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. BCM consultancy websites. Other BCM professionals. Collectively these are an exceptional resource.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Previously, Green was the global head of business continuity for Sykes Enterprises, a business process outsourcer with 50,000 employees and 80 locations worldwide. In 2020 he was named the Business Continuity Institute’s Continuity and Resilience Consultant of the Americas, becoming the first person to be honored with this award twice. .

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Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Outsourcing Financial Services 130

The Failover Plan Podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Along with Mark Armour he founded AdaptiveBCP.org and authored Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach. He consults, teaches, and advises on project management and business continuity. Mark Armour is a business continuity leader with over 17 years of experience in the field. Links: David Lindstedt Twitter.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

JULY 20, 2020

Episode Summary: On today's show, Shane interviews John Hill, a seasoned consultant with over 20 years of experience in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. John is ITIL certified and a Certified Business Continuity Professional. Important Links: Linkedin.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 13, 2023

Business continuity professionals need to be sure their recovery plans and strategies are fully adapted to the new reality. As a result, business continuity professionals need to optimize their recovery plans and strategies to ensure they are fully adapted to the new reality.

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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. What BC Professionals Need to Know What do you as a business continuity professional need to know about Zero Trust?

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Charlie recommends a podcast series he’s been listening to recently and discusses why it is important for business continuity professionals to be aware of trolls. . As business continuity professionals, it is important for us to understand the world of trolls.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

The business continuity management system in the bank I was working with, had been implemented by local Saudi business continuity professionals rather than consultants. As a consultancy in the UK, in 15 years we have only supported eight organisations to ISO certification. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

The business continuity management system in the bank I was working with, had been implemented by local Saudi business continuity professionals rather than consultants. As a consultancy in the UK, in 15 years we have only supported eight organisations to ISO certification. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Banking Tourism Audit 52

BryghtPath

AUGUST 26, 2021

With resiliency thrust into the limelight, many business continuity professionals may see their next step to sit back and wait for the budget money to rain … The post Making the Case for your Business Continuity Program appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 6, 2023

One of the most common complaints from my consulting clients is that doing a formal business impact analysis, or BIA, is a waste of time. In today’s post, written with BIA doubters in mind, I’ll lay out four cases where conducting a formal BIA is unnecessary.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 15, 2024

I think as business continuity professionals, we should take note of Melissa’s formula for stories going viral and recognise the three elements. appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The post The Post Office Scandal – Why Now?

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Media Continuity Professionals Government Consulting 52

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. Doing this work is one of the most productive activities a BC professional can undertake. The job of the gap hunter is to identify gaps that might keep them from working—and to close them.

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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. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)?

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Continuity Professionals Business Continuity Mitigation Outage 52

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. The post Thoughts On The Coming New Year appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Mitigation Outage 52

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? 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. Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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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. The post Thoughts On The Coming New Year appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Mitigation Outage 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

The business continuity management system in the bank I was working with, had been implemented by local Saudi business continuity professionals rather than consultants. As a consultancy in the UK, in 15 years we have only supported eight organisations to ISO certification. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Banking Tourism Audit 40

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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Plan B Consulting

MAY 18, 2023

Discussing another aspect of Personal Resilience is Consultant Monica Habo. She explain how Self-Care influences busine ss continuity. The post BCAW- Personal Resilience – Building resilience through self-care and why this matters for business continuity appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 20, 2022

Also, why business continuity professionals need to implement this crucial fact into our plans. As business continuity professionals, we must accept that if we warn others that something outrageous is going to happen, it is very likely that people may not believe us. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Transportation Continuity Professionals Response Plan Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 20, 2022

Also, why business continuity professionals need to implement this crucial fact into our plans. As business continuity professionals, we must accept that if we warn others that something outrageous is going to happen, it is very likely that people may not believe us. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Transportation Continuity Professionals Response Plan Business Continuity 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. 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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Airlines Continuity Professionals Outage Government 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. 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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Airlines Continuity Professionals Outage Government 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Business continuity professionals that were involved in the response became glorified admin people, carrying out a whole load of tasks in response to the actions decided by the COVID response team. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Pandemic Continuity Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Business continuity professionals that were involved in the response became glorified admin people, carrying out a whole load of tasks in response to the actions decided by the COVID response team. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Pandemic Continuity Planning 52

MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. The post The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional appeared first on MHA Consulting. Over time, organisms that are capable of adapting to change thrive while those that don’t go extinct.

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BCM Business Continuity Outage Internet 90

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 20, 2022

Also, why business continuity professionals need to implement this crucial fact into our plans. As business continuity professionals, we must accept that if we warn others that something outrageous is going to happen, it is very likely that people may not believe us. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Learning to Talk to Your IT/DR Colleagues Knowing How to Recover Is Still Important With the migration toward cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS), many organizations have grown complacent about IT/DR. There are four main phases involved in doing this. Let’s look at them one by one.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This week, Charlie discusses what business continuity professionals should take away from the Yorkshire Cricket Club scandal, and points to consider when thinking about your own company. The post Comments on the Yorkshire Cricket Club Racism Crisis appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This week, Charlie discusses what business continuity professionals should take away from the Yorkshire Cricket Club scandal, and points to consider when thinking about your own company. The post Comments on the Yorkshire Cricket Club Racism Crisis appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Castellan

JUNE 2, 2021

Get the Business Continuity Accountability Guide. While we’ve talked with several business continuity professionals who say they’re working through pandemic burnout, the new 2021 BCM Compensation Report published in partnership with the BCI, indicates many remained resilient and stayed with their organizations through the past year.

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Erwood Group

JULY 8, 2020

The Importance of Business Continuity is an extensive Whitepaper first written in 2009 by our CEO & Principle Managing Consultant – Keith Erwood. The Importance of Business Continuity is a great resource. Importance of Business Continuity open.

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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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Airlines Continuity Professionals Business Continuity Outage 40

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Business continuity professionals that were involved in the response became glorified admin people, carrying out a whole load of tasks in response to the actions decided by the COVID response team. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Pandemic Continuity Planning 40

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If ‘it couldn’t happen’ were true, all of us business continuity professionals would be out of a job, and the Titanic wouldn’t have sunk! The post An Old Threat Returns…Computer Outage appeared first on PlanB Consulting. So, lesson number one, is never to believe technology or perhaps other people who say it can’t happen.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. The post The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk appeared first on MHA Consulting. This week’s blog post will spell out the key concepts relating to this all-important goal; call it “The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk.”

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