MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Roll with the Changes: A New Generation Requires a New Approach to BCM It is comforting to think that if we master one set of marketable skills, we’ll be able to make a living from them for the rest of our careers; however, recent history shows that option is no longer available (if it ever was).

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: What’s Ahead in the World of Enterprise Risk Management Defining Risk Management Our current environment of rising global uncertainty is leading many organizations to increase the resources they devote to risk management. It’s a permanent ongoing activity. Reducing risk.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Reputation Protection: Actively working to protect and even enhance the company’s reputation during and after the crisis. The BCM Blogging Team The post Crisis Management Team, Assemble! Crisis Response: Organizing and executing the response to a crisis, ensuring that actions are swift, coordinated, and effective.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: BCM Basics: Modern IT/DR Strategies The Benefits of a Sound Business Continuity Strategy A solid BC strategy is a fundamental component of a functional BC program. Step 2: Engage a Competent BC Consultant This step is not strictly necessary but is strongly encouraged. Business Continuity Manager.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Well-chosen BCM software can help a continuity program be more nimble and effective. It is also a pretty good depiction of how business continuity management (BCM) programs need to be these days if they are to successfully protect their organizations from the unprecedented number of threats in the environment. Lifecycle parameters.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

Not another BCM Program audit? Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 4 minutes Another Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program audit. These types of assessments can be used to evaluate an entire organization (management consulting), or any specific system (IT audit), process or project.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

Not another BCM Program audit? Another Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program audit. These types of assessments can be used to evaluate an entire organization (management consulting), or any specific system (IT audit), process or project. BCM Program Audits. When to do an audit of your BCM Program.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. Related on MHA Consulting: The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must Rehearsing Your Plan B Due to the complexity of BC methodology, many aspects of the field have the potential to become time sinks. This is to be commended.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 13, 2023

In one recent engagement, MHA was tasked with picking up the pieces after a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) conducted by another consulting firm suffered a crack-up. The consultant who had conducted it (over the course of 18 months) had no prior experience working with a manufacturing company. four hours).

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 10, 2023

As business continuity consultants, we at MHA often encounter a situation we call “inviting by title,” which is when our contact at the client company has us meet with high-level company executives rather than mid-level employees with detailed tactical knowledge. or “What systems does finance use to execute process X?”).

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2023

As a practical activity, enterprise risk management (ERM) centers on eight distinct risk domains, some strategic and some operational. When BC consultants and risk management professionals discuss the need to assess and mitigate the risks to an organization, it’s these eight areas that we are talking about.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Know Your Gaps: Manage Residual Risk to Keep Your Company Safe Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk There are two main kinds of risk when it comes to organizational activities and business continuity: inherent risk and residual risk. Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? There are two main types of risk transference: 1) buying insurance and 2) hiring a third-party vendor to perform an activity and passing on to them the risks associated with that activity. Both can bring benefits but both have potential pitfalls.

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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 15, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Single Points of Failure: Protecting Yourself from Hanging by a Thread Every now and then MHA gets hired to conduct a vulnerability assessment, where we’ll survey the landscape of an organization’s people, processes, technology, and facilities looking for its greatest and potentially most impactful weaknesses.

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Stratogrid Advisory

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

BCP is one of the components of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program which should be implemented in organizations of all sizes. The implementation of a BCM Program could be a rather complex and lengthy process, which largely depends on the organization’s size. Reading Time: 6 minutes. Regardless of the industry (e.g.

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

In the “ An Introduction to Business Continuity Planning ” article, we outlined the main components of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program and introduced the basics of Business Continuity Planning (BCP). These plans must address BCM Program requirements, including Emergency Management Procedures (e.g.

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

In the “ An Introduction to Business Continuity Planning ” article, we outlined the main components of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program and introduced the basics of Business Continuity Planning (BCP). . These plans must address BCM Program requirements, including Emergency Management Procedures (e.g.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Related on BCMMETRICS: Don’t Give Up the Ship: Demonstrating the Benefits of Rigorous Crisis Management Training Benefits That Go Beyond BC The main purpose of a business continuity management (BCM) program is to help an organization get through disruptions with the least possible impact to its operations, reputation, stakeholders, and bottom line.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

But in our current period of an ever-expanding set of global threats, most organizations would benefit from developing a system for actively monitoring potential threats to their operations and assets.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Cameras are not pointed at all key areas and hence are unable to provide visual confirmation of the activities in the area. Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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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.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 4, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk Risk Mitigation Controls Explained Business continuity is all about reducing risk. The plan should progress naturally from when an event happens, to the activation of the plan, to steps for recovery, to going back to business as usual. Is it consistent with best practices?

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Business Continuity is NOT a Data Backup Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field. Organizational resilience is a discipline, and there is no single approach to improve it or enhance it.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field. Start with a Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. An excellent first step your organization can take to address organizational resilience is the implementation of a BCM Program. What could go wrong?

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 18, 2011

These are the questions I think all Business Continuity Managers (BCM) should know about their own IT systems. Recovery of individual systems should be known if they are critical to the organisation or they underpin activities with short RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives). systems appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 18, 2011

These are the questions I think all Business Continuity Managers (BCM) should know about their own IT systems. Recovery of individual systems should be known if they are critical to the organisation or they underpin activities with short RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives). systems appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 13, 2024

Related on MHA Consulting: The Science and Art of Writing an IT/DR Recovery Plan What Are the Most Important Aspects of BC? 4 In the beginning, I mentioned that many organizations make the mistake of prioritizing the wrong things in their BC activities. Misplaced Priorities and Key Area No.

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Castellan

JUNE 2, 2021

In 20 years, we’ve never seen that amount of activity! During a recent Castellan webinar , about 52% of respondents said their organization had suspended recurring business continuity activities during the pandemic. If you want more insight into the 2021 BCM Compensation Report, you can download it for free here. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 20, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How GRC Can Help You Gain Real Control Risk Governance Is for Everyone Every organization, regardless of size or industry, should implement a risk governance program to reduce the chances of its being impacted by a crisis. They should specify how, where, and by whom digital resources can be used.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It’s certainly on mine, not only in my role as a business continuity consultant but also as a business owner and CEO. But organizations should make risk management a routine part of their activities, no matter how the headlines are tending. It’s engaging in active, mindful risk mitigation.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This was done for every activity and served as a key justification for the cost and effort in rolling out business continuity. When I joined one of the companies I worked for before becoming a consultant, I inherited a BIA. The post Why I no longer look at financial impacts when conducting a BIA appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This was done for every activity and served as a key justification for the cost and effort in rolling out business continuity. When I joined one of the companies I worked for before becoming a consultant, I inherited a BIA. The post Why I no longer look at financial impacts when conducting a BIA appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Creating an Emergency Response Plan Every organization needs to develop, implement, communicate, and test an emergency response plan to protect its employees in the event of an emergency such as a fire, flood, tornado, structural collapse, or active shooter incident. OSHA will expect no less.

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Learning to Talk to Your IT/DR Colleagues Knowing How to Recover Is Still Important With the migration toward cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS), many organizations have grown complacent about IT/DR. Be ready to adjust processing activities if necessitated by performance or capacity issues.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

Related on MHA Consulting: Be Ransomware Resilient: Know How to Operate Manually A Healthcare System Under Attack Last month, the U.S. In this context, perhaps the most important thing BC offices can focus on is ensuring their organizations develop robust manual workarounds for their critical patient-care activities.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

In today’s blog, we’ll look at those risks from the point of view of a business consultant who specializes in technology and IT disaster recovery. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? These days everyone is talking about the risks of generative AI technology such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool.

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