Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. If ‘it couldn’t happen’ were true, all of us business continuity professionals would be out of a job, and the Titanic wouldn’t have sunk!

Outage 52

Outage Airlines Backup Capacity 52

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 98

BCM All-Hazards Disaster Recovery Hazard 98

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 can be crippling during an outage. This cuts across all areas of BC activity.

Vulnerability 98

Vulnerability BCM Capacity Outage 98

MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. 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.

Mitigation 95

Mitigation BCM Acceptable Risk Risk Management 95

KingsBridge BCP

AUGUST 14, 2022

As Business Continuity professionals, we see a lot of plans. You should be able to use the same BCP to respond to a fire, a train derailment, a power outage, or an active threat. Is my plan enough? One consistent concern across all plans, regardless of their size: is it a flexible BCP?

BCP 89

BCP Audit Outage Continuity Professionals 89

MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. Over time, organisms that are capable of adapting to change thrive while those that don’t go extinct. In today’s post, we’ll look at seven ways the practice of BC is evolving and describe how BC practitioners must adapt to stay relevant and productive.

BCM 98

BCM Business Continuity Outage Internet 98

MHA Consulting

APRIL 27, 2023

In one respect, COVID continues to distort people’s approach to risk. Today many business continuity professionals are worrying disproportionately about the possibility of another pandemic, to the exclusion of other threats. Another pandemic could occur.

Pandemic 98

Pandemic Mitigation Risk Management Strategic 98