Plan B Consulting

JULY 22, 2024

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie gives an insight into the points that should be addressed within a business continuity plan and the importance of including cyber within the plan. They are: communications and regulation management, technical response, statutory and regulatory communication, and then continuity of operations.

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LogisManager

MAY 27, 2021

What Does a Business Continuity Plan Typically Include? A business continuity plan (BCP) is your first line of defense against any challenge that threatens the core functionalities of your organization’s operations. How to Create a Business Continuity Plan. What Should my Business Continuity Plan Include?

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Bernstein Crisis Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

According to the Edelman survey, young adults are particularly vulnerable, with 53% endorsing hostile activism as a legitimate tool for change. Strategic Awareness and Anticipation From a security consulting perspective, the implications of these trends are significant. For those tuned in, the future will not come as a surprise.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2014

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2014

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

While these processes and older, expensive governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools have been used in business continuity for decades, if you’ve relied on any of them, you know they’re time-consuming, error-prone, and a real headache. When specifying and purchasing business continuity software there are a few key points to consider.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2015

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved in. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Continuity Planning Business Continuity Strategic Activation 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2015

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved in. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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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

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.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: America’s Red Zones: Where Natural Disasters Cluster and What It Means for You The Rise in Extreme Weather There was a time not long ago when weather patterns were stable and each region had a fairly settled risk profile when it came to extreme weather events. This step is frequently overlooked but very important.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2024

Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS) is based on the SaaS concept, but it differs from it in several key respects, as we’ll explore in today’s post. Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS) brings the philosophy and benefits of SaaS and DRaaS to the provision of business continuity services.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Mark My Words: Commonly Confused Business Continuity Terms The Meaning of “Continuity” If you’ve been to MHA’s home page , you know what our firm is all about. As the headline on the page explains, we provide “Business continuity consulting for today’s leading companies.”

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The business continuity management roadmap is a simple but powerful tool that can help organizations strengthen their BCM programs and enhance their resilience. Related on MHA Consulting: Get Out the Map: Why Your BCM Program Needs a Roadmap The Power of the Map At MHA, we believe strongly in the value of roadmaps.

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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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Oz's Business Continuity Blog

JULY 7, 2023

Aside from having to get up at a time starting with a four, an activity verging on the tortuous for an inveterate non-morning person, it was a tad unusual, […] I recently found myself on an early morning train to London.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. Legal: The legal team can provide important insight on the legal ramifications of activities performed in response to an emergency.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Many organizations struggle with establishing a sound business continuity strategy, a foundational aspect of a strong BC program. 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.

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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.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

Most organizations recognize the importance of having a sound business continuity recovery plan, but many plans are undermined by the presence of overlooked weaknesses. In today’s post, we’ll look at 10 mistakes that companies commonly make in developing and implementing their BC plans. This goes back to No 1.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Business continuity professionals who want to make their organizations more resilient should make a conscious effort to become gap hunters. Doing this work is one of the most productive activities a BC professional can undertake. This cuts across all areas of BC activity. This can be crippling during an outage.

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IBM Business Resiliency

MAY 20, 2021

Monitor your supply chain and actively plan for future disruption. Such a deep understanding of your supply chain’s strengths and weaknesses enables business continuity planning and rapid response strategies. No supply chain is without risk.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Everyone knows business continuity planning can help organizations prepare for emergencies. It has to do with the activation and use of the incident management team. Many clients activate their incident management teams once a year, when they conduct their annual tabletop exercise.

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Pure Storage

JUNE 23, 2022

It’s simple to activate snapshots and set up replication, which can help you facilitate quick recovery in the event of a system failure or data loss. . It is reasonable to expect that increased telecommuting could trigger certain elements of your business continuity plan — either due to outage or load. The Need for Balance.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. The post The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional appeared first on MHA Consulting. The pandemic underscored the fact that events taking place 10,000 miles away can impact us with great severity in a very short time.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

This program could include: The Business Continuity Manager attending key meetings (project meetings, progress meetings, quality meetings, service management meetings) to ensure Business Continuity considerations are included the activity or project specifications Placing Business Continuity Management as a standard item on meeting agendas General (..)

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Castellan

APRIL 6, 2022

When it comes to business continuity planning, a lot of organizations think about anticipated event types and make plans to adequately address them. And some of the best programs take this one step further—they imagine other plausible scenarios and create plans that are flexible enough to address those types of events, too.

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BCP Builder

JULY 15, 2024

Assign a team leader to coordinate activities and ensure the assessment stays on track. Use resources such as local government reports, university records, and expert consultations to compile comprehensive threat information. Conduct site inspections and consult with experts to gain detailed insights.

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BCP Builder

JULY 15, 2024

Assign a team leader to coordinate activities and ensure the assessment stays on track. Use resources such as local government reports, university records, and expert consultations to compile comprehensive threat information. Conduct site inspections and consult with experts to gain detailed insights.

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Evaluation Response Plan Vulnerability Mitigation 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In Part 2 of Charlie’s blogs on Business Continuity Plans, he looks at the different audiences and how we can develop future plans. In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In Part 2 of Charlie’s blogs on Business Continuity Plans, he looks at the different audiences and how we can develop future plans. In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting Audit 52

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The day after the storm I heard from one of our clients, who gleefully told us that he was using his business continuity plan. The first day he sent all staff home but on the second day he set up an office in the local hotel, as per his plan. When I do this, I say, that the activity as a whole does not do anything.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The day after the storm I heard from one of our clients, who gleefully told us that he was using his business continuity plan. The first day he sent all staff home but on the second day he set up an office in the local hotel, as per his plan. When I do this, I say, that the activity as a whole does not do anything.

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Erwood Group

JANUARY 28, 2024

In times of crisis, a comprehensive business continuity plan ensures that every facet of the organization is resilient. Myth 2: Business Continuity Plans Are Only for Large Enterprises. Size doesn’t dictate the need for business continuity. Myth 5: Business Continuity is Too Expensive for Small Businesses.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

For business continuity people I think this is a very good example of how to plan for an event or an incident which could affect your organisation. If you want to have effective business continuity plans, you have to put in the detailed planning work.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

For business continuity people I think this is a very good example of how to plan for an event or an incident which could affect your organisation. If you want to have effective business continuity plans, you have to put in the detailed planning work.

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BCP Builder

JUNE 1, 2020

The Business Continuity business unit is a second line of defense (COSO model), we don’t manage incident or crisis. We are just here to make sure they test the plans, they execute them correctly and for internal consulting. are those who execute the plans, they are not a business continuity team.

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