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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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. The roles that should be represented on a company’s BCM team change over time depending on the maturity of the program.

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BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management

BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes

MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Further Reading The 4-3-3 Rule for Writing Business Recovery Checklists Plan B: As the Recovery Plan Fades, What Will Take Its Place?

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Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to … The post Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management

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. Most companies have a pretty good handle on the tactical side of crisis management.

Crisis Management

Crisis Management Strategic BCM Management

The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty

MHA Consulting

JULY 29, 2021

You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element … The post The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

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

JUNE 15, 2020

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. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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BCM Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery

The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk

MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

The job of the BCM professional is to inform management of the risk situation and press them to make a decision on how much risk they are willing to live with. As a BCM pro, the most you can do is to educate the leadership and the rest of the organization about the risk management cycle in general and residual risk in particular.

Mitigation

Mitigation BCM Acceptable Risk Risk Management

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

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ideally, this group will be aware of the need to integrate cyber security and business recovery. From the BC point of view, recovery plans and actions that envision turning to such services need to be consistent with security requirements. Cyber steering committee. Third-party controls and assessment.

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Security Outage Vulnerability Cybersecurity

Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated

MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Most of these have had demonstrable impacts on the practice of business continuity management (BCM), rendering some traditional practices obsolete and ushering in new concerns and techniques. It’s interesting to look at BCM practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer regarded as beneficial or sufficient.

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BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Internet

Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Further Reading For Want of a Nail: The Importance of Meticulous Execution in BC and IT/DR The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans Why Every BC Professional Should Become a Gap Hunter Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes The post Rehearsing (..)

Entertainment

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Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

Further Reading Taking Care of Business: How to Write a Business Recovery Plan Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan Plan B: As the Recovery Plan Fades, What Will Take Its Place? The MHA blogs listed below set forth the steps needed to create a truly functional BC plan.

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Outage Airlines Consulting Vulnerability

IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

ITDR Planning depends on Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessments The goal of ITDR planning is to prioritize the recovery of various IT systems and applications and to ensure that recovery capabilities meet operational requirements.

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Backup Impact Analysis BCM

IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The goal of ITDR planning is to prioritize the recovery of various IT systems and applications and to ensure that recovery capabilities meet operational requirements. Business Continuity Management. BCM as a Service. Business Continuity Planning. 17 Articles. 6 Articles. 15 Articles.

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Backup Impact Analysis BCM

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 18, 2020

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a cornerstone of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. If not executed efficiently, the organization’s stakeholders could quickly lose interest, and the BIA results could not meet your BCM Program requirements. 22 Articles.

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Impact Analysis BCM Disaster Recovery All-Hazards

Recovering Right: How to Improve at IT Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ultimately, the IT/DR plan and the plan document should address such critical elements as non-standard configurations, integration details, personnel requirements, and validation steps, with the written plan being formulated in a clear, concise checklist style with explanatory information relegated to the appendices.

Disaster Recovery

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Fine by Me: The Proposed $1 Million Fine of Colonial Pipeline

BCM METRICS

MAY 12, 2022

The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.

Transportation

Transportation IT Recovery Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning

A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan

BCM METRICS

APRIL 28, 2022

To be ready for this eventuality, your organization should have a site recovery plan. Why Your Company Needs a Site Recovery Plan Floods, fires, and storms are only a few […]. The post A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan appeared first on BCMMETRICS.

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Pandemic Business Recovery Disaster Recovery

The Best Disaster Recovery Practices for Organizations of All Sizes

Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In that event, businesses require a disaster recovery plan with best practices to restore hardware, applications, and data in time to meet the business recovery needs. What is a Disaster Recovery Plan? Why Do I Need One?

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Disaster Recovery Backup Evaluation Cloud Computing

Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. It requires a budget and long-term commitment (hence why it is a BCM Program).

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP

Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. Section 2 - Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program Implementation.

Business Continuity

Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP

Continuity Professionals Pulse

The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements

BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes

Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training

BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management

The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty

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

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

The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk

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

Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated

Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

Recovering Right: How to Improve at IT Disaster Recovery

Fine by Me: The Proposed $1 Million Fine of Colonial Pipeline

A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan

The Best Disaster Recovery Practices for Organizations of All Sizes

Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

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