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. Then as now, the government published resources to help organizations protect themselves. BCM consultancy websites.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 27, 2024

Herrera Unplugged is an occasional series in which MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera shares his candid views on current hot-button business continuity topics. You might think that a company spending a substantial sum for the advice of a business continuity consultant would do everything it could to make the collaboration a success.

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Zerto

OCTOBER 13, 2022

If IT Resilience is the cornerstone of business resilience as seen in part three , in today’s digital world, cyber resilience is an extension of it, and one of its other pillars. Indeed, besides any business’ need to be able to cope with natural disasters or planned outages (maintenance, etc.), Govern and assure continuity.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I felt the first bulletin of this year should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. Power outages. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)? Weather extremes.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment The Need for Threat Intelligence Traditional business continuity methodology leans heavily on the threat and risk assessment or TRA, in which the organization identifies potential threats and ranks them in terms of likelihood and potential impact.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. Continue operating your critical business operations.” The retro revolution in business continuity is about documenting, practicing, and/or rebuilding the ability to conduct critical business processes manually.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

For the first bulletin of the year, I felt it should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. Power outages. Weather extremes. Global recession.

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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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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I felt the first bulletin of this year should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. Power outages. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)? Weather extremes.

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Continuity Professionals Business Continuity Mitigation Outage 52

IBM Business Resiliency

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans need to keep pace with increasing business demands and growth in physical and compute infrastructures. For a hyperconnected digital business, even a small disruptive event can ripple through the entire organization. Today most businesses have BCDR plans.

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IT Governance BC

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Business continuity management. BCM (business continuity management) is a form of risk management that deals with the threat of business activities or processes being interrupted. Business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning. The ISO 22301 international business continuity standard.

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Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Plan. Savvy organizational leaders employ corporate strategies such as disaster recovery and business continuity to nimbly navigate through such emergencies and maintain functionality in the face of disasters. What is a Business Continuity Plan?

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Solutions Review

MARCH 1, 2022

As companies continue to invest in digital transformation, there are several actions they should take to ensure their data is secure, one of the most important being a data backup and recovery strategy. With the right planning and tools, you can maintain business continuity and minimize service disruptions should a data loss occur.

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LogisManager

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

How Often Should A BCP [Business Continuity Plan] Be Reviewed? The process of developing, finalizing, and communicating your initial business continuity plan (BCP) is no small feat. or there is an external factor impacting your business (e.g. or there is an external factor impacting your business (e.g.

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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. Government ministers and local politicians said the delays were unacceptable. There was a call for an enquiry, which the government agreed to.

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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. Government ministers and local politicians said the delays were unacceptable. There was a call for an enquiry, which the government agreed to.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 27, 2023

During COVID, business tended to focus on only two of the five risk types; however, organizations that want to prosper over the long term need to be cognizant of and plan for all five kinds of risk. In one respect, COVID continues to distort people’s approach to risk. Another pandemic could occur.

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Castellan

JUNE 10, 2021

Nation-state actors are believed to be behind this attack, as well as another attack revealed recently by Microsoft that targeted more than 150 government agencies , with the U.S. Some may ask if cyber events are the next big threat for business continuity, but the statistics demonstrate the threat is already here and now.

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Resilience Healthcare Cybersecurity Impact Analysis 52

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. Government ministers and local politicians said the delays were unacceptable. There was a call for an enquiry, which the government agreed to.

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Airlines Continuity Professionals Business Continuity Outage 40

Solutions Review

JANUARY 26, 2023

Experts predict that over 70% of companies will ultimately experience business disruption due to data loss from SaaS applications. 2023 could be the year we see the first major SaaS outage. For starters, what measures does the provider have in place for business continuity and disaster recovery?

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LAN Infotech

JANUARY 2, 2022

Managed IT services are IT plans that are adapted to the way your business functions and the methods used to run your business. Law firms, nonprofit organizations, and government organizations operating from the Microsoft Government Cloud are examples of businesses that would benefit from IT managed services.

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Security Industry Association

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This led, over several days, to massive website outages that affected some of the internet’s most prominent sites, including Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, PayPal, Reddit and others. This “supply-chain cyberattack” gave hackers wide access to both government and corporate information systems. The response to Mirai from both the U.S.

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Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2023

That is why it is so important to test your plans and recovery and make the business a large part of that effort to ensure something small doesn’t become an issue.“ Companies need to adhere to the law, govern data accordingly and have a recovery plan in place. With this change in storage must come a change in protection.

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AWS Disaster Recovery

APRIL 27, 2021

Your application must be designed to handle any cascading failures to maintain a continuous user experience even when the backend systems are experiencing issues. Minimum business continuity for failover. Production outages are scary for everyone, but with the right system monitoring solution, they can be made less stressful.

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everbridge

APRIL 27, 2023

Critical events can vary widely in type, severity, and scope—from natural disasters to IT outages—and a drawn-out response can lead to significant operational losses, disruption to supply chains, brand damage, and concerns for health and safety. What is organizational resilience?

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Working from home: Is your business continuity problem solved? There seemed to be a moment sometime last year, when many issues associated with business continuity were solved, and the world became more resilient. The go-to issue associated with business continuity was always the building burning down.

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LogisManager

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Consumers have come to expect 24/7 support when it comes to access and assistance with online banking; should you experience a service interruption or outage, customers may miss payments, which can prevent them from continuing a service, making a time-sensitive purchase or maintaining a good credit score. How protected is your system?

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Banking Risk Management Strategic Evaluation 52

Solutions Review

MARCH 3, 2023

Egnyte Secure & Govern users can now change the issue status to ‘Dismiss’ for issues associated with Unusual access & Suspicious logins. Saved search queries include all search keywords and associated search filters. Read on for more. Read on for more.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Working from home: Is your business continuity problem solved? There seemed to be a moment sometime last year, when many issues associated with business continuity were solved, and the world became more resilient. The go-to issue associated with business continuity was always the building burning down.

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Backup Outsourcing Business Continuity Resilience 52

On Solve

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As our OnSolve leadership team reflects on 2020 and 2021, we note a trend in our conversations with Business Continuity (BC), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Physical Security (PS), Travel Risk Management (TRM) and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) leaders. A Recent Trend. A risk hitting from a secondary direction or event.

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Risk Management Management Travel Scenario Planning 52

Erwood Group

APRIL 5, 2022

Due to the outage, he was unable to execute a trade to exit a position and lost $70,000.00 Meet government, regulatory, and customer requirements calling for contingencies. Maintain business reputation and share price. MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE RESILIENT. Even a trader was impacted by a power loss at his home.

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NexusTek

AUGUST 4, 2021

Cloud computing helps individuals, companies, and government services safely store the ever-increasing amounts of data that are output every second. Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service, or DRaaS, utilizes cloud computing to backup and restore data and IT infrastructure in a timely manner after a disaster to maintain business continuity.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 30, 2023

Such outages can cripple operations, erode customer trust, and result in financial losses. Cybersecurity: IT departments should bolster their cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive data and ensure business continuity. Security vulnerabilities: Complex IT environments often have multiple points of entry for cyber threats.

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Assurance IT

JULY 15, 2021

So yeah, I mean, I think like you said, there’s a there’s some blurred lines between, you know, continuing business or business continuity and protecting the business. But there are outages associated and kind of the analogy we use, you’re obviously putting a lot of your eggs in the same basket.

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