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Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant

MHA Consulting

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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ESS Presentations at NFPA C&E Address a Wide Range of Issues, Including the Hazards They Present and Tactical Approaches for Mitigation

National Fire Protection Association

An NFPA Journal article, “ESS Prep,” by Angelo Verzoni highlights improved ESS training and regulation as keys to a safe coexistence with this evolving and complex hazard. This panel discussion offers perspectives from manufacturers, AHJs, FPEs/consultants, developer/installer/maintainers, and insurance and fire service.

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Article by the Diva in South Korean Newspaper

Recovery Diva

” Claire Rubin, a researcher who works as a disaster prevention consultant in the U.S., “The current state of disaster management is reasonably responsive to common threats, but recent emerging hazards pose significant challenges to current U.S. 26 (local time). preparedness and response efforts,” she said. .

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more. Talks about the need for business to be prepared for three types of hazards, natural, human-caused, and technology-related. BCM consultancy websites.

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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times

MHA Consulting

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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Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing

Plan B Consulting

These plans might not always be referred to as emergency response plans; they could be called incident response plans, major incident response plans, or hazard plans. Many manufacturing sites have hazardous materials on-site, which, in the event of an incident, could impact their staff or even the local community. Casualty Management.

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Getting Started with Enterprise Risk Management

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management Introducing Enterprise Risk Management In addition to being a business continuity consultant, I’m a business owner. ERM is about proactively applying the four risk mitigation strategies to bring the total risk faced by the company.