Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI) is the oldest and largest nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters by providing education, accreditation, and thought leadership in business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience and related fields. Founded in 1988, DRI has certified 20,000+ resilience professionals in 110+ countries and at 95 percent of Fortune 100 companies. DRI offers 15 individual certifications, including the globally-recognized CBCP certification, and certifies organizations as resilient enterprises. DRI offers training programs ranging from introductory to masters level across a variety of specialties in multiple languages; online and in-person continuing education opportunities; and an annual conference dedicated to the resilience profession. DRI supports charitable activities through the DRI Foundation.
Feb. 21-24, 2027
Arlington, TX
25 Feb, 2026
DRI International Announces Winners of the 2026 Awards of Excellence
DRI International is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 DRI Awards of Excellence for their achievements in the business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management fields. The Awards of Excellence were presented during the DRI2026 Awards Gala in Jacksonville, F
23 Feb, 2026
DRI International Glossary for Resilience: New Version Out Now!
DRI International is proud to announce the latest version of the International Glossary for Resilience! The glossary is designed as a language guide to improve communications and increase clarity across the business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience community. “O
04 Feb, 2026
Climate Change as a Business Continuity Risk: Why Resilience Professionals Need to Act Now – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“For senior management, climate change increasingly represents a strategic risk to value creation rather than a ‘mere’ corporate responsibility issue, as it has been historically. For business continuity and resilience practitioners, it presents a challenge to ensure tha
This is a very, very intelligent community that really does a lot to keep the lights on in businesses, and I don't think they get a lot of credit for it. The IT department at a lot of big corporations doesn't believe there's a chance their system really can go down and they really need to have a business continuity plan, and the education and the feedback that we get from the people at DRI shows t...
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Certified Business Continuity Vendor, United States
I think most people look at business continuity at the natural events - hurricanes, tornadoes, things like that - and don't realize there are a lot of other risks behind that, cyber risks right now being number one, but there are a lot of other aspects of business continuity that one needs to think about, especially the people and processes, not just the technology.
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Certified Business Continuity Lead Auditor, United States
It's beyond the essentials. You have to have plans to be compliant, or that it's an insurance to ensure your business knows what to do. It's really about continued services to your customers. At the end of the day, you've provided something essential to a customer, and you need to be sure it continues to be that for them, because if it's not there then they're going to go somewhere else.
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Certified Business Continuity Professional, United States