, and document dependencies for a case study organisation. (4h)
• Drafting a DR Plan Section — Learners draft a recovery strategy section of a DR plan, including backup procedures, roles, and communication steps for a given scenario. (4h)
• Tabletop DR Exercise — Learners participate in a facilitated tabletop exercise simulating a cyberattack, testing decision-making, communication, and plan adherence. (4h)
• DR Plan Presentation and Review — Teams present their DR plan sections and exercise findings to the class, receiving peer and instructor feedback for refinement. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.