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. A sound BIA is a prerequisite of any company that wants to attain true resilience. accounts payable, payroll) and activities (running reports, uploading data).

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Fusion Risk Management

MARCH 7, 2024

As we look ahead at 2024 and the years following, how can we navigate these cha lle nges, find opportunities, and emerge more resilient? Interrelated d isruptions: Efficiency in c omplexity The continuous rise of global uncertainties – from geopolitical tensions to extreme weather events – stands as a formidable challenge for organizations.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Organizations now have to contend with a heightened risk of drought, flooding, heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, political unrest, global conflict, cyberattack, power outages, active shooters, supply chain disruptions, pandemic, social-media impacts, and all the rest. Operational resilience.

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Zerto

APRIL 6, 2023

We will discuss risk management, the critical importance of business impact analysis (BIA) , and the essential steps involved in a thorough risk assessment. Changes at any level—affecting either business strategy or environment—trigger activities across all stages and establish a new baseline.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities? It’s happening everywhere! Is this where the disconnect is?

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities? . It’s happening everywhere! Is this where the disconnect is?

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Reciprocity

APRIL 30, 2025

The most resilient organizations are those adopting flexible, integrated approaches that can adapt to new requirements with minimal disruption. This centralization allows for impact analysis when requirements change and supports advanced analytics to identify control weaknesses before they lead to failures.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. regulation, best industry practices, most recent Business Impact Analysis , etc.).

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. regulation, best industry practices, most recent Business Impact Analysis , etc.).

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We at MHA are happy to participate in these types of conversations and activities. Step 5: Perform a BIA The business impact analysis tells you which of your business processes are most critically time sensitive. BC strategy development is not a “one and done” activity.

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Stratogrid Advisory

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This statement is quite a mouthful, but it boils down to the identification of organizational threats, managing their impacts and building response strategies to protect key resources. The BCM program contains three distinctive implementation phases and its activities are outlined in the table below. IT Organization challenges.

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Zerto

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Risk assessment, business impact analysis (BIA), and service level agreement (SLAs) are indispensable to the development and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans. Differentiating Between Risk Assessment (RA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA). What Is a Business Impact Analysis?

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 5, 2020

During the planning process, a Business Impact Analysis analyzes and outlines business requirements. The connectivity diversity will be a key for organizational resiliency capabilities. Plans Testing and Exercising – One of the favourite Business Continuity Planning activities are testing and exercising efforts.

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Fusion Risk Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Every year, risk and resilience professionals encounter new regulatory requirements, global threats, and executive mandates. Resilience teams report spending more than 40 hours each year updating documentation or training their user base. Solutions Customer Summit Series. Resources, however, tend to stay consistent.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 12, 2024

In short, you need a resilient architecture that lets you recover quickly. This includes incident response planning, analysis, mitigation, and communication. Recover Plan for resilience and timely restoration of capabilities or services that were impaired due to a cybersecurity incident. The implications of NIST 2.0

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

and the Future Landscape of Business Continuity’, where I discussed methodology changes outlined in the GPG 7.0 , focusing on resilience, cyber threats, AI, and the future of business continuity as a profession. I delivered a presentation titled ‘Innovations and Trends: A Close Look at the BCI’s GPG 7.0

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Castellan

MAY 10, 2022

That’s what we chatted about recently in episode two of season two of our podcast, “Business Interrupted ,” with Shane Mathew , senior manager of business resilience at Zoom , where our focus wasn’t on perfecting programs, but developing ones that have a stickiness factor for operational resilience. The Resilience Program Reboot Cycle.

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

The implementation of the BCM Program might require the involvement of consultants in function/process or process documentation, which could be outside of the typical BCM program implementation process activities.

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

The implementation of the BCM Program might require the involvement of consultants in function/process or process documentation, which could be outside of the typical BCM program implementation process activities. Business Impact Analysis. Resources and implementation approach. Business Continuity Management. 22 Articles.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Each segment of the organization identifies critical processes, applications, resources, personnel, and recovery timeframes (through a business impact analysis (BIA)). Resilience And Planning BC and DR work to make the organization resilient. Not every problem affects the entire organization — at least not at first.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Much of the mental effort and the time of business continuity goes into the Business Impact Analysis (BIA). When COVID came along the BIA was not used as it was irrelevant, organisations were not prepared to stagger the recovery of activities. They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Much of the mental effort and the time of business continuity goes into the Business Impact Analysis (BIA). When COVID came along the BIA was not used as it was irrelevant, organisations were not prepared to stagger the recovery of activities. They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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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. A well-rounded plan addresses a spectrum of potential disruptions, ensuring resilience in a wide variety of situations that can cause disruptions. Myth 2: Business Continuity Plans Are Only for Large Enterprises.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

All of this is making things very difficult for businesses that are trying to address their organizational resilience challenges and increase their business continuity maturity levels. Organizational resilience is a discipline, and there is no single approach to improve it or enhance it. What could go wrong?

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

All of this is making things very difficult for businesses that are trying to address their organizational resilience challenges and increase their business continuity maturity levels. Organizational resilience is a discipline, and there is no single approach to improve it or enhance it. Business Continuity is not a backup.

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BCP Builder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Business Continuity as part of an overall Operational Resilience program is the mitigation of risk. However, Enterprise Risk Management, especially in large businesses can be focused either on the macro scale and / or miss localized impacts for satellite operations. It is a collection of good management practices linked together.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Much of the mental effort and the time of business continuity goes into the Business Impact Analysis (BIA). When COVID came along the BIA was not used as it was irrelevant, organisations were not prepared to stagger the recovery of activities. They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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Business Continuity Pandemic Continuity Professionals Continuity Planning 40

KingsBridge BCP

MAY 12, 2023

KISSBCP Podcast - Season 2 Episodes S2E12 When Things Sour Guest Paul Striedl joins Roswitha Firth to talk about how BCPs need to continue, even during times when they don't get activated. S1E10 - Business Resilience. Roswitha and Skip discuss Business Continuity versus Disaster Recovery versus Business Resiliency.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Overview of the BCMMETRICS Software Suite The BCMMETRICS software suite was designed by myself, based on my 25 years experience as a business continuity consultant helping organizations of all types and sizes become more resilient. Helps in conducting the business impact analysis. BIA On-Demand (BIAOD).

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Reciprocity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

How to prepare for a NIST Audit: Checklist What is a security impact analysis? Detect: Define the appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event. Recover: Identify activities to restore any capabilities or services impaired due to a cybersecurity incident.

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Reciprocity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

How to prepare for a NIST Audit: Checklist What is a security impact analysis? Detect: Define the appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event. Recover: Identify activities to restore any capabilities or services impaired due to a cybersecurity incident.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Air travel may be affected by volcanic activity, severe storms, or even tsunami. Taking Control of Your Operational Resilience The first, most important thing you need to do now to prepare your organization for weather disasters is to fully commit to operational resilience for your company.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 14, 2017

There is also a requisite for additional analyses of a department’s activities, which are not in the ‘traditional’ requirements of developing a BIA. Within the book, there was an emphasis on providing value and improvement to the organisation’s resilience, by carrying out business continuity, instead of making it all about compliance.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 14, 2017

There is also a requisite for additional analyses of a department’s activities, which are not in the ‘traditional’ requirements of developing a BIA. Within the book, there was an emphasis on providing value and improvement to the organisation’s resilience, by carrying out business continuity, instead of making it all about compliance.

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NexusTek

JANUARY 28, 2025

Understanding Hybrid Cloud for Disaster Recovery Hybrid cloud DR leverages the best of both worlds: the control and customization of private cloud or on-premise systems combined with the scalability and resilience of public cloud platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 27, 2025

The list here might also be useful for a business continuity manager to use as a checklist for discussing backups with their IT department to understand what level of IT resilience is in place. In talking to James, the single most important part of your IT system which should always be backed up is your active directory.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Why did we write this guide?

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