article thumbnail

What’s the difference between a risk assessment and a business impact analysis?

IT Governance BC

Whether you’re creating a disaster recovery or business continuity plan, you must conduct a risk assessment and a BIA (business impact analysis). Business impact analysis. The post What’s the difference between a risk assessment and a business impact analysis? Think of them instead as two parts of a whole.

article thumbnail

BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

The activity of crisis management is also included under the umbrella though that tends to be treated separately.) Theoretically, the business departments are free to say anything they want in terms of how quickly the business functions need to be brought back online in order to keep the impact of a disruption within acceptable levels.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

If you decide to engage a consultant, you can usually choose the level of assistance that suits you, from the occasional conversation all the way up to having the consultant oversee tbe development and documentation of your entire strategy. We at MHA are happy to participate in these types of conversations and activities.

article thumbnail

The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

Organizations now have to contend with a heightened risk of drought, flooding, heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, political unrest, global conflict, cyberattack, power outages, active shooters, supply chain disruptions, pandemic, social-media impacts, and all the rest. Documentation. Traditional BC documentation is shrinking.

BCM 92
article thumbnail

Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities? It’s happening everywhere! Is this where the disconnect is?

BCM 52
article thumbnail

Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities? . It’s happening everywhere! Is this where the disconnect is?

BCM 52
article thumbnail

Introduction to Business Continuity Planning

Stratogrid Advisory

This statement is quite a mouthful, but it boils down to the identification of organizational threats, managing their impacts and building response strategies to protect key resources. The BCM program contains three distinctive implementation phases and its activities are outlined in the table below. Where do you start?