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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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chemical facilities pose a special risk Hurricanes can cause significant damage to chemical facilities, in particular, and potentially lead to environmental and safety hazards. Those plans should address hazards that are normally outside of the scope of the Code to the extent practicable.

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Business Continuity Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment (THIRA) is a systematic process for identifying and evaluating potential threats and hazards to an organization. It involves identifying potential risks, assessing their likelihood and potential impact, and developing strategies to mitigate or eliminate those risks.

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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

JULY 12, 2023

Within the context of business continuity , risk assessment focuses on operational risks that may result in business disruption. The risk assessment process also documents existing strategies and measures to mitigate risk. The costs to mitigate each risk. The specific steps required for appropriate risk mitigation.

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Zerto

APRIL 6, 2023

We will discuss risk management, the critical importance of business impact analysis (BIA) , and the essential steps involved in a thorough risk assessment. We will end the series with an overview of the risk prioritization and mitigation stages of the process. The BIA, if already completed, determines impact.

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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. A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation.

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Business Continuity Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment (THIRA) is a systematic process for identifying and evaluating potential threats and hazards to an organization. It involves identifying potential risks, assessing their likelihood and potential impact, and developing strategies to mitigate or eliminate those risks.

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CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Flooding is one of the most common, pervasive, and costliest natural hazards in Canada , with a history of causing major disasters. This information can then be used to develop effective flood preparedness plans and mitigation strategies, such as building dikes or improving drainage systems.

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CCEM Strategies

MARCH 17, 2023

Provincial and local authorities are aware of the owners and operators of CI in their regions and together, they work to create and test emergency plans that will ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, long before an incident occurs.

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Online Computers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

But how can you be sure that your strategy to mitigate disasters will actually work? By following this five-point disaster preparedness checklist, you can guarantee that your business is ready for any disruptions or catastrophes. Assess the risks. Appoint key personnel. Download your FREE copy now !

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CCEM Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In this second article in our three-part series for “Preparing Coastal Businesses for the Big 3,” we focus on what your business needs to do to effectively and efficiently prepare for an earthquake. Here are a few things to consider when preparing for earthquakes in your emergency management and business continuity plans: 1.

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Disaster Recovery

JULY 22, 2019

Defining these cyber hazards can be tricky. Nevertheless, the impact they can have on your business operations can be devastating. All online entities are vulnerable to these hazards. The post DDoS Attacks appeared first on Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Blog. DDoS Attacks.

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Business Resilience Decoded

AUGUST 26, 2021

Rick and Vanessa hit on these key points: • One problem with traditional crisis response is it is usually limited to response, leaving out such critical steps as prevention and mitigation. He is a former firefighter who designs, delivers, and evaluates readiness exercises to improve resilience to all hazards.

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Business Resilience Decoded

AUGUST 26, 2021

Rick and Vanessa hit on these key points: • One problem with traditional crisis response is it is usually limited to response, leaving out such critical steps as prevention and mitigation. He is a former firefighter who designs, delivers, and evaluates readiness exercises to improve resilience to all hazards. LinkedIn: [link].

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2018

This week, I apply the PESTLE framework to business continuity, in response to finding other risk management frameworks too restricting. Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about risk management frameworks for business continuity. Business process being found to be causing major environmental damage c.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2018

This week, I apply the PESTLE framework to business continuity, in response to finding other risk management frameworks too restricting. Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about risk management frameworks for business continuity. Business process being found to be causing major environmental damage c.

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Erwood Group

JULY 7, 2022

What is Business Continuity. So, what is business continuity anyway? So, what is business continuity? Before I give you my answer, let me provide you with the definition from the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 1600 (Which is their Business Continuity Standard). Business Impact Analysis.

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CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2018

Emergencies can have a significant and even catastrophic (excuse the pun) impact on a business’ bottom line. Being prepared involves developing, regularly updating, and training on both your emergency plan and the business continuity plan. The first step is to know potential hazards and impacts and the actions to make safe.

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CCEM Strategies

JULY 24, 2018

This is because, long before an incident occurs, CI operators work with governments to create and test emergency plans to ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, to deal with unforeseen disruptions.

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Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

JUNE 6, 2017

Mitigating this factor will yield dividends for any organization seeking to reduce Risk. Many data centers incorporate High Availability – redundancy, hardening, segregated graceful failover – and assume that because “It Can Never Fail” there is no need for Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity.

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Business Resilience Decoded

AUGUST 26, 2021

Rick and Vanessa hit on these key points: • One problem with traditional crisis response is it is usually limited to response, leaving out such critical steps as prevention and mitigation. He is a former firefighter who designs, delivers, and evaluates readiness exercises to improve resilience to all hazards. LinkedIn: [link].

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Reciprocity

DECEMBER 21, 2022

ISO 27001 compliance can be confusing because the sheer volume of standards is overwhelming, but the right program can ensure business continuity. Rather than implementing controls as a checkbox activity, risk-driven organizations proactively choose controls that best mitigate their risks. What is ISO 27001?

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 5, 2019

For a while, business continuity has always had a slightly uneasy relationship with risk management. During his talk on risk assessment, he focused on there being no point in looking at likelihood when you are doing a business continuity risk assessment. I thought this week I would talk about risk assessment.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 5, 2019

For a while, business continuity has always had a slightly uneasy relationship with risk management. During his talk on risk assessment, he focused on there being no point in looking at likelihood when you are doing a business continuity risk assessment. I thought this week I would talk about risk assessment.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 15, 2024

In today’s bulletin, Charlie looks at the importance of business continuity plans in schools and discusses some of the events that schools should be planning for. Schools face a wide variety of threats which don’t all fit neatly into the box of business continuity.

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Security Industry Association

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Our professional services team provides consulting services to local government agencies, universities and colleges, hospitals and health care systems and private commercial industry clients on business continuity planning, emergency management and public safety technology, governance and operations.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard. Myth 47: Business continuity management only applies to the private sector. Myth 46: Disasters always happen to someone else. It is not so. Myth 57: Knowledge alone leads to action.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2019

As a result, there seemed to be no consensus on how to mitigate the threat. I also think the first response to a new hazard is usually overcautious. If you can’t stop a threat, then you can go a long way to mitigating it by reducing the impact, through a well-practiced response and recovery plan.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2019

As a result, there seemed to be no consensus on how to mitigate the threat. I also think the first response to a new hazard is usually overcautious. If you can’t stop a threat, then you can go a long way to mitigating it by reducing the impact, through a well-practiced response and recovery plan.

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Erwood Group

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Our Forever Free Initiative by the Erwood Group is our way of addressing the perception that business continuity planning, contingency planning, and overall preparedness planning for business is too expensive and/or too complicated. This will provide greater and deeper insights to risk mapping to the business over time.

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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. Exactly what those domains are will be detailed in a moment.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2023

As a reminder, risk management is the process of understanding the hazards facing an organization and taking steps to bring them to within a level determined to be acceptable by the senior leadership. More simply, the job of the risk manager is to identify, prioritize, and mitigate the risks faced by the organization.

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Erwood Group

MARCH 20, 2023

A disaster can take many forms, such as: A cyber attack A natural disaster like a flood or earthquake A power outage A disaster recovery plan is a critical component of a business continuity plan or BCP meaning it’s essential for ensuring the survival of a business in the event of a crisis.

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Fusion Risk Management

AUGUST 7, 2023

To help with this, it is crucial that organizations invest in operational resilience and business continuity programs so that risk practitioners can more easily identify their business processes, important business services, and the key personnel responsible for those. Can the work be deferred?

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. ACT – Take quick and decisive action to mitigate or eliminate the impact of a threat. Read the White Paper: ENTERPRISE RESILIENCE DURING SEVERE WEATHER.

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LogisManager

MAY 22, 2023

From economic fluctuations to cybersecurity threats, from regulatory changes to environmental hazards, the risk landscape is constantly evolving, and organizations must be agile and proactive to stay ahead. There's a better way to mitigate the risks and save money in the current fiscal year.

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