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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

Defining BC and IT/DR Business continuity (BC) is informally used as an umbrella term encompassing both business continuity and IT disaster recovery. Sometimes the form business continuity management (BCM) is used. The larger point is, this is the zone where BC and IT/DR meet.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

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. A related but higher level concept is that of risk mitigation strategies.

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Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

MHA Consulting

In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. It’s not hard to spend hundreds of hours a year doing BIAs, gap analyses, and risk assessments and developing recovery strategies and writing recovery plans. Pursued purposefully these are all worthwhile activities.

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Weathering the Storm: Tips for Coping with a Disrupted Climate

MHA Consulting

A checklist should be created with the aim of maintaining or quickly resuming essential business activities; call it the how-to-keep-the-business-going checklist.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. It involves the collaboration of all business functions and all departments. I spoke with many Business Continuity Professionals, and this seems to be the case in many organizations.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. It involves the collaboration of all business functions and all departments. I spoke with many Business Continuity Professionals, and this seems to be the case in many organizations.

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Disaster Containment Manager Responsibilities

MHA Consulting

The following list is Disaster Containment Manager responsibilities: Declaring that a disaster exists and identifying which outside assistance is required including the need to activate an off-site data center. Activating the Disaster Recovery Teams, assigning people to either Business Continuity or Business Recovery efforts.