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Three to Get Ready: The 3 Key Areas of Business Continuity

MHA Consulting

Any organization that invests time and effort into improving its resilience is to be commended, but unfortunately many companies prioritize the wrong things in their business continuity endeavors. In business continuity, the “three to get ready” are: Information technology. Business processes. It is very risky.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans. Business Continuity Plans. Chances are if you’re visiting this page, you are new to the concept of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and business continuity overall. Definition of Business Continuity Plan.

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6 Ways to Elevate Your Testing and Exercising Program

Fusion Risk Management

The Imperative of Business Continuity Plans Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) are the backbone of organizational preparedness. They provide a structured approach to ensuring that critical business functions are ready to navigate a crisis successfully and continue on with minimal impact in the aftermath.

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Why the Business Continuity Plan Must Be a Living Document

Diligent

The business continuity plan – sometimes known as a disaster recovery plan – is an essential document for all organizations, designed to ensure their operations can continue with minimal interruption in the event of an unexpected disruption. What is a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)? Alternative sites.

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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

For these reasons, it’s important that IT departments (and business continuity professionals) make sure their organizations are capable of restoring their IT services after an outage. Identify the current state of your business functions. Is there a chance they might be impacted as the event develops?

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The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing 

MHA Consulting

An Obsession with “Acing the Test” Also striking in those days was the amount of effort we used to put into “acing the test,” even though the artificially perfect environment we created to ensure we did so would not exist in the event of a real disruption.

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The RAAC Crisis – What Can We Learn?

Plan B Consulting

Once again, we have a business continuity incident dominating the headlines. When business continuity was first conceived in the 1990s, it focused on what we should do if the buildings our organisation worked in became unavailable. Until COVID-19, the loss of a building was the primary concern for business continuity.