Business continuity training is generally inadequate

The interim findings of Continuity Central’s survey into BC training finds that less than 22 percent of respondents are happy with the quality of industry training resources.

Continuity Central’s latest survey indicates that there is widespread lack of satisfaction with the current business continuity training courses available. So far, with almost 200 responses received, just 1.2 percent of respondents say that current training opportunities are excellent, with a further 20.4 percent stating that they are adequate. A resounding 65.5 percent say that training opportunities are somewhat inadequate and 13 percent think that they are totally inadequate.

On the positive side, budgets for business continuity training are generally either increasing (37 percent of respondents) or remaining the same (49.3 percent). Only 13.7 percent of respondents report that their budgets have been cut since last year. However, only 37 percent of respondents actually have a formal business continuity training budget.

The survey is also looked at the types of venue in which people would prefer to be trained. External but informal facilities, such as hotel seminar rooms, are the most popular choice (41.2 percent) followed by respondent’s own in-house training rooms (18.9 percent). 15.3 percent would like to learn at a formal academic institution (eg University) and almost a quarter (24.1 percent) would like their training delivered online.

The full results of the survey will be published at a later date – if you would like to take part please click here.

•Date: 16th April 2004 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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