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An Introduction to FFIEC: BCM’s Gold Standard

MHA Consulting

It has greater governance, risk assessment, business impact analysis, planning, testing, and maintenance requirements than any other standard. FFIEC’s requirements are very stringent due to the critical role financial institutions play in the economy.

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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

A mature, fully integrated risk model would like something like this: As part of the business impact analysis (BIA), people would be doing risk assessments of different areas at different levels throughout the company. Over time, we see risks go down, the number of outages decrease, and insurance and other costs decrease.

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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

A mature, fully integrated risk model would like something like this: As part of the business impact analysis (BIA), people would be doing risk assessments of different areas at different levels throughout the company. Over time, we see risks go down, the number of outages decrease, and insurance and other costs decrease.

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

Once you know your critical functions you should also conduct a risk assessment and then a business impact analysis that allows you to properly assess situations that could negatively impact your business. Another is through gaining insurance coverage without increasing the premium from the provider.

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

Erwood Group

Even a trader was impacted by a power loss at his home. Due to the outage, he was unable to execute a trade to exit a position and lost $70,000.00 Reduce or even eliminate financial losses by implementing strategies that reduce the impacts. Obtain better insurance rates and coverage for instant Return on Investment (RIO).

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Business Continuity as a Business Strategy

Disaster Recovery Journal

Unexpected power outages and equipment failures were familiar events that crippled technology but not manual procedures. The firm had an advantage in understanding the legal frustrations surrounding insurance claims, city investigations, and client services. The structure of a partnership allowed multiple layers of decision-making.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

An added benefit to a more resilient organization will be lower insurance rates These are just a few examples. The critical point a business needs to understand is that the program implementation and its maturity will require some time and effort across the organization.