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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. Sometimes the form business continuity management (BCM) is used. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery.

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Business Continuity Planning for the Manufacturing Industry

everbridge

Building a Business Continuity Plan for the Manufacturing Industry. For those in the manufacturing industry, critical events threaten financial loss due to unplanned downtime, reduced factory utilization rates, lost revenue, and even employees put at risk. Manufacturing Industry-Specific Dangers. Brand diminishment.

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An Introduction to FFIEC: BCM’s Gold Standard

MHA Consulting

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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The Retro Revolution:  Why Manual Workarounds  Are a BC Must 

MHA Consulting

The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. It’s relevant for financial services, consumer businesses, manufacturing—everyone. Getting manually logged data into the system when the outage is over. Continue operating your critical business operations.”

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

MHA Consulting

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.” Which would cause the greatest impact if it was down for six hours: Manufacturing? Customer Service?

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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times

MHA Consulting

The threat of utility or network outages. At the funnel’s narrow end, representatives from departments such as business continuity, security, facilities, operations, manufacturing, and finance analyze and sift the information received. Threats posed by cyberattacks: ransomware, data theft, and the rest.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Once implemented, a Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program will support your organization's value statement and its mission. Regardless of the industry (non-profit organizations, professional services companies, manufacturing, public sector, etc.),