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Training by the people who do the work.
DRI accredited programmes, the CIRP and 7A certifications, executive masterclasses and crisis simulations, written and delivered by senior practitioners rather than career trainers.
Why train with a practitioner firm
Resilience Guard is a DRI accredited training provider and the team trusted to train the consulting advisors of three of the world's four largest professional services networks. Our programmes are written and delivered by the same senior practitioners who lead our consulting engagements, so what you learn is what actually works under pressure.
Programmes run publicly, in house and online, in progressive tiers from foundation to expert level, and every course can be tailored to your sector, your regulatory obligations and your own plans.
Four programme families
Professional Certification
Recognised credentials for resilience professionals: our proprietary CIRP pathway from Foundation through Advanced to Expert, certification on the 7A Risk Management Framework, and DRI International's accredited course line.
Executive and Masterclass
Short, intense programmes for the people who own crisis decisions: the Crisis Management Masterclass, executive resilience training and board briefings, built on real cases from three decades of incident leadership.
Simulations and Exercises
Crisis simulations, tabletop exercises and cyber crisis exercises that test plans, people and decision making, including Operation HELVETIA, our proprietary branching crisis decision game. Each exercise is designed around the obligations in DORA and NIS2, so it doubles as regulatory evidence.
In House and Bespoke
Everything we teach can be designed around your organisation: your sector, your plans, your incidents and your maturity, from a single session to a rolling internal academy with assessed certification.
Every programme in one place
Nine programmes across four families. Each has a dedicated page with the format, the audience and the standards it is anchored to.
CIRP Professional Certification
The European training architecture for critical infrastructure resilience under NIS2, KRITIS and the Swiss ISG, in three tiers plus a workforce programme.
7A Risk Management Framework Training and Certification
A three level pathway on the proprietary 7A framework, from Foundation through Professional to the governed Lead and Assessor scheme.
DRI Accredited Training
The global gold standard in business continuity education, delivered by an exclusive accredited DRI International provider.
BCLE 2000 Business Continuity Training
DRI's seminal 4.5 day course on all ten Professional Practices, the foundation of a defensible continuity programme.
CRLE 2000 Cyber Resilience Training
DRI's CRLE 2000, Cyber Resilience for the Business Continuity Professional, integrating cyber security and continuity across five elements.
BCP IT/DR Workshop
DRI's two day IT Disaster Recovery Planning workshop: project plan, risk and BIA for IT, strategy, plans and new DR technologies.
Crisis Management Masterclass
One intensive, practitioner led day that prepares boards and executives to lead through a serious crisis, anchored on ISO 22361.
Executive Training for Advisory Firms
Training and accreditation for global consulting teams, trusted by three of the world's four largest professional services networks.
Crisis Management Exercises
Tabletop exercises, functional and cyber crisis exercises and full scale rehearsals: the exercise programme that proves your plans and evidences ISO 22301, NIS2 and DORA.
Top-Team Exercises
Board level crisis simulations that place your leadership team inside a realistic, escalating disruption, scored and debriefed.
Operation HELVETIA
Our proprietary gamified crisis decision exercise: 72 cards, six functions, one cascading ransomware crisis, ninety minutes.
Training is now a legal obligation
NIS2 Article 20 requires the management bodies of essential and important entities to follow cybersecurity training, and expects similar training to be offered to employees on a regular basis. DORA requires financial entities to test their digital operational resilience. The Swiss Information Security Act places parallel expectations on operators of Swiss critical infrastructure.
Every Resilience Guard programme is designed with these obligations in view, so attendance, examination results and exercise records double as the evidence a regulator or auditor will ask for.
Frequently asked questions
Is Resilience Guard an accredited training provider?+
Yes. Resilience Guard is a DRI accredited training provider, delivering DRI International's recognised courses alongside our own certification programmes. The same team is trusted to train the consulting advisors of three of the world's four largest professional services networks.
What is the CIRP certification?+
CIRP is the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Professional certification created by Resilience Guard Academy. It runs in three tiers, Foundation, Advanced and Expert, plus a Workforce Awareness Programme, and is built specifically around the European regulatory regime of NIS2, KRITIS, the Swiss ISG, DORA and CER. See the CIRP page for the full architecture.
What is Operation HELVETIA?+
Operation HELVETIA is Resilience Guard's proprietary crisis decision exercise: a gamified, branching scenario in which leadership teams face a cascading ransomware crisis and every decision changes what happens next. It runs in ninety minutes with 72 decision cards across six business functions. See Operation HELVETIA.
Do regulations actually require crisis exercising?+
Yes. DORA requires financial entities to test their digital operational resilience, and NIS2 expects essential and important entities to prove their incident response capability. A well run exercise programme is the most direct evidence of both, which is why our simulations are built around the regulatory requirements.
Can training be delivered in house?+
Yes. Every programme can be delivered at your premises, virtually, or as a bespoke design built around your risks, your plans and your people, from a single masterclass to a full internal academy.
Who should attend the executive programmes?+
The executive masterclasses and board briefings are designed for C level leaders, board members and senior managers who would own decisions in a real crisis. They are short, intense and built on real cases rather than theory.
Build capability your regulator will recognise.
Tell us your sector, your obligations and your team, and we will recommend the right programme and format.
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