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EC-COUNCILEC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional
The EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional (EDRP) certification validates your ability to plan, strategize, implement, and maintain business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Designed for IT professionals, BC/DR consultants, and career starters, it equips you to conduct business impact analyses, assess risks, and develop policies that keep organizations resilient when disaster strikes. Earning EDRP proves you can minimize disruption and protect critical data in the face of increasingly frequent cyber-attacks and natural disasters.
Exam formatMultiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Duration240 minutes
DeliveryECC Exam Portal
Passing score70%
Free questions524
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
5domains
12objectives
101concepts
US $95exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional (EDRP) certification is a comprehensive program that educates and validates a candidate's ability to plan, strategize, implement, and maintain a business continuity and disaster recovery plan. From 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina to the WannaCry fiasco, the business community has been repeatedly hit by disasters, and the frequency is increasing exponentially due to the growing number of cyber-attacks. Studies show that 2 out of 5 businesses still do not have a disaster recovery and business continuity plan, and only about half of those that do test it regularly. This scenario can only be amended by trained BC/DR professionals who understand the gravity of the situation and are equipped to ensure businesses are least impacted when a disaster strikes.
The EDRPv3 curriculum has been completely updated and redesigned to approach the BC/DR domain covering the latest industry gaps, concepts, best practices, trends, and technologies. It combines BC and DR into a single fluent approach, allowing enterprises to gain a holistic view of their requirements. The program provides focus to BC/DR in an IT environment, as compared to the previous version which dealt with generic disaster recovery. A completely new set of labs enables attendees to gain critical experience and skills, with step-by-step guidance and case studies. The courseware includes helpful templates, reports, and white papers sourced from top practitioners, and is compliant with the United States National Initiative for Cyber Education.
Who it’s for
The EDRP certification is designed for IT professionals, including those in the BC/DR or System Administration domain, IT Risk Managers and Consultants, and working professionals such as Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consultants. It is also suitable for career starters who want to establish themselves in the field of IT Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, as well as senior management including CISOs and IT Directors.
Recommended experience
While EC-Council does not mandate specific prerequisites, a background in IT, risk management, or business continuity is beneficial. The program is designed to provide step-by-step guidance, making it accessible to career starters as well as experienced professionals. Familiarity with IT infrastructure and system administration; Basic understanding of risk assessment and business impact analysis concepts; Experience in a role involving disaster recovery or business continuity planning is helpful but not required
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective EC-Council measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official EC-Council exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
BC/DR Foundations
- Introduction to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Risk and Business Impact Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Continuity and Recovery Planning
- Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
- Disaster Recovery Planning Process
- BCP Testing, Maintenance, and Training
Data Backup and Recovery Strategies
- Data Backup Strategies
- Data Recovery Strategies
System and Virtualization Recovery
- Virtualization-Based Disaster Recovery
- System Recovery
- Centralized and Decentralized System Recovery
On the day
The exam itself
Everything EC-Council publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
CertificationEC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional
Exam formatMultiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Duration240 minutes
Questions150 questions
Passing score70%
DeliveryECC Exam Portal
LanguagesEnglish
PricingUS $95
Certification levelProfessional
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path EC-Council lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional
Credential earnedEC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional Professional level certification Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. EC-Council maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by EC-Council
Exam registration
Register for the exam through ECC Exam Portal, EC-Council’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official EC-Council certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Questions people ask
How does EDRPv3 differ from the previous version of the EDRP exam?
EDRPv3 combines business continuity and disaster recovery into a single fluent approach, providing a holistic view of requirements. It focuses on BC/DR in an IT environment, whereas the previous version dealt with generic disaster recovery. The curriculum has been completely updated with new labs, templates, and case studies.
Is the EDRP exam delivered online or at a test center?
The EDRP exam is delivered through the ECC Exam Portal, which is EC-Council's online proctoring platform. This allows candidates to take the exam remotely.
What is the retake policy for the EDRP exam if I fail?
EC-Council's standard retake policy applies to the EDRP exam. Candidates who fail must wait a specified period before retaking, typically 14 days for the first retake and 30 days for subsequent attempts. Specific details should be confirmed with EC-Council.
Are there any hands-on labs or practical components in the EDRP exam?
The EDRP exam is a multiple-choice question (MCQ) test. However, the EDRPv3 training program includes a completely new set of labs that enable attendees to gain critical experience and skills in BC/DR, with step-by-step guidance and case studies.
What job roles does the EDRP certification map to?
The EDRP certification is aimed at IT professionals in the BC/DR or System Administration domain, IT Risk Managers and Consultants, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consultants, and senior management including CISOs and IT Directors.
Can I recertify by passing a different EC-Council exam?
EC-Council certifications require renewal through continuing education credits. Passing a higher-level or different EC-Council exam may contribute to renewal, but specific policies for EDRP should be verified with EC-Council.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 524 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept EC-Council measures — each one written out.
5domains
12objectives
101concepts
108free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official EC-Council exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1BC/DR Foundations98 questions
2Risk and Business Impact Analysis73 questions
3Continuity and Recovery Planning139 questions
4Data Backup and Recovery Strategies91 questions
5System and Virtualization Recovery123 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Introduction to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity8 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
36 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
524 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
524questions
108pages
12objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1BC/DR Foundations98 questions
2Risk and Business Impact Analysis73 questions
3Continuity and Recovery Planning139 questions
4Data Backup and Recovery Strategies91 questions
5System and Virtualization Recovery123 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
101concepts
524free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from EC-Council
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
101concepts mapped
The source
EC-Council’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official EC-Council outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 12 objectives, 101 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When EC-Council changes the outline, this page changes with it.
12objectives on the outline→101concepts written→524free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.