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Taking Care of Business: How to Write a Business Recovery Plan

MHA Consulting

Last time, we looked at how to write recovery plans to protect your organization’s computer systems and applications. In today’s post we’re going to lay out how to write plans … The post Taking Care of Business: How to Write a Business Recovery Plan appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan

MHA Consulting

To be ready for this eventuality, … The post A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan appeared first on MHA Consulting. Business Recovery Planning Disaster Recovery Planning Pandemic Planning business recovery business recovery plan recovery planning site recovery

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Stressing Out: Why You Should Stress Test Your Recovery Plans 

MHA Consulting

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 Stressing Out: Why You Should Stress Test Your Recovery Plans appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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The Benefits of Stressing Out: Why You Should Stress Test Your Recovery Plans

MHA Consulting

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The Science and Art of Writing a Recovery Plan

MHA Consulting

There are two main aspects to writing a business recovery plan: The science of knowing what to include and the art of writing the content. Today’s blog takes a look … The post The Science and Art of Writing a Recovery Plan appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan

BCM METRICS

To be ready for this eventuality, your organization should have a site recovery plan. Why Your Company Needs a Site Recovery Plan Floods, fires, and storms are only a few […]. The post A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan appeared first on BCMMETRICS.

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Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training 

MHA Consulting

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About Time: Deciding When to Start Your RTO Countdown

MHA Consulting

Many organizations lack a clear, recognized understanding of when the metaphorical switch will be flipped to start the recovery time objective (RTO) countdown timer.

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Perfecting the PIA: The Right Way to Do a Post-Incident Analysis

MHA Consulting

Business Continuity Planning Business Recovery Planning Crisis Management Disaster Recovery Planning Risk Management crisis response PIA post incident analysis risk management

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Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery

MHA Consulting

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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The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty

MHA Consulting

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Adapting in an uncertain world 

Crisis Response Journal

Evie Whatling and Gareth Black from Ricardo write that adaptive capacity, business recovery and long-term planning are going to be crucial in our changing world, and announce how to access their free webinar on living with Covid-19. By Evie Whatling, Gareth Black

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Judgement day

Oz's Business Continuity Blog

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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Continuity Insights Management Conference: Meet Tonya York

Continuity Insights

Tonya York Business Recovery Managers Association How did your career choices lead to where I am now? Meet the speakers at this year’s Continuity Insights Management Conference, then click here to learn more about the 2023 event. Looking back on my career, it seems to me that everything, good or bad, lead me to this. Source Conferences

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation. Examples include business impact analyses, recovery plans, and recovery exercises.

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BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management  

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. Other subordinate CM teams might be set up based on function or business unit (such as the supply chain or IT).

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

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. Are we again in the Business vs IT turf wars?

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans. Business Continuity Plans. Chances are if you’re visiting this page, you are new to the concept of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and business continuity overall. Definition of Business Continuity Plan.

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Tips for Managing Third-Party Risk in Health Care

Reciprocity

HIPAA calls these third parties “business associates,” and the healthcare organizations are referred to as “covered entities.” ” Depending on the nature of their business, third parties may have access to PII, PHI, and other valuable data.

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3 Focus Areas for Improving Business Resilience

everbridge

This is a valuable insight into resiliency planning, business operations, and the future of the workplace. Remote working was the most common change implemented in businesses, while many were forced to carry out headcount reductions. Business Continuity.

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What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

Stratogrid Advisory

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a cornerstone of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. The BIA engagement will require a partnership with business stakeholders across all business units and departments.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

IT Disaster Recovery Planning – “No worries, we have a backup?!”. 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.” Business Continuity Management. Business Continuity Planning.

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The Best Disaster Recovery Practices for Organizations of All Sizes

Solutions Review

Businesses commonly use information technology to process information and transactions quickly and effectively. We live in a global world where technology is changing the way businesses create and capture value, how we work, and how we communicate and interact.

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The 28 Best Backup and Disaster Recovery Software for 2022

Solutions Review

Solutions Review’s listing of the best backup and disaster recovery companies is an annual sneak peek of the solution providers included in our Buyer’s Guide and Solutions Directory. The Best Backup and Disaster Recovery Software.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

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. I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

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. I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change.

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Cyber Incident Management – Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

Plan B Consulting

I was looking for their guidance on the nontechnical aspects of the recovery, all of them contained useful information but many were quite old and were written pre-2010. Business recovery and continuity of operations If we carry out reputation and stakeholder management, we can limit the impact of the cyber incident. Lastly, existing business recovery and continuity of operation plans should also be used during a cyber breach.

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Cyber Incident Management – Looking Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

Plan B Consulting

I was looking for their guidance on the nontechnical aspects of the recovery, all of them contained useful information but many were quite old and were written pre-2010. Business recovery and continuity of operations. Lastly, existing business recovery and continuity of operation plans should also be used during a cyber breach. This week Charlie discusses why it is important for senior managers to be involved in cyber incident management.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations. We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. BCP Guide table of Contents: Section 1 - Introduction to Business Continuity Planning (BCP).