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BCM Basics: Business Continuity vs. Business Resilience 

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. The terms business continuity and business resilience are superficially similar and a world apart. The terms business continuity and business resilience are a distinction with a difference.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

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. Other BCM professionals.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

A partial list would include: the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the rise of the internet and cell phones, the spread of cybercrime, globalization and the lengthening of supply chains, the COVID pandemic, the growing impact of climate change, growing international tensions, the shortening of attention spans, and the rise in cloud computing.

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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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The Impact of Hybrid Work Environments on Resilience Management

Castellan

While some companies sustained on-premises teams throughout the coronavirus pandemic—and some more have returned to that recently—many organizations still operate in a fully-remote or hybrid work environment. According to the BCM Compensation Report, only 6% of respondents anticipate that they will be 100% back in office post-pandemic.

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How BCM Software Can Make Your Business Continuity Program More Agile

MHA Consulting

Well-chosen BCM software can help a continuity program be more nimble and effective. It is also a pretty good depiction of how business continuity management (BCM) programs need to be these days if they are to successfully protect their organizations from the unprecedented number of threats in the environment. Lifecycle parameters.

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

MHA Consulting

The year 2022 saw the tapering off of the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, an ongoing wave of cyberattacks, continuing supply chain woes, and a renewed focus by organizations on identifying and protecting their most essential business processes. Read on to learn about the BCM year in review. A new focus on efficiency.

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