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For Immediate Release
December 13, 2004
FLANDERS, NJ - Virtual Corporation, Inc., a consulting
services corporation, announces its upcoming seminar for individuals
to become licensed Business Continuity Maturity ModelSM (BCMMSM)
assessors. The 2-day seminar will be held on January 20 & 21, 2005
in Flanders, NJ. The cost of the program is $750 US Dollars, including
all BCMMSM courseware and Assessment Toolkit.
With the need for businesses to be able to recover from
crisis situations including natural or man-made threats, Virtual Corporation's
Business Continuity Maturity ModelSM provides a consistent,
objective means for evaluating disaster readiness. In addition to
business recovery, the model addresses security management, incident
management and technology recovery.
Designed for businesses of all sizes, companies can
use the public domain model to perform a self-assessment. For a more
rigorous assessment, companies can retain an objective, licensed third
party assessor to perform the more detailed assessment. Data from
these assessments will be combined to provide benchmark analyses.
Companies performing the evaluation can use their assessment results
for investment, insurance, and other financial and risk management
decisions. The Public Domain BCMMSM can be downloaded from
the web at www.virtual-corp.net.
The concept for the BCMMSM emerged in 1997
when Virtual Corporation's President, Scott Ream, spoke with several
business continuity professionals regarding the need to find a way
to objectively benchmark their business continuity management (BCM)
programs. Since then, several surveys were conducted and published
describing performance by industry, company size and other demographics.
The results supported the need for an objective diagnostic and benchmarking
tool. In April 2002, a working team that represents a variety of industries
including telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, and banking was
formed as the instrument through which experience, consultation and
advice could be harvested. In October, 2003, the first version of
the BCMMSM was released.
This seminar is for business continuity professionals
with a minimum of 3 years dedicated business continuity experience
to become a BCMMSM licensed assessor. All participants are
expected to possess a significant level of understanding of Business
Continuity principles and terminology encompassing Disaster Recovery,
Business Recovery, Security Management and Incident Management. This
is not a course for general assessment principles. Experience as an
internal or external consultant is highly desirable.
For detailed seminar information, course agenda and
a registration form and upcoming training classes please visit our
website: www.virtual-corp.net/html/bcmm_training.html.
Media Contacts
Margaret Langsett
Virtual Corporation
(973) 927-5454, ext. 202
Cheryl Burgess
Virtual Corporation
(973) 927-5454, ext. 211
About Virtual Corporation
Virtual Corporation is a consulting company that specializes
in business continuity (BC) management. In business for almost 11
years, Virtual has helped numerous large, geographically dispersed
enterprises ensure that they will be able to recover from business
disruptions. Virtual provides tools and talent to evaluate and strengthen
client preparedness and recoverability including: Information Security
Services, Supply Chain Risk Analysis, and Business Continuity Program
Design and Implementation.
Winner of Project Management Institute, NJ Chapter -
"Project of the Year Award 2004"
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