BCM METRICS

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Because technology is vulnerable to disruption—and disruptions are on the rise—every organization should devise manual workarounds for its critical business processes. The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside […].

Internet 72

Internet Outage Healthcare Vulnerability 72

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 11, 2024

It can result in power outages, transportation disruptions, and, most critically, could pose serious health risks to people. Especially vulnerable populations. The impact of cold emergencies goes beyond discomfort. In contrast, urban areas face their own set of challenges during cold emergencies.

Resilience 64

Resilience Vulnerability Transportation Telecommunications 64

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.

Vulnerability 82

Vulnerability Capacity Outage BCM 82

CCEM Strategies

JUNE 5, 2023

From storms triggering electrical outages to droughts and heat domes that can contribute to wildfires (which in turn can cause poor air quality), all these hazards have the potential to cause detrimental impacts to your organization. Have alternatives in the event of utility outages All businesses and organizations are reliant on utilities.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Outage Hazard Continuity Planning 52

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

Related on MHA Consulting: Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan Everyone reading this blog will know that the business continuity (BC) recovery plan is something organizations create to help them quickly restore their essential operations in the event of an outage, minimizing the impact on the company.

Outage 77

Outage Airlines Consulting Vulnerability 77

everbridge

JUNE 12, 2023

Download Financial Vulnerabilities White Paper The financial impact of climate change on organizations The cost of climate change on organizations is multi-faceted, and the consequences can be severe. For example, in February 2021 a severe winter storm hit Texas , causing widespread power outages and water shortages.

Mitigation 52

Mitigation Vulnerability Outage Resilience 52

PagerDuty

JUNE 29, 2022

It is particularly important for healthcare facilities to have a consistent, reliable power source to ensure that vulnerable patients – specifically those who rely on electricity to sustain their lives – are not disrupted. . Understand how alerts and data could help resolve power outages. The Power of PagerDuty.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Hospitality Outage Alert 52

DRI Drive

JANUARY 4, 2023

“When an attack on an electrical substation in Moore County, North Carolina left thousands in the state without power through the following week, it became a wakeup call throughout the country that our power grid is dangerously vulnerable.

Vulnerability 130

Vulnerability Resilience Outage 130

everbridge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Having multiple locations extending across regions, states, or even the globe makes retailers vulnerable to various kinds of physical threats such as crime or severe weather. Utility outages. Perhaps order statuses need to be amended or alerts of an outage need to be shared. Cyberattacks. Interruption of shipping services.

Retail 142

Retail Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP 142

Zerto

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Indeed, besides any business’ need to be able to cope with natural disasters or planned outages (maintenance, etc.), On the preventive side, patch management helps to reduce the attack surface of an organization by fixing known vulnerabilities. Threat and vulnerability management. What Is Cyber Resilience?

Resilience 92

Resilience Cyber Resilience Cybersecurity Malware 92

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Because technology is vulnerable to disruption—and disruptions are on the rise—every organization should devise manual workarounds for its critical business processes. The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. Continue operating your critical business operations.”

Outage 52

Outage BCM Internet Healthcare 52

OffsiteDataSync

MAY 18, 2022

Unfortunately, amidst the excitement, a critical vulnerability was overlooked. Then, regardless of how much SaaS has benefited your company, it’ll only be talk when the data you thought was backed up isn’t there or when productivity grinds to a halt because an outage is keeping users from the resources they need to get their job done.

Outage 52

Outage Backup Authentication Security 52

everbridge

JULY 20, 2023

With power outages, you now have people who are oxygen dependent, who don’t have access to their oxygen because the power’s been turned off. Second, emergency managers are opening cooling shelters, trying to get the homeless and vulnerable populations into areas where they’re not going to suffer from the extreme heat.

Management 52

Management Vulnerability Command Center Communications 52

MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Over the past several years, hackers have shown this approach to be highly vulnerable, and as a result the Zero Trust framework was developed. So what happens when, during an outage, employees start attempting to use backup devices, such as their home computers, to access the network? Traditional network security is perimeter-based.

Security 52

Security Architecture Outage Alert 52

Security Industry Association

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This led, over several days, to massive website outages that affected some of the internet’s most prominent sites, including Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, PayPal, Reddit and others. SSDF ensures that password complexity, authentication, encryption, software updates, and vulnerability management occur throughout a product’s life cycle.

Cybersecurity 59

Cybersecurity Manufacturing Vulnerability Authentication 59

Online Computers

MARCH 10, 2023

Assess your company's risks and vulnerabilities Identify the potential risks and threats that your business may face. These may include natural disasters, cyberattacks, power outages, supply chain disruptions, and more.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP Disaster Recovery 52

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.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Continuity Planning Outage 52

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Here are some examples of vulnerabilities that can exist at facilities even after risk mitigation controls have been implemented: The backup power source can provide only a fraction of the power needed to keep critical operations running in the event of an outage. Too often, even a surface investigation can uncover deep gaps.

Mitigation 80

Mitigation Authorization Risk Management Risk Reduction 80

Fusion Risk Management

APRIL 5, 2023

Where are my vulnerabilities? Organizations that embrace, invest in, and elevate resilience as a strategic priority are able to more proactively sense issues, analyze vulnerabilities, and adapt to the evolving environment. This approach leaves businesses vulnerable to disruptions and limits their ability to grow.

Resilience 59

Resilience Strategic Banking Vulnerability 59

Solutions Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Arcserve Drops New Research on Healthcare Data Protection The findings reveal gaps, vulnerabilities, and misconceptions in the healthcare sector, potentially hindering its ability to effectively safeguard and recover data in the event of malicious attacks and accidental data outages stemming from human error or natural events.

Malware 59

Malware Healthcare Backup Disaster Recovery 59

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. Building a relationship with these knowledgeable and dedicated folks ahead of time can make all the difference when and if you experience an outage or disaster.

BCM 89

BCM All-Hazards Disaster Recovery Hazard 89

MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

An organization that can undergo an outage of five days at no great cost is justified in having a high risk tolerance. An organization that would suffer a large impact as the result of an outage of two hours should be willing to tolerate very little risk. Where risk tolerance is high, controls can be relaxed. Risk avoidance.

Mitigation 73

Mitigation BCM Acceptable Risk Risk Management 73

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. Recoverability and reliability.

Resilience 52

Resilience Failover Outage Backup 52

Pure Storage

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We have to assume they’ll use every tool, skill set, and vulnerability they can to keep their revenue streams healthy. Building access systems have already been in the sightlines of hackers, and security professionals have already pointed out serious vulnerabilities in smart building control systems that hackers could exploit.

Security 109

Security Vulnerability Hospitality Backup 109

Solutions Review

JANUARY 26, 2023

2023 could be the year we see the first major SaaS outage. Similarly, in the case of a system outage, immutable storage can be helpful because it enables organizations to access a copy of their data. Without it, you leave yourself vulnerable to data loss or corruption from external threats or system failures.

Outage 52

Outage Backup Disaster Recovery Banking 52

Pure Storage

AUGUST 30, 2023

Such outages can cripple operations, erode customer trust, and result in financial losses. Security vulnerabilities: Complex IT environments often have multiple points of entry for cyber threats. Prioritize systems that pose the most risk due to lack of support and security vulnerabilities.

Resilience 52

Resilience Vulnerability Cybersecurity Technology 52

MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, a number of companies, especially the biggest ones, persist in taking a “too big to fail” approach to dealing with the possibility they might be hit with serious outages: We don’t have to bother with BCM. For many BC offices, dealing with these losses—and the vulnerabilities they create—will be a key agenda item for 2023.

BCM 52

BCM Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Outage 52

Online Computers

MAY 22, 2022

The attack also caused the COVID-19 vaccine portal to go offline and induced IT outages at five major hospitals, including Children’s Health Ireland. Sadly, city administrators knew about their computer systems’ vulnerabilities but had failed to take action in time.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity Hospitality Healthcare 52

Pure Storage

JULY 17, 2023

According to the strategy, investing in a resiliency architecture means: Reducing vulnerabilities in foundational technology—including critical infrastructure such as storage, which should be capable of tiered backups, immutable snapshots, and fast recovery times. It’s the best way to have every chance at recovering after a security event.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Resilience Architecture Backup 98

Plan B Consulting

JULY 5, 2021

Access Vulnerabilities – Often, passwords are shared due to the installer changing it for additional users or manufacture default passwords are not changed. Remote Access – As systems are often widely dispersed, remote access is more vulnerable to unauthorised access. Is ransomware a threat? Bibliography. YADAV, G. &

Security 52

Security Malware Vulnerability Transportation 52

MHA Consulting

APRIL 20, 2023

A mature risk model has the ability to gather data on risks from across the organization, bubble it up to the senior levels, and boil it down to the handful of areas that are both highly critical and highly vulnerable. Over time, we see risks go down, the number of outages decrease, and insurance and other costs decrease.

Resilience 52

Resilience Risk Management Mitigation BCM 52

Fusion Risk Management

DECEMBER 7, 2023

He worried that that approach wouldn’t work with some customers, vendors, and regulators and could result in potential risks like outages, losing customers for good, and regulatory fines. For example, what if some customers couldn’t perform testing or other basic functions as a result? It was like turning a Rubik’s cube,” he said.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Resilience Disaster Recovery Automotive 52

FS-ISAC

MARCH 2, 2022

The rapid digitization of financial services in the last few years – both in products and operations – has led to an exponential rise in the number of incidents firms are dealing with – be they internal software bugs, third-party vendor vulnerabilities, or cyber attacks. Incident Response Grows Up.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Outage Marketing Communications 52

Pure Storage

AUGUST 2, 2021

Do we have a vulnerability and patch management program? Installing software patches and updating systems to eliminate vulnerabilities are the low-hanging fruit of security tasks. The documentation should also focus on critical infrastructure that can be rapidly restored in an outage since other applications depend on it.

Cybersecurity 85

Cybersecurity Application Benchmark Vulnerability 85

Online Computers

AUGUST 29, 2023

Some cyberthreats can make company data inaccessible by locking it away using encryption.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Cloud Computing Application Disaster Recovery 52

MHA Consulting

APRIL 20, 2023

A mature risk model has the ability to gather data on risks from across the organization, bubble it up to the senior levels, and boil it down to the handful of areas that are both highly critical and highly vulnerable. Over time, we see risks go down, the number of outages decrease, and insurance and other costs decrease.

Resilience 52

Resilience Risk Management Mitigation BCM 52

MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

In recent years, we have entered a uniquely tumultuous period, one characterized by weird weather, global conflict, and heightened supply chain vulnerability, among other challenges. The threat of utility or network outages. However, there is a case to be made that assessing threats on an annual basis is no longer sufficient.

All-Hazards 83

All-Hazards Hazard Business Continuity Mitigation 83