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Safeguarding Your Computer Systems: How to Build an IT Disaster Recovery Team

MHA Consulting

Your IT disaster recovery planning team should consist of the following: Management Steering Committee. Disaster Recovery Coordinator. The disaster recovery coordinator is an individual usually from the IT department who manages the overall recovery in the event of a disruption.

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Fine by Me: The Proposed $1 Million Fine of Colonial Pipeline  

BCM METRICS

The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy 

MHA Consulting

Step 1: Gain the Support of Senior Management Without management support and engagement, it is difficult for a BC program to provide value and succeed in its goals. Step 3: Determine the Members of Your BCM Team To develop a BC strategy you need to assemble a business continuity management (BCM) team. Team Member(s).

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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

The Importance of Business Continuity is an extensive Whitepaper first written in 2009 by our CEO & Principle Managing Consultant – Keith Erwood. It is newly updated with fresh content, new stats and important new information. The Importance of Business Continuity is a great resource. Importance of Business Continuity open.

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Every Business Continuity Plan Should Include Disaster Recovery

everbridge

Developing a disaster recovery plan concurrently with the overall BC plan is an essential and efficient use of an organization’s time and resources. The analyses will identify critical components of the disaster recovery plan, such as IT recovery time and recovery point objectives.

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

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. Training, testing and exercises are essential components of business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management programs.

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Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery

MHA Consulting

Today we’re going to look at five commonly held myths about IT/disaster recovery. These … The post Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery appeared first on MHA Consulting. One definition of a myth is something you know for sure that happens to be untrue.