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Developing A Disaster Recovery Plan

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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 Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) , on the other hand, zeros in on how to remediate the disaster as it transpires.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

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In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. However, there is one aspect of doing BCM that is much better and easier than it was when I was getting started 25 years ago.

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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

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In today’s post we’ll look at why organizations still need to be adept at IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) and describe the four phases of restoring IT services after an outage. Phase 1: Preparation Technically, preparation is not a phase of disaster recovery since it happens before the outage.

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

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Related on MHA Consulting: The Write Stuff: How to Create and Maintain Business Continuity Documentation Five Ways BC Documentation Can Go Wrong An organization can reap myriad benefits by documenting its business continuity or IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) program in the form of written recovery plans.

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What Was New in ’22: The BCM Year in Review

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Read on to learn about the BCM year in review. It’s the best way to get a handle on the organization, its culture, what their most important business processes are, the threats they face, and the current state of their BCM program. There’s a lot to be said for ruthless efficiency when it comes to BCM. A new focus on efficiency.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

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Follow these seven steps to implement a BC strategy that can help you swiftly recover your business processes in the event of an outage. Related on MHA Consulting: BCM Basics: Modern IT/DR Strategies The Benefits of a Sound Business Continuity Strategy A solid BC strategy is a fundamental component of a functional BC program.

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An Introduction to FFIEC: BCM’s Gold Standard

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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. The Gold Standard FFIEC is the most aggressive standard in the U.S. marketplace.

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