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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. Viewing it holistically ensures that technology complements broader organizational strategies for effective resilience.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

Step 5: Perform a BIA The business impact analysis tells you which of your business processes are most critically time sensitive. 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.)

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The Top 8 Risk Mitigation Controls, in Order 

MHA Consulting

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. Recovery Team. Business Impact Analysis.

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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. This is a mistake.