MHA Consulting

MARCH 14, 2024

Risk can never be eliminated but it can be mitigated. Enterprise Risk Management is the activity of identifying and mitigating the hazards that threaten an organization (definition from Strong Language: The MHA Glossary of Essential Business Continuity Terminology , available for free download with registration).

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Zerto

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has developed a set of prioritized mitigation strategies known as the Essential Eight to safeguard internet-connected information technology networks. These strategies, outlined by the ASD, form a comprehensive framework to mitigate cybersecurity incidents effectively.

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Zerto

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Aside from data backup and replication considerations, IT organizations and teams also need to design robust disaster recovery (DR) plans and test these DR plans frequently to ensure quick and effective recovery from planned and unplanned outage events when they occur. The right technologies and resources can help you achieve this.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources We business continuity professionals spend a lot of time telling our colleagues and clients about the negative impacts an organization can experience if it gives short shrift to the need to become resilient and plan for outages.

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PagerDuty

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In a world where organizations of all industries increasingly rely on digital innovation and experiences to create differentiation in the market, it has never been more critical to ensure the integrity of their operations are safeguarded against unforeseen outages and incidents.

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everbridge

JUNE 12, 2023

Climate-related disasters are only increasing, which is in turn increasing the costs associated without proper mitigation steps. For example, in February 2021 a severe winter storm hit Texas , causing widespread power outages and water shortages. billion in damage to physical assets in the US alone.”

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CCEM Strategies

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

But remember not to rely only on these sources, as a power outage could occur at any time. If you operate a coastal business and want advice on what else to include in your emergency plan to mitigate the impact of a tsunami or other natural disaster, contact us and we’ll be happy to connect.

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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? Second, using the risk maturity model pays.

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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? Second, using the risk maturity model pays.

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Zerto

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Indeed, besides any business’ need to be able to cope with natural disasters or planned outages (maintenance, etc.), Cyber resilience describes an organization’s ability to mitigate, respond to and recover from cyber threats and attacks such as ransomware. What Is Cyber Resilience? What Does a Cyber Resilience Strategy Include?

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How to Get Strong: Unlocking the Power of Vulnerability Management The Practice of Vulnerability Management Last week, MHA CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog about vulnerability management , the practice of identifying and mitigating the weaknesses in an organization’s people, processes, and technology.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

Threat intelligence empowers organizations to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with threats of all types, thus helping them protect their assets, reputation, and business continuity. The reason for monitoring threats is to enable the organization to take educated actions to avoid them or mitigate their impact.

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everbridge

JUNE 12, 2023

However, there are critical event management solutions specifically developed to help organizations mitigate the impact of critical events and build resilience, such as those offered by Everbridge. Complex IT systems have several failure points, and it only takes one system change to cause a domino effect of failures and outages.

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Zerto

JULY 25, 2023

An IT outage of any sort can adversely impact people’s lives. By leveraging these benefits, organizations can enhance their data resilience, mitigate risks, and ensure business continuity in the face of potential disruptions or disasters. Seeking help planning or updating your data protection strategy?

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Online Computers

MARCH 10, 2023

These may include natural disasters, cyberattacks, power outages, supply chain disruptions, and more. This entails creating a detailed response plan for each potential risk identified, including the procedures and strategies that need to be put in place to mitigate the impacts of a particular risk.

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NexusTek

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1. Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error.

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Pure Storage

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Mitigating the environmental impact of data infrastructures requires a sustainable model with data storage that’s engineered to need less space, power, and cooling. Pure Storage ensures that data, the lifeblood of the digital business, is always available and resilient.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Anything and everything is out there regarding how you can protect your organization and its stakeholders from disruptions and recover quickly when outages occur. A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation. Other BCM professionals.

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CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 11, 2024

It can result in power outages, transportation disruptions, and, most critically, could pose serious health risks to people. Understanding local risk profiles helps mitigate, prepare for, and respond to extreme cold emergencies. The impact of cold emergencies goes beyond discomfort. Especially vulnerable populations.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Follow these seven steps to implement a BC strategy that can help you swiftly recover your business processes in the event of an outage. You can also develop individual department strategies and actions for recovery and continued operations during an emergency or outage event.)

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LogisManager

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

What percentage of their daily operations would be impacted if this vendor had an outage? This client immediately knows what is negotiable within a contract because they can see exactly which risks each clause helps to mitigate (or which risks become more likely to materialize due to a particular clause being in place).

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Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Discuss the systems exposure to winter weather and potential mitigation options. Avoiding a power outage can save a day or two of business interruption. Select a heating system repair service before an unexpected outage or maintenance issue arises mid-season. Winterize your landscaping and irrigation. Maintain your HVAC system.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I suspect all of us in the business continuity profession would like a pay rise, but we may find ourselves developing plans for mitigating the impact of strikes by our suppliers on our own organisation, or even strikes by our own employees. Power outages.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I suspect all of us in the business continuity profession would like a pay rise, but we may find ourselves developing plans for mitigating the impact of strikes by our suppliers on our own organisation, or even strikes by our own employees. Power outages.

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IBM Business Resiliency

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Closely aligned with a data center strategy should be a holistic BCDR strategy that considers all types of risks (system failure, natural disaster, human error or cyberattack) and outage scenarios, and provides plans for mitigation with minimal or no impact to the business.

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Pure Storage

JUNE 30, 2022

To recognize its importance, you only need to look at the multibillion-dollar industry that has been built up around it or read the news to observe the near-daily outages of major businesses or ransoms paid to bad actors. Mitigating Risks with Pure Cloud Block Store. Low-Cost Disaster Recovery Meets Granular Ransomware Mitigation.

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Online Computers

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Cutting the cause at the root can also help mitigate its effects and keep your business running smoothly. What’s more, in the event of a disaster or a major outage, MSPs can provide you with a disaster recovery plan so that you can quickly get back on track.

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eBRP

JANUARY 10, 2019

In the IT realm, CIO’s and CISO’s now focus their efforts on mitigating those risks, and planning responses to potential data breaches, malware and other cyber threats. Cyber disruptions – and their impact on both reputations and profitability – have risen to the top of nearly every recent risk study.

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Fusion Risk Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Taking the following steps helps appropriately manage and mitigate risks throughout the vendor lifecycle: Dive deeper during due diligence. Identifying them, taking the appropriate steps to mitigate risk , and continuously learning and adapting brings a proactive approach that helps build resilience throughout your organization.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2023

They soon find the field contains an abundance of specialist terms such as inherent risk , mitigation controls , and recovery time objective. There is certainly no shortage of BC training courses and programs, but many people who are tasked with taking on BC duties are expected to educate themselves about their new assignment.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I suspect all of us in the business continuity profession would like a pay rise, but we may find ourselves developing plans for mitigating the impact of strikes by our suppliers on our own organisation, or even strikes by our own employees. Power outages.

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Online Computers

AUGUST 29, 2023

Reputable MSPs like Online Computers specialize in addressing and mitigating the impacts of cyberthreats. Some cyberthreats can make company data inaccessible by locking it away using encryption. Others can delete or steal sensitive information. Others can delete or steal sensitive information.

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Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Approaching maintenance in this way allows your organization to be prepared for planned outages within your infrastructure, including patch installation, security updates, and service packs. Consolidating your disconnected systems is essential to mitigate this risk and streamline the recovery process. . Incompatible Infrastructure.

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Pure Storage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

There are also mandatory transformational changes driven by industry regulation and data compliance, but these still yield business benefits—mostly in the form of risk mitigation and cost avoidance. The real problem arises when the future solution that the transformation program was originally designed to deliver is inflexible.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Organizations now have to contend with a heightened risk of drought, flooding, heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, political unrest, global conflict, cyberattack, power outages, active shooters, supply chain disruptions, pandemic, social-media impacts, and all the rest.

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PagerDuty

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For serious outages this needlessly extends the length of time it takes to resolve an incident, takes engineers away from high-value work, and increases the overall cost of an outage. Automated Diagnostics for AWS: Empowers first responders with the power to triage, mitigate, and resolve incidents, improving MTTR across the board. .

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Online Computers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

But how can you be sure that your strategy to mitigate disasters will actually work? Conduct drills or simulations; for example, you can simulate a power outage by turning off the lights and having employees work in the dark. Or you can set off the fire alarm and practice your fire evacuation procedure.

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