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. Communication. They should also determine in advance who will be responsible for the communication. Training and awareness.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The year 2022 saw the tapering off of the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, an ongoing wave of cyberattacks, continuing supply chain woes, and a renewed focus by organizations on identifying and protecting their most essential business processes. Read on to learn about the BCM year in review.

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IT Governance BC

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Comprehensive BCM (business continuity management) measures are essential for responding effectively to a disruption and providing a minimum acceptable service during a disaster. A crucial aspect of BCM is the development of an effective BCP (business continuity plan). What is a business continuity plan?

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Stratogrid Advisory

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Introduction to Business Continuity Planning. Business Continuity Planning (BCP) should be one of the top priorities for organization leaders. BCP is one of the components of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program which should be implemented in organizations of all sizes.

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Castellan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As Business Continuity Management (BCM) programs continue to evolve and mature, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes are just beginning to take hold. And with crises capturing headlines every day, more and more executive managers are developing or maturing their business continuity programs.

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Stratogrid Advisory

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

BCM Program Governance is a key for it's success. Unsurprisingly, governance also plays a key role in Business Continuity Management (BCM) , because effective BCM needs to be a part of the organization’s “way of life”. BCM Program requires a strong Governance model. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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SRM

MARCH 25, 2020

Those with high-level business continuity plans in place will be putting elements of these into action. For those looking to tighten up or perhaps even craft a business continuity plan for the first time, here’s a helpful checklist to follow. Business Continuity Plan Checklist . Yet, here we are.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

MARCH 29, 2023

When such issues arise, it is essential for businesses to have a crisis management plan in place to minimize the impact of the crisis and ensure business continuity. This plan typically includes a list of key personnel, communication protocols, and specific actions to be taken in the event of a crisis.

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Castellan

JUNE 2, 2021

business continuity industry saw an average of about 20-25 new job postings each week , with about 30-35 on average internationally. While other industries around the globe struggled to adapt—and many experienced unprecedented job losses—business continuity managed to thrive and grow. Business Continuity Job Trends.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 23, 2023

FFIEC in our industry is best known for providing the business continuity management standard that U.S. FFIEC is, of course, one of many standards that organizations can adopt and seek to come into alignment with to strengthen their BCM programs. For this reason, it is often referred to as the Gold Standard of BCM standards.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 31, 2019

Charlie looks at how business continuity techniques and methodologies have evolved and why we have moved on from some of the classics. With mass notification systems like OnSolve and Everbridge, or those built into business continuity software, such as Catalyst, there is no need to rely on others to get the message out.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 31, 2019

Charlie looks at how business continuity techniques and methodologies have evolved and why we have moved on from some of the classics. With mass notification systems like OnSolve and Everbridge, or those built into business continuity software, such as Catalyst, there is no need to rely on others to get the message out.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Disaster Recovery vs. Business Continuity Planning. While it may seem like a disaster recovery plan and a business continuity plan are the same, businesses must consider their differences. A successful business continuity plan must begin with the development of each smaller supporting facet.

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Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Book Title: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for InfoSec Managers. Rittinghouse is a management consultant for large enterprises as well as a member of the Federal Communication Commission’s Homeland Security Network Reliability and Interoperability Council Focus Group on Cybersecurity. .” GO TO BOOK.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Business continuity professionals who want to make their organizations more resilient should make a conscious effort to become gap hunters. Many operations require integrations such as communication or data flowing between departments. Ordinarily, such communication is accomplished automatically. Voice communication.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 9, 2023

We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. Communications? BIA On-Demand is a secure, cloud-based tool for conducting a complete Business Impact Analysis. Customer Service? The web site?

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 17, 2016

This week Charlie looks at the relationship between business continuity and emergency response. I have noted within LinkedIn forums, on Pulse, Continuity magazine and on various blog sites and portals that there is a gathering debate on whether business continuity is fit for purpose.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletins about whether business continuity is in decline and why resilience is not the solution, this week Charlie looks at how BC managers can save the profession. So, for our business continuity managers there are lots of threats to plan for, mitigate and prepare the organisation’s response to.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Who Does What: The Most Critical Job Roles in IT Disaster Recovery The Price of Neglecting IT/DR Being a business continuity consultant can be frustrating. Business Continuity Representative. The BC professional on the team ensures that IT recovery plans align with business needs.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 11, 2023

In business continuity, testing of all types can lay claim to a rare distinction: it is simultaneously one of the most important parts of any program, and one of the most neglected. They can benefit organizations by helping keep the recovery team personnel sharp and making business continuity part of the organization’s culture.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 11, 2023

In business continuity, testing of all types can lay claim to a rare distinction: it is simultaneously one of the most important parts of any program, and one of the most neglected. They can benefit organizations by helping keep the recovery team personnel sharp and making business continuity part of the organization’s culture.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Read on for a list of a dozen business continuity practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer recommended. Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources The past twenty-five years have seen a lot of changes in the world especially as pertains to business.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 16, 2023

The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. In today’s post, we’ll list and link to some of MHA’s best-ever resources on the art of communicating during a crisis. We’ve written a lot about crisis communications over the years. Keep it simple.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Creating an Emergency Response Plan Every organization needs to develop, implement, communicate, and test an emergency response plan to protect its employees in the event of an emergency such as a fire, flood, tornado, structural collapse, or active shooter incident. Communicate, train on, and test the plan. Keep your plan simple.

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For these reasons, it’s important that IT departments (and business continuity professionals) make sure their organizations are capable of restoring their IT services after an outage. There are four main phases involved in doing this. Let’s look at them one by one.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 12, 2013

As most of you know this is the new International standard for business continuity which was published in May 2012. My wife Kim was on the Committee that wrote the standard – BCM/1 so, if I have any questions on it, I ask her! Firstly it was NOT “BCM/1 who wrote the standard” (ISO 22301).

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 12, 2013

As most of you know this is the new International standard for business continuity which was published in May 2012. My wife Kim was on the Committee that wrote the standard – BCM/1 so, if I have any questions on it, I ask her! Firstly it was NOT “BCM/1 who wrote the standard” (ISO 22301).

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Castellan

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Our BCM Trends data assessment (collected between 2009 to 2020) indicated a shift away from program placement within Information Technology (27% to 16%) in favor of Risk Management (11% to 22%).

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Business Continuity is NOT a Data Backup Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field. Business Continuity is not a data backup. Let us repeat.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Business Continuity is NOT a Data Backup. There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field. Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “ Business Continuity Planning ” on Google or Bing search engines recently?

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2023

Risk Management and Business Continuity The relationship of the risk management department and the business continuity office varies by organization. More simply, the job of the risk manager is to identify, prioritize, and mitigate the risks faced by the organization.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2021

Worried about your business continuity budget? Every year you get a budget of £20,000 (some of you are already saying “I wish”) and you have this money to deliver your business continuity programme. One way of demonstrating that business continuity provision is improving is by writing more plans.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 5, 2020

Remote Work and Business Continuity Planning Challenges. The work in the office going forward will be different, and in some aspects, it will introduce a new set of challenges for Business Continuity Planning efforts. Business Continuity Planning Challenges with a Distributed Workforce.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 20, 2013

They do a bit of communication, solve the inputs on the main events relevant to them and after 3 hours go home with a warm glow thinking they are prepared for a real event. The business continuity lifecycle does not state implicitly that there should be training before exercises.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 20, 2013

They do a bit of communication, solve the inputs on the main events relevant to them and after 3 hours go home with a warm glow thinking they are prepared for a real event. The business continuity lifecycle does not state implicitly that there should be training before exercises.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

When I first started in business continuity twenty years ago, financial impacts were a key part of the BIA excel spreadsheet and there were a series of boxes looking at financial impact over time. This was done for every activity and served as a key justification for the cost and effort in rolling out business continuity.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

When I first started in business continuity twenty years ago, financial impacts were a key part of the BIA excel spreadsheet and there were a series of boxes looking at financial impact over time. This was done for every activity and served as a key justification for the cost and effort in rolling out business continuity.

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