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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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

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Every Business Continuity Plan Should Include Disaster Recovery

everbridge

MARCH 7, 2022

Regardless of the actual figure, time really is money, so organizations must be proactive in setting themselves up for successful recovery in the event of a disaster. CASE STUDY: IMPROVING DISASTER RECOVERY. What is Disaster Recovery? How to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan.

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10 Disaster Recovery Plan Mistakes to Avoid for Your Business

Erwood Group

MARCH 20, 2023

That’s a sobering statistic that underscores the importance of having a solid disaster recovery plan in place. However, even with the best intentions, many organizations make common mistakes that can leave them vulnerable to downtime, data loss, and costly recovery efforts.

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The Future of Business Continuity: Innovations and Emerging Technologies

Erwood Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Let’s explore the transformative role of innovations and emerging technologies in shaping the future of business continuity, along with crisis management and disaster recovery to enhance organizational resilience. Performing real-time diagnostics, automating backup and recovery procedures and more.

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Leading by (Bad) Example: Companies in the News Show What Not to Do

MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

It’s never very hard to find examples of companies whose casual approach to resiliency and crisis management has come back to bite them. What struck me about Ticketmaster’s response to the incident were two things: how unprepared it was for an outage of this type and the clumsiness of its initial public response.

Airlines

Airlines Outage Crisis Management Transportation

Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Back then, finding information on how to do anything in BC and IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) was impossible. Anything and everything is out there regarding how you can protect your organization and its stakeholders from disruptions and recover quickly when outages occur. BCM consultancy websites. Other BCM professionals.

BCM

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

JANUARY 28, 2024

Section 1: The Scope of Business Continuity Myth 1: Business Continuity is Only About IT Disaster Recovery or DR. Contrary to popular belief, business continuity extends far beyond IT recovery. You can also seek out new clients that require vendors or suppliers to have business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place.

Business Continuity

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Risk Assessment, BIA, SLAs, RTOs, and RPOs: What’s the Link? MTD and MTDL

Zerto

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Risk assessment, business impact analysis (BIA), and service level agreement (SLAs) are indispensable to the development and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans. guaranteed uptime and allow a maximum of two outage events per year, lasting not more than three hours each.

Disaster Recovery

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Plan. References to Crisis Management and Emergency Response plans. What Is A Disaster Recovery Plan?

BCP

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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Crisis Management. Do they understand the key components of crisis management (team, plan, mock disasters, emergency notification system, etc.) Business and Disaster Recovery. Do they understand the key components of business recovery (plan development, recovery strategies, testing, maintenance, etc.)

BCM

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes

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. Common Mistake No.

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More Than Meets the Eye: The Hidden Benefits of BC Planning

MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Related on BCMMETRICS: Don’t Give Up the Ship: Demonstrating the Benefits of Rigorous Crisis Management Training Benefits That Go Beyond BC The main purpose of a business continuity management (BCM) program is to help an organization get through disruptions with the least possible impact to its operations, reputation, stakeholders, and bottom line.

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BCM Outage Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery

Four key measures to strengthen operational resilience

IBM Business Resiliency

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans need to keep pace with increasing business demands and growth in physical and compute infrastructures. With the world becoming increasingly uncertain and risks proliferating, IT leaders must look beyond crisis management to be able to achieve operational resilience.

Resilience

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Is your business ready for any disaster? Review this 5-point disaster preparedness checklist

Online Computers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In the event of a disaster, you will need to have leaders who can take charge and make decisions. Some of the key personnel you will need to appoint include: A crisis manager, who will coordinate the overall disaster response; A communication manager, who will be in charge of communicating with employees, customers, and the media; and.

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The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Related on BCMMETRICS: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Resilient An Eye-Opening Exercise Earlier this week I did a two-hour mock disaster exercise with a healthcare client. The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. I wish them the best.

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An Introduction to FFIEC: BCM’s Gold Standard

MHA Consulting

MARCH 23, 2023

It is also comprehensive, covering all phases of the BCM program lifecycle, including risk assessment, business impact analysis, crisis management, cyber response, strategy development, plan development, testing, and maintenance. They should pick a standard and try to align with it, but it probably shouldn’t be FFIEC.

BCM

BCM Impact Analysis Business Continuity Banking

Healthcare Under Attack: Building Resilience in the Face of an Aggressive Cyber Threat

MHA Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

The BC team’s work in making sure the organization is prepared for a data breach includes the following: Ensuring the overall crisis management plan addresses responding to a data breach. Developing a clear picture of what kind of sensitive data the organization possesses and where it is located.

Healthcare

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Section 2 - Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program Implementation. Section 7 - IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 7 – IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 7 – IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 7 – IT Disaster Recovery Plan. 7 – IT Disaster Recovery Plan.

Business Continuity

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All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources

MHA Consulting

MARCH 9, 2023

It helps them prioritize which of their processes and systems they should protect the most and restore the fastest in order to minimize the impact of an outage on the organization. Comparing the value of different business processes and departments is like comparing apples to oranges (also, pears, grapes, pineapples, and bananas).

Impact Analysis

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