Develop your career – join the BCI or upgrade your membership
Get professional training. Access the latest research. Build a global network. BCI membership is the quickest route to better career opportunities.
Membership Grades and Benefits
Considering a career in business continuity? This non-certified membership is the place to start.
- Get a BCI mentor
- 5% off selected BCI events and products
- Access the BCI Good Practice Guidelines
- Attend BCI Chapter meetings
- Digital access to Continuity & Resilience magazine and the Continuity & Resilience Review
- 3rd party discounts on conferences
Requirements
Experience required
None – anyone with an interest in business continuity or resilience can become an Affiliate member
CPD requirements
Not available at this grade
The perfect first step
Affiliate membership is the perfect first step for someone considering business continuity and resilience as a career.
Studying a subject related to business continuity and resilience? Join as a non-certified member to start making contacts and kick-start your career.
- Get a BCI mentor
- 5% off selected BCI events and products
- Access the BCI Good Practice Guidelines and the Continuity & Resilience Review
- Attend BCI Chapter meetings
- Digital access to Continuity & Resilience magazine
- 3rd party discounts on conferences
Requirements
Experience required
Available to anyone studying a business continuity and resilience related subject
CPD requirements
Not available at this grade
Your career starts now
Join the BCI to start building a network of business continuity professionals, and prepare to get CBCI certified.
Certificate of the BCI
Instant prestige. Global recognition.
Take the BCI exam and become a CBCI certified professional.
- Globally recognised certification
- Free and discounted access to Regus office facilities
- 10% off selected BCI events and products
- Join our continuing development programme
- Attend BCI Chapter meetings
- Get a BCI mentor
Requirements
Experience Required
Display good knowledge of BCI’s Good Practice Guidelines
CPD requirements
20 hours of CPD each year. CPD is required to upgrade to AMBCI/MBCI.
Take your career to the next level
Study the BCI Good Practice Guidelines, then take the exam. Becoming CBCI certified is the ideal way to develop your career in business continuity and resilience.
You can study online, or attend a classroom-based course delivered by one of our training providers. Once you’re certified you can access professional BCI approved courses, attend events, and grow your professional network.
Associate Member of the BCI
Certified AMBCI members have foundational level competency in business continuity and resilience.
Forge your career as a certified business continuity and resilience professional.
- Globally recognised certification
- Free and discounted access to Regus office facilities
- 15% off selected BCI events and products
- Full access to BCI research
- Attend BCI Chapter events
- Eligible for our continuing development programme
Requirements
Competency Required
Must supply evidence of Foundational competency against 5 competencies from the BCI Competency Framework.
Must hold the CBCI certification or the Business Continuity Management BCI Diploma.
CPD requirements
20 hours of CPD each year. CPD is required to upgrade to AMBCI.
Become a voice for business continuity
Speaking engagements. Awards submissions. Professional Practice course. AMBCI members can access a huge range of professional development opportunities.
Only people meeting the above requirements can upgrade to AMBCI membership. Please login to your dashboard or click the button below to apply to upgrade.
Member of the BCI
Mark of an experienced professional with comprehensive competency in business continuity and resilience. Use your experience to guide the next generation of business continuity professionals.
- Opportunity to become a BCI mentor
- Free and discounted access to Regus office facilities
- 15% off selected BCI events and products
- Globally recognised certification
- Full access to BCI research
Requirements
Competency Required
- Must have passed CBCI exam, or hold The Business Continuity Management BCI Diploma or hold AMBCI
- Must supply evidence of Comprehensive competency against 7 competencies from the BCI Competency Framework
OR
- Can supply evidence of Comprehensive competency against 11 competencies from the BCI Competency Framework
CPD requirements
20 hours of CPD each year. CPD is required to upgrade to MBCI.
Contribute to BCI research
Research contributions. Awards submissions. Speaking engagements. MBCI members can get more heavily involved in BCI work.
Only people meeting the above requirements can upgrade to MBCI membership. Please login to apply to upgrade.
Fellow of the BCI
FBCI members have an advanced level of competency and are industry leaders: innovators at the forefront of the business continuity and resilience industry.
- Join the elite few members to reach FBCI level
- Free and discounted access to Regus office facilities
- 15% off selected BCI events and products
- Globally recognised certification
- Be a BCI mentor, if you choose
- Full access to BCI research
Requirements
Competency Required
Must be able to demonstrate significant contribution to the development of the institute or profession.
Then either;
- Must have held MBCI and must supply evidence of Advanced competency against 6 competencies
OR
- Can supply evidence of Comprehensive competency against 5 competencies AND evidence of Advanced competency against the remaining 6 competencies
CPD requirements
CPD is required to upgrade to FBCI. 20 hours of CPD each year.
Become a leader for the industry
Reach the top of your profession. Speak on issues affecting the industry. Mentor the next generation. As an FBCI member you represent the pinnacle of the business continuity and resilience industry.
Only people meeting the above requirements can upgrade to FBCI membership. Please login to apply to upgrade.
I have experience, but no formal certification – which membership is right for me?
The Certificate of the BCI (CBCI) was designed for you. Consolidate all of your knowledge during the course – either classroom-based or online – and then book the CBCI exam.
It’s the route that many business continuity and resilience professionals take to progress in their career.
