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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

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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 Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Sometimes the form business continuity management (BCM) is used. The activity of crisis management is also included under the umbrella though that tends to be treated separately.)

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

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We are living in a golden age in terms of the easy availability of high-quality information on how organizations can make themselves more resilient. 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. BCM consultancy websites.

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

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It typically exists alongside plans for crisis management, security response, and other areas. These may be different than the workarounds used in a non-cyber application outage. It helps organizations identify gaps, train their teams, and respond effectively during outages. Common Mistake No.

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Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant

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We want to help the organization get more competent at business continuity and become more resilient. In fact, management ignorance about BC is an issue we run into over and over again. How Management Ignorance Can Harm an Engagement How does management’s lack of knowledge about BC undermine an engagement with a consultant?

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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. All of these standards are valuable, well-regarded tools that are capable of helping organizations become more resilient. The Gold Standard FFIEC is the most aggressive standard in the U.S.

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All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources

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Related on MHA Consulting: Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja Why the BIA Is Important The business impact analysis or BIA is one of the topics Richard Long and I write about the most here on “Roadmap to Resiliency.” In today’s post, we list, link to, and describe MHA’s best BIA resources.