MHA Consulting

JANUARY 22, 2024

MHA will begin this engagement with a platform technology impact analysis, leading us to develop resilient strategies and robust disaster recovery plans that are validated with an exercise. The organization provides tech-led solutions to address transportation challenges in more than 15 countries worldwide.

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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. What Is A Disaster Recovery Plan? Learn More About what is Disaster Recovery Plan.

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BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 74

MHA Consulting

MARCH 9, 2023

We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. This high level of interest in BIAs is completely warranted since the BIA is the lynchpin of a good business continuity management (BCM) program and hence of a resilient organization.

Impact Analysis 89

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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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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 7 - IT Disaster Recovery Plan.

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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. Differentiating Between Risk Assessment (RA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA). What Is Risk Assessment?

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 20, 2023

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss?

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 20, 2023

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss?

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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. In times of crisis, a comprehensive business continuity plan ensures that every facet of the organization is resilient.

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Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning Crisis Management 52

Castellan

AUGUST 24, 2021

Resilience is all about the ability to recover quickly when faced with a challenge. For businesses, resilience is often tied directly to business continuity, where professionals are tasked with ensuring an organization can quickly adjust, adapt, respond, and recover from disruptions and disasters. What is Cyber Resilience?

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 23, 2023

All of these standards are valuable, well-regarded tools that are capable of helping organizations become more resilient. It has greater governance, risk assessment, business impact analysis, planning, testing, and maintenance requirements than any other standard.

BCM 74

BCM Impact Analysis Business Continuity Banking 74

Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

What are the best business continuity certification training courses that any backup and disaster recovery administrator should consider earning? For those in the business continuity space, there are several certifications and training courses that show expertise in avoiding downtime, recovering data, and maintaining IT resilience.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning Crisis Management 52

Zerto

APRIL 6, 2023

We will discuss risk management, the critical importance of business impact analysis (BIA) , and the essential steps involved in a thorough risk assessment. This framework captures your business continuity and disaster recovery plans, so it must be regularly updated as the organization scales and its risk profile expands or shrinks.

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Risk Management Management Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis 91

Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery planning efforts do not have defined start and endpoints, and as such must be maintained and updated over time to be truly effective. As an example, many smaller organizations use Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to outsource their IT operations and IT Disaster Recovery requirements.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery planning efforts do not have defined start and endpoints, and as such must be maintained and updated over time to be truly effective. As an example, many smaller organizations use Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to outsource their IT operations and IT Disaster Recovery requirements.

Audit 52

Audit BCM Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 52

Erwood Group

APRIL 5, 2022

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. This is a mistake.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 13, 2023

In one recent engagement, MHA was tasked with picking up the pieces after a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) conducted by another consulting firm suffered a crack-up. A sound BIA is a prerequisite of any company that wants to attain true resilience.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

Is this because IT already completed some of the Business Continuity Planning activities by developing an IT Disaster Recovery Plan , and this is just repetitive? In mid-2019, I spoke at the local Disaster Recovery Information Exchange conference and outlined some reasons for this divide. IT must be engaged (early)!

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BCM Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

Is this because IT already completed some of the Business Continuity Planning activities by developing an IT Disaster Recovery Plan , and this is just repetitive? In mid-2019, I spoke at the local Disaster Recovery Information Exchange conference and outlined some reasons for this divide. Business Impact Analysis.

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BCM Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

MAY 21, 2020

Many organizations understand the importance of Business Continuity Planning processes, such as Risks Assessment or a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). It affects all aspects of operations in one way or another and has a particularly significant impact on Business Continuity Planning (BCP) efforts.

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Stratogrid Advisory

MAY 21, 2020

Many organizations understand the importance of Business Continuity Planning processes, such as Risks Assessment or a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). It affects all aspects of operations in one way or another and has a particularly significant impact on Business Continuity Planning (BCP) efforts. Let's talk about governance.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 4, 2023

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. These are also the controls that deliver the most bang for the buck in terms of increased resilience for dollars spent. Business Impact Analysis.

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KingsBridge BCP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We ask Mark about his past in the business continuity field, his thoughts on present trends and where he thinks business continuity/resiliency should be going in the future. S1E10 – Business Resilience. Roswitha and Skip discuss Business Continuity versus Disaster Recovery versus Business Resiliency.

BCP 52

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KingsBridge BCP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We ask Mark about his past in the business continuity field, his thoughts on present trends and where he thinks business continuity/resiliency should be going in the future. S1E10 – Business Resilience. Roswitha and Skip discuss Business Continuity versus Disaster Recovery versus Business Resiliency.

BCP 72

BCP Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting 72

Stratogrid Advisory

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) are the two major ones responsible for defining and developing business continuity practices as well as certifying professionals. The industry governance. How to implement a BCM Program in your organization? Where do you start?

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Step 5: Perform a BIA The business impact analysis tells you which of your business processes are most critically time sensitive. Issues to consider include: the building or location dependencies, how people will continue to work remotely if there are regional impacts, and how customers will contact the organization during the event.

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Business Continuity BCM Disaster Recovery Outage 86

Stratogrid Advisory

MAY 11, 2020

Proper business interruption coverage is a significant part of your risk management strategy and the vital part of the overall organization’s resiliency plan, but your organization should not solely rely on it. Is it aligned with your business continuity requirements ( Business Impact Analysis - BIA anyone)? Is it up to date?

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

They will all have some very high-level, but somewhat relevant business continuity related jargon, but in the first few sentences, the narrative will change from Business Continuity to IT Disaster Recovery. It will define Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

They will all have some very high-level, but somewhat relevant business continuity related jargon, but in the first few sentences, the narrative will change from Business Continuity to IT Disaster Recovery. . It will define Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Backup BCM Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

As outlined in the “ Business Continuity is not a data backup ” article, this creates a false sense of security, where senior management expects those third-party IT organizations will develop a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan or IT Disaster Recovery Plan. The BCM Program documentation, once updated (e.g.

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Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCM Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

As outlined in the “ Business Continuity is not a data backup ” article, this creates a false sense of security, where senior management expects those third-party IT organizations will develop a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan or IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Business Impact Analysis. IT Disaster Recovery.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As we reflect on lessons learned from our pandemic and multi-event response protocols, we can find many opportunities to improve business continuity practices to further solidify resilience. Cyber resilience is part of a much bigger picture and as such is evolving as a critical component of business continuity. Here are a few tips.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Traditionally, organizations conducted a Business Impact Analysis every other year or even less frequently, but in today’s fast-moving world, that’s not sufficient. It leaves too much time for systems and applications to change, reducing the relevance of the BIA and the recovery plans based on it. The subordination of BC to IT.

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BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Internet 87

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. Consult your business impact analysis. Companies who lack manual workarounds coud miss SEC deadlines and face sanctions.

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Outage BCM Internet Healthcare 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 5, 2020

During the planning process, a Business Impact Analysis analyzes and outlines business requirements. The connectivity diversity will be a key for organizational resiliency capabilities. An ability to execute your BCPs is imperative to organizational resiliency readiness. Business Impact Analysis. 6 Articles.

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Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) recently released its 4th Annual BCM Trends and Predictions Report , which provides predictions for resilience trends in 2019/2020. There are ten predictions in the report, but this article will explore 5 with the highest impacts. Business Impact Analysis. 22 Articles.

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KingsBridge BCP

MAY 12, 2023

S2E5 - Rethinking Resilience Roswitha has Mark Armour back to discuss resilience; the language, how we describe it, our perception and how to incorporate it into your BCP efforts. S1E10 - Business Resilience. Roswitha and Skip discuss Business Continuity versus Disaster Recovery versus Business Resiliency.

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