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Should You Hire More Business Continuity Staff?

Castellan

Castellan essentially offers three services: project-based consulting (as described here), Castellan business continuity software , and a third service, outsourcing or managed services, which we’ll explore next. Outsourcing or Managed Services. Defining Staffing Options. Full-Time Employees. The Hybrid Model.

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

Stratogrid Advisory

It has a few components that are directly dependent and connected to IT, but the rest of the processes, such as Business Impact Analysis or Risk Analysis, are seen by IT as business processes. It becomes even more challenging if IT infrastructure or applications are outsourced to third-party providers. Change is required!

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

Stratogrid Advisory

It has a few components that are directly dependent and connected to IT, but the rest of the processes, such as Business Impact Analysis or Risk Analysis, are seen by IT as business processes. It becomes even more challenging if IT infrastructure or applications are outsourced to third-party providers. Change is required!

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Not another BCM Program audit?

Stratogrid Advisory

As an example, many smaller organizations use Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to outsource their IT operations and IT Disaster Recovery requirements. The second phase of an audit must include an analysis of the information as well as a gap assessment against pre-determined criteria (e.g.

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Not another BCM Program audit?

Stratogrid Advisory

As an example, many smaller organizations use Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to outsource their IT operations and IT Disaster Recovery requirements. The second phase of an audit must include an analysis of the information as well as a gap assessment against pre-determined criteria (e.g. Business Impact Analysis.

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Business Continuity Planning for Small & Medium-Sized Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

A false sense of security Many of the small and medium-sized organizations are outsourcing some or all of the internal Information Technology infrastructure and applications to third-party organizations (e.g. The BCM Program documentation, once updated (e.g. Managed Services Providers – MSPs, cloud service providers, etc.).

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Business Continuity Planning for Small & Medium-Sized Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Many of the small and medium-sized organizations are outsourcing some or all of the internal Information Technology infrastructure and applications to third-party organizations (e.g. The baseline (the documentation). The BCM Program documentation, once updated (e.g. Business Impact Analysis. 22 Articles.