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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

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In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. However, there is one aspect of doing BCM that is much better and easier than it was when I was getting started 25 years ago.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

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Most of these have had demonstrable impacts on the practice of business continuity management (BCM), rendering some traditional practices obsolete and ushering in new concerns and techniques. It’s interesting to look at BCM practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer regarded as beneficial or sufficient.

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What Was New in ’22: The BCM Year in Review

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Read on to learn about the BCM year in review. It’s the best way to get a handle on the organization, its culture, what their most important business processes are, the threats they face, and the current state of their BCM program. There’s a lot to be said for ruthless efficiency when it comes to BCM. A new focus on efficiency.

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Get Cyber Smart: How to Make Sure Recovery Plans Align with Information Security Needs  

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Instead, they should be developed in coordination with the cybersecurity department to ensure that recovery measures do not inadvertently create vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers. This can reveal vital information about the heightened vulnerabilities that often arise during recovery. Risk assessment.

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Why Every BC Professional Should Become a Gap Hunter

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Related on MHA Consulting: How to Get Strong: Unlocking the Power of Vulnerability Management The Practice of Vulnerability Management Last week, MHA CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog about vulnerability management , the practice of identifying and mitigating the weaknesses in an organization’s people, processes, and technology.

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Recovering Right: How to Improve at IT Disaster Recovery

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Far from relieving organizations of the responsibility of recovering their IT systems, today’s cloud-based and hybrid environments make it more important than ever that companies know how to bring their systems back up in the event of an outage. Moreover, cloud-services providers are themselves susceptible to outages and failed recoveries.

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Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

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Related on MHA Consulting: Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan Everyone reading this blog will know that the business continuity (BC) recovery plan is something organizations create to help them quickly restore their essential operations in the event of an outage, minimizing the impact on the company.

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