MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery. Let’s go over them.

Disaster Recovery 103

Disaster Recovery BCM Business Continuity Manufacturing 103

MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Write Stuff: How to Create and Maintain Business Continuity Documentation Five Ways BC Documentation Can Go Wrong An organization can reap myriad benefits by documenting its business continuity or IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) program in the form of written recovery plans.

BCM 101

BCM Business Continuity Outage Business Recovery 101

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. Do they understand the key components of crisis management (team, plan, mock disasters, emergency notification system, etc.)

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BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 91

MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Residual risk is one of the foundational concepts of business continuity management. Identifying and reducing residual risk is the most cost-effective way of making an organization more resilient. An organization that can undergo an outage of five days at no great cost is justified in having a high risk tolerance.

Mitigation 75

Mitigation BCM Acceptable Risk Risk Management 75

MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

At the same time, a new need has developed: one for a place remote workers can go if they are no longer able to work at home (due to a power outage or whatever it might be). Two or three decades ago, few people worried about the resiliency of their supply chains. The “What, Me Worry?” approach to cybersecurity.

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BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Internet 87

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Why did we write this guide?

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Section 4 - Business Impact Analysis. Section 5 - Business Continuity Strategy.

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52