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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. They soon find the field contains an abundance of specialist terms such as inherent risk , mitigation controls , and recovery time objective.

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The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Roll with the Changes: A New Generation Requires a New Approach to BCM It is comforting to think that if we master one set of marketable skills, we’ll be able to make a living from them for the rest of our careers; however, recent history shows that option is no longer available (if it ever was).

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

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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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss? Second, using the risk maturity model pays.

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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss? Second, using the risk maturity model pays.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

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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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

Once you know your critical functions you should also conduct a risk assessment and then a business impact analysis that allows you to properly assess situations that could negatively impact your business. You can then use the Utility of your BCM program to effectively calculate the ROI of your program.