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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

Contrary to popular belief, business continuity extends far beyond IT recovery. In times of crisis, a comprehensive business continuity plan ensures that every facet of the organization is resilient. Myth 2: Business Continuity Plans Are Only for Large Enterprises.

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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

For those new, to Business Continuity the Importance of Business Continuity provides a brief overview of what business continuity is and why you should have a continuity plan, but more importantly how to get started developing and implementing your own program for business resilience and preparedness.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

(It is often incorrectly assumed that the vendor handles backup and recovery for SaaS/cloud-based applications, relieving the organization of the need to think about this.) Gaps in IT recovery and business availability/recovery requirements. The full nature and complexity (or lack thereof) of the processes.

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The Top 8 Risk Mitigation Controls, in Order 

MHA Consulting

In business continuity, there are around five to 10 measures that are commonly regarded as the key mitigation controls. These are the measures we can implement to reduce the risk at our organizations, increasing our resilience, and making us better prepared to deal with disruptions. Recovery Team. Training and Awareness.

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Separating the Best from the Rest: An Analysis of Why Business Preparedness Is Critical in an Uncertain Future

Erwood Group

In addition to preventing severe financial losses, it can prevent companies from “cl osing their doors” To celebrate April’s Financial Literacy Month, I will share examples of what happens when you do not have a plan and outline strategic steps on how to build a resilient organization during the next crisis.