Castellan

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Continuity. And, as a business continuity professional, have they changed in scope and complexity in the past year? Has the coronavirus pandemic altered the way you approach these for business? It’s going beyond traditional known threats such as severe weather events or technology failures. Resilience.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Episode Summary: This week, we ask the question: "During COVID-19, which books would be valuable to discover, or rediscover, to help my professional career?" So we talk with Eric Anez, the Global Head of Business Resilience at Finastra, a financial technology company based in London. Links: LinkedIn.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2023

In today’s post, we’ll lay out what these domains are, reveal which ones tend to get overlooked, and explain how knowing about the domains can help business continuity professionals reduce their organizations’ risks and bolster their resilience. Risk management is not one-size-fits all.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As the threat landscape and risks continue to evolve and expand in business continuity and operational resilience for organizations of all sizes around the globe, it is becoming increasingly more important for industry professionals to evolve and change with it. From Disaster Recovery to Operational Resilience.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Here’s what business continuity professionals need to know about the rigorous new security framework that is designed to protect organizations from hackers and their bots. It’s a passwordless solution that validates would-be users through several layers of technology to make sure they are who they say they are.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. Prepare My Business for an Emergency. There are many public-spirited professional groups and organizations focused on BC.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

These days everyone is talking about the risks of generative AI technology such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool. In today’s blog, we’ll look at those risks from the point of view of a business consultant who specializes in technology and IT disaster recovery. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Educate yourself.

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Castellan

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

If you ask many business continuity professionals, their career paths were far from straight and direct. Few, like other professions, pursued a business continuity degree, graduated college, and landed a business continuity role right out of the gate. See How Boards are Prioritizing Resilience.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Simple: Take a good at where they are vulnerable to disruptions to their people, processes, and technology due to geopolitical forces, focusing in particular on threats pertaining to supply chain, cyber, and finance.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 27, 2023

In one respect, COVID continues to distort people’s approach to risk. Today many business continuity professionals are worrying disproportionately about the possibility of another pandemic, to the exclusion of other threats. Another pandemic could occur. Compliance. This damage could be either warranted or unwarranted.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Business continuity professionals who want to make their organizations more resilient should make a conscious effort to become gap hunters. Despite elaborate business continuity programs, many organizations still harbor vulnerabilities due to unidentified gaps that can bring critical processes to a standstill.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. So, lesson number one, is never to believe technology or perhaps other people who say it can’t happen.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources We business continuity professionals spend a lot of time telling our colleagues and clients about the negative impacts an organization can experience if it gives short shrift to the need to become resilient and plan for outages.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Try a Dose of Risk Management As a business continuity professional, I tip my hat to any organization that makes a serious effort to reduce its risks. Let’s look at how this might work over the three key areas of facilities, technology, and people. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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Castellan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As Business Continuity Management (BCM) programs continue to evolve and mature, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes are just beginning to take hold. And with crises capturing headlines every day, more and more executive managers are developing or maturing their business continuity programs. Why have both?

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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. It’s happening everywhere!

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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. It involves the collaboration of all business functions and all departments.

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For these reasons, it’s important that IT departments (and business continuity professionals) make sure their organizations are capable of restoring their IT services after an outage. Prioritize your services and technologies so you know which to restore first. Test across all the different technologies.

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Castellan

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Business as usual. It’s a catchphrase many of us have used, especially business continuity professionals who have successfully conquered the latest disruption or disaster and played a key role in leading an organization to a return to normal. Get the Business Continuity Accountability Guide. Finding Purpose.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We, as business continuity professionals, should think about how we would deal with a similar situation. I was reading an article in The Economist Magazine recently, which said advances in video technology and CGI has led to videos being faked as well as photos. You just have to accept that they will never be persuaded.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We, as business continuity professionals, should think about how we would deal with a similar situation. I was reading an article in The Economist Magazine recently, which said advances in video technology and CGI has led to videos being faked as well as photos. You just have to accept that they will never be persuaded.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

This week I thought I would talk about the vulnerability of water systems to cyber-attacks and some ideas of what, as business continuity professionals, we can do about this. As part of your business continuity manual workarounds, check if your machinery can be operated manually. Water industry 1995.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

This week I thought I would talk about the vulnerability of water systems to cyber-attacks and some ideas of what, as business continuity professionals, we can do about this. As part of your business continuity manual workarounds, check if your machinery can be operated manually.

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