The CBCI Certification Course
This course is a product of the Business Continuity Institute® and is taught by PANTA RAY in its role of
Global Licensed Training Partner.
Courses are both public, and in-house, running regularly on a global scale.
As for in-house, dedicated sessions, these may be organized in different dates (to be agreed in advance) for a minimum of 5 participants.
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The CBCI Certification Course is the BCI’s number one course that teaches you the fundamentals to implement a Business Continuity Management (BCM) programme into your organization and provides you with a solid base for a career in organizational resilience.
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Our Trainers
The course is delivered by expert business continuity professionals that have passed the BCI’s process to become Approved Instructors.
All of our trainers have an extensive experience in theory and practice of business continuity.
Who is this course
for?
- Professionals involved in organizational resilience.
- Those who want to integrate practical experience with methodological training.
- Newcomers to this discipline, who are interested in pursuing a career in this fast-growing market.
- Anyone who would like to gain a formal qualification in Business Continuity Management.
No previous knowledge of business continuity is required to attend and pass the course.
What are the learning objectives?
- Gaining practical insight into good business continuity.
- Acquiring a full knowledge and understanding of the BCI’s Good Practice Guidelines.
- Gaining the expertise needed to put business continuity into practice according to international standards and best practices.
- Benefiting from the knowledge of experienced business continuity professionals.
We limit the size of the classes to let you benefit from direct interactions and exchange of experiences.
What can you do after attending this course?
At the end of the course and after passing the exam, the participant has acquired all the necessary competencies to implement an effective Business Continuity Management programme.
In addition, you will be able to join the BCI’s global community and access numerous networking opportunities to connect with fellow professionals.
Day 1: Policy and Programme Management and Embedding
Day 2: Analysis and Design
Day 3: Implementation and Validation
Day 4: Review of the entire Business Continuity lifecycle + Mock Exams
Exam day: The exam is taken online directly with the BCI. Instructions for booking your exam will be sent to you by the BCI. You may then book any available exam slot at a time suitable for you.
- The CBCI Examination consists of 120 multiple choice questions.
- The exam is 2 hours long. If you are undertaking the exam in your non-native language, you can request an additional 30 minutes, please make sure to make this request in advance.
The CBCI examination is marked as an overall percentage:
- A score of 69% or below indicates a ‘Fail’
- A score of 70% and above indicates a ‘Pass’
- A score of 85% and above indicates a ‘Pass with Merit’.
- With a score over 85%, you will receive a discount of: 10% on one of our PECB courses and 20% on one of our proprietary and e-learning courses.
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With a score of 100%, you will receive a discount of: 20% on one of our PECB courses and 50% on one of our proprietary and e-learning courses.
Upon achieving a ‘Pass’ or ‘Pass with Merit’ grade, you will become a member of the BCI and use the post-nominal ‘CBCI’. Also, your first membership fee will be waved. Once you are CBCI certified, you may be eligible to apply for AMBCI (Associate Member of The BCI) or MBCI (Member of The BCI). Your eligibility to apply would be based upon your work experience as a business continuity practitioner.

Our 2021 Calendar
Europe
- Venue: online
- Duration: 4 days
- Time Zone: 9:00 - 12:30 13:30 - 16:30 CET
- Language: English
- Approved Instructor: Werner Verlinden - Gert Kogenhop
USA - Pacific
- Venue: online
- Duration: 4 days
- Time Zone: 9:00 - 12:30 13:30 - 16:30 PST
- Language: English
- Approved Instructor: Scott Baldwin
USA - East Coast
- Venue: online
- Duration: 4 days
- Time Zone: 9:00 - 12:30 13:30 - 16:30 EDT
- Language: English
- Approved Instructor: Alice Kaltenmark
Italy
- Venue: online
- Duration: 4 days
- Time Zone: 9:30 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 CET
- Language: Italian
- Approved Instructor: Alberto Mattia
Spain
- Venue: online
- Duration: 4 days
- Time Zone: 9:30 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 CET
- Language: Spanish
- Approved Instructor: Uxía Fernández González
Portugal
- Venue: online
- Duration: 4 days
- Time Zone: 9:30 - 13:00 14:00 - 17:00 CET
- Language: Portuguese (English Material)
- Approved Instructor: Uxía Fernández González
India
- Venue: online
- Duration: 6 half-days
- Time Zone: 9:30 - 13:30 IST
- Language: English
- Approved Instructor: Vikrant Varshney