MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery.

Disaster Recovery 103

Disaster Recovery BCM Business Continuity Manufacturing 103

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. It’s not hard to spend hundreds of hours a year doing BIAs, gap analyses, and risk assessments and developing recovery strategies and writing recovery plans. Pursued purposefully these are all worthwhile activities.

Entertainment 101

Entertainment Business Continuity Activation BCM 101

MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. This week’s blog post will spell out the key concepts relating to this all-important goal; call it “The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk.” Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation.

Mitigation 75

Mitigation BCM Acceptable Risk Risk Management 75

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

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.

Outage 80

Outage Airlines Consulting Vulnerability 80

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Legal: The legal team can provide important insight on the legal ramifications of activities performed in response to an emergency. Business continuity planning is a social activity. Business and Disaster Recovery. Extraversion. Intellectual Openness. Is the person open to trying new ideas, thoughts, or approaches?

BCM 91

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 91

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Leaders commonly do not have time to participate in training and awareness activities or believe they are unnecessary (because “we solve problems every day”). Training and awareness.

Crisis Management 81

Crisis Management Strategic BCM Management 81

Erwood Group

JULY 12, 2022

Business Continuity Plan Governance (sometimes omitted if in a Business Continuity Charter). Business Continuity Statement. Business Continuity Plan Introduction. Plan Activation. Business Continuity Planning Committee. Business Impact Analysis Key Findings. Critical Recovery Timelines.

Continuity Planning 114

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP Disaster Recovery 114