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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

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. Let’s go over them.

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Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

MHA Consulting

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.

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Weathering the Storm: Tips for Coping with a Disrupted Climate

MHA Consulting

In this environment, prudent business continuity professionals will want to make sure their organizations are reassessing their weather-related risks and preparing accordingly. Business continuity professionals should make it a priority to continually reassess the weather-related threats to their organizations and prepare accordingly.

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

Stratogrid Advisory

Why is so "darn" hard to engage IT Organization in Business Continuity efforts??? Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. It’s happening everywhere!

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

Stratogrid Advisory

Why is so "darn" hard to engage IT Organization in Business Continuity efforts??? In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. It involves the collaboration of all business functions and all departments.

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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

MHA Consulting

Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. Business Continuity Manager: The individual with direct responsibility for the business continuity program.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. Residual Risk There are two main kinds of risk when it comes to organizational activities and business continuity: inherent risk and residual risk. Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation.