CBCI (Other exams) case studies
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The CBCI is a business continuity and resilience credential offered within the Business Continuity Institute's certification and training pathway. The BCI describes itself as a global membership association for business continuity and resilience professionals, with education, training and certification among its core services. Candidates typically pursue the CBCI to demonstrate structured knowledge of continuity practice, and organisations use it to evidence staff competence. This independent study page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the BCI; always confirm current exam logistics directly with the awarding body, because the BCI's own certification page could not be retrieved when this page was prepared. The CBCI case studies are 5 cases and about 2,955 words.
1The Recovery Objective That Outran the Budget
A 900-person payments processor has just finished its business impact analysis. The BIA shows that card authorization services must resume within 4 hours of disruption, with no more than 15 minutes of data loss.
639 words, about 3 min2The Supplier Nobody Mapped
A regional health insurer has completed a risk assessment that focused on its own data centers, applications, and staff. During a tabletop exercise, a scenario reveals that the claims adjudication platform depends on a third-party clearinghouse for eligibility verification.
607 words, about 3 min3The Exercise That Passed and Proved Nothing
A logistics company runs an annual exercise program. Last year's exercise was a 90-minute walkthrough of the crisis communication plan in a conference room.
584 words, about 3 min4The Plan That Lived on One Laptop
A mid-sized manufacturer has a well-written business continuity plan: 180 pages, approved 18 months ago, covering 14 critical processes. It is stored on the BC manager's laptop and on a shared drive that requires VPN access.
563 words, about 3 min5The Strategy That Assumed Everyone Would Show Up
A city council's emergency management office has built a continuity strategy around relocating 220 staff to an alternate facility 14 km away. The alternate site is a leased conference center with 60 workstations and no secure network.
562 words, about 3 min