Online Backup and Disaster Recovery

Course description and benefits

Participants will learn how to safely back up data ‘in the cloud’, making it easily and instantly accessible even in the case of a hardware crash. They will then be able to access data and files easily and instantly from different devices.

Who will benefit

• Project leaders/managers
• Sales professionals
• Supervisors for different projects
• Accountants
• Records managers
• Data protection officers
• Senior managers
• Middle-cadre officers
• Private sector executives
• Marketing managers
• Web managers
• Social media managers
• Emerging and new entrepreneurs
• Office administrators
• Communication/information officers
• Information analysts
• IT specialists
• Human resources managers
• Management consultants
• All business people
• Risk assessors

Course outline

• Instruction on international data protection laws
• Cloud set-up; single-step install
• Instructions on accessing cloud from different devices
• Data recovery set-up

Course outcomes

On completion of this course, participants will:

• Know how to connect to a cloud service,
• Be able to safely back up all files,
• Understand and implement recovery systems

Course format

The course is a combination of classroom time and learning workshops. Classroom sessions are inten­sive and participative and will include a variety of approaches such as lectures, group discussions and practical exercises. A number of guest lecturers will also make presentations, aiding the overall learning experience.

Presenters

The course presenters will include top-level industry experts and practitioners.

Course materials

In addition to comprehensive course notes, participants will be provided with course bags, core textbooks and a notebook.

Tea break and lunch will also be provided.