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

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The best way to do this is by making sure business continuity is integrated into a robust information security governance framework. A company that has suffered an outage or disruption for any reason, and which is in the process of recovering its systems and operations, is at a heightened level of vulnerability to every type of event.

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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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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

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Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. Recovering from a cyber incident such as a ransomware attack will require recovery of data and/or data processing equipment and devices.

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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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Related on MHA Consulting: Mark My Words: Commonly Confused Business Continuity Terms Two Fundamental Terms One of the most common BC-related internet searches is by people trying to learn the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery. The larger point is, this is the zone where BC and IT/DR meet.

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Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

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In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. Related on MHA Consulting: The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must Rehearsing Your Plan B Due to the complexity of BC methodology, many aspects of the field have the potential to become time sinks. This is to be commended.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

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Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. An organization that can undergo an outage of five days at no great cost is justified in having a high risk tolerance. If it is lower, then your plan is insufficient and you should take further action to strengthen your business recovery plan.