MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. 4: Not figuring out and documenting the integration between the recovery plan and the organization’s other plans. The recovery plan does not live in a vacuum.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

In the first bulletin of his new ‘Business Continuity 2025’ series, Charlie discusses what incidents might look like in 2025. I intend to write a series of bulletins over the next few months where I imagine what business continuity might look like in 2025.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

In the first bulletin of his new ‘Business Continuity 2025’ series, Charlie discusses what incidents might look like in 2025. I intend to write a series of bulletins over the next few months where I imagine what business continuity might look like in 2025.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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. Business Continuity Manager: The individual with direct responsibility for the business continuity program.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In this environment, prudent business continuity professionals will want to make sure their organizations are reassessing their weather-related risks and preparing accordingly. Business continuity professionals should make it a priority to continually reassess the weather-related threats to their organizations and prepare accordingly.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

Why is so "darn" hard to engage IT Organization in Business Continuity efforts??? Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

Why is so "darn" hard to engage IT Organization in Business Continuity efforts??? In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. The “business” will need to see IT as an integral part of their mission statement.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. Residual Risk There are two main kinds of risk when it comes to organizational activities and business continuity: inherent risk and residual risk. Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Read on for a list of a dozen business continuity practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer recommended. Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources The past twenty-five years have seen a lot of changes in the world especially as pertains to business.

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everbridge

AUGUST 11, 2021

PwC’s analysis is important for organizations who want to improve their critical event management plans so that when the next crisis arises, the right actions can be taken by the right people at the right time to help protect a company’s assets, people, and business operations while reducing business recovery time and costs.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This week Charlie discusses why it is important for senior managers to be involved in cyber incident management. It also nicely ties in with my preparation and update of our ‘Managing and Preparing for Cyber Incidents’ course, which takes place on the 4th-5th March 2019, in London. Reputation and stakeholder management 2.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This week Charlie discusses why it is important for senior managers to be involved in cyber incident management. It also nicely ties in with my preparation and update of our ‘Managing and Preparing for Cyber Incidents’ course, which takes place on the 4th-5th March 2019, in London. Reputation and stakeholder management.

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Oz's Business Continuity Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The last few weeks have been quite busy – and, at times, a teeny bit stressful. I’ve prepared and facilitated four crisis management and business recovery exercises (two of which included actors and journalists and mock TV and radio news […].

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 18, 2020

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a cornerstone of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. The Risk Assessment can be completed by using a traditional Operational Risk Management (ORM) methodology, or an All-Hazards Risk Assessment (AHRA) approach.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to … The post Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 29, 2021

You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element … The post The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 3 minutes When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” Some functions may have manual workarounds, but many tasks cannot be performed without the available IT systems.

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Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” This type of response will set off a few red flags with the Business Continuity Planners, but many organizations do not understand why it is so problematic. IT Disaster Recovery.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 7, 2022

In everyday life, stress is usually regarded in a negative light, but in business continuity management, stress testing your recovery plans can play a very positive role in improving an … The post The Benefits of Stressing Out: Why You Should Stress Test Your Recovery Plans appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Solutions Review

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Today’s top vendors primarily focus on centralized management, overall ransomware resilience and detection, support for public cloud backup, instant recovery of databases and virtual machines, and subscription licensing. The solution is simple to deploy, easy to manage, and offers users unlimited cloud storage.

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Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In that event, businesses require a disaster recovery plan with best practices to restore hardware, applications, and data in time to meet the business recovery needs. What is a Disaster Recovery Plan? Identify critical software applications, hardware, and data required to run a data recovery plan.

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BCM METRICS

MAY 12, 2022

The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2021

Today we’re going to look at five commonly held myths about IT/disaster recovery. These … The post Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery appeared first on MHA Consulting. One definition of a myth is something you know for sure that happens to be untrue.

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