MHA Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. People new to our field are often puzzled by one of its key terms: “continuity.” Today we’ll provide a comprehensive definition of this foundational word.

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BryghtPath

JULY 6, 2023

The business continuity management lifecycle (BCM lifecycle) is a critical aspect of an effective business continuity program. The goal is to create a plan that minimizes disruption to your operations and provides you with the best possible outcomes … The post Navigating the BCM Lifecycle appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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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. In today’s post, we’ll lay out an eight-step process your company can use to create its own, customized BCM roadmap. This is what a BCM roadmap is and does.

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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. In today’s post we’ll look at what the slots on a BCM team should be and the traits and skillsets needed in the team’s staff and leadership.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

JULY 20, 2020

12:07min- How does a company’s BCM program get so bad? 31:37min- Approach to integrating continuous improvement into regular BCM work. 31:37min- Approach to integrating continuous improvement into regular BCM work. Key Points. 7:31min- Starting his career because of the FFIEC. The “Peril Predicament”. The “Peril Predicament”.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2024

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. The terms business continuity and business resilience are superficially similar and a world apart.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Sometimes the form business continuity management (BCM) is used. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2022

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. If you spend any … The post BCM Basics: Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk appeared first on MHA Consulting. by Richard Long.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. However, there is one aspect of doing BCM that is much better and easier than it was when I was getting started 25 years ago.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. . Organizations today have more options than ever … The post BCM Basics: Modern IT/DR Strategies appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. . Data is a critical asset for almost … The post BCM Basics: The BC Professional’s Role in Data Protection appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 15, 2022

Almost every business continuity management program has gaps that are well-known to the BCM office but never addressed, usually because closing them would be hard. However, in many cases, tackling … The post Eat the Frog: Tackling the Tough BCM Challenges You Habitually Put Off appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2024

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Our BCaaS includes access to one or more of MHA’s BCM experts, each of whom has 15 years or more of BCM experience.) We’re also available any time on demand.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Most of these have had demonstrable impacts on the practice of business continuity management (BCM), rendering some traditional practices obsolete and ushering in new concerns and techniques. It’s interesting to look at BCM practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer regarded as beneficial or sufficient.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

One challenge familiar to every business continuity management professional is dealing with the business units’ attitude that business continuity is the BCM office’s responsibility, not theirs. Getting the business units … The post How to Get Business Units to Take Ownership of Their BCM Programs appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to … The post Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Castellan

APRIL 1, 2022

What is Business Continuity Management (BCM)? The post BCM and ERM: What’s the Difference? Need help moving your business continuity management and enterprise risk management activities into a more collaborative model? Contact a Castellan advisor today and we’ll be happy to help. LEARN MORE. appeared first on Castellan.

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BCM METRICS

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Read on to learn about the BCM year in review. The post What Was New in ’22: The BCM Year in Review appeared first on BCMMETRICS. Getting Back in […].

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Business continuity … The post Learning the Local Culture: BCM Pros Need to Suit Their Programs to the Locality appeared first on MHA Consulting. It’s human nature for people to take the assumptions of their culture for granted, not realizing that people elsewhere might look at things in a radically different way.

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

However, the BCM pro has a key part to play as … The post The BCM Pro’s Role in Managing Social Media During a Crisis appeared first on MHA Consulting. The business continuity management professional is unlikely to play a hands-on role in managing social media during a crisis.

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BCM METRICS

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Next year is a new chance for you to put your business continuity management (BCM) program on the map. In today’s blog, we share a BCM roadmap for 2022 you can follow to give your program direction and make your efforts more proactive. The post Put Your Program on the Map: A BCM Roadmap for 2022 appeared first on BCMMETRICS.

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BCM METRICS

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Today’s post is a list of 12 steps to help you find the right BCM consulting firm for your engagement. The key challenge in hiring a BCM consultancy is not determining which firm is the best but which is the best fit. The post A Little Help: How to Select a BCM Consultant appeared first on BCMMETRICS. 12 Steps […].

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Virtual Corporation

JULY 19, 2021

In this session, Michael Beth , Host and BCM Practice Lead for Virtual Corporations Professional Services, shares some ideas on how to manage, grow and mature a BCM&DR program with limited funding and staff.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Roll with the Changes: A New Generation Requires a New Approach to BCM It is comforting to think that if we master one set of marketable skills, we’ll be able to make a living from them for the rest of our careers; however, recent history shows that option is no longer available (if it ever was).

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MHA Consulting

JULY 29, 2021

You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element … The post The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Science and Art of Writing an IT/DR Recovery Plan Taking Care of Business: How to Write a Business Recovery Plan The Write Stuff: How to Create and Maintain Business Continuity Documentation The post Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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BCM METRICS

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Here’s a verbal dashboard to give you an idea of what might lie ahead for your organization and BCM in 2022. The post Reading the Road Ahead: A BCM Dashboard for 2022 appeared first on BCMMETRICS. The pedal is to the metal and we are about to leave 2021 in the dust.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Most companies have a pretty good handle on the tactical side of crisis management.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

JANUARY 5, 2024

From the early days, BCM founder Jonathan Bernstein had a clear vision. As we celebrate this milestone, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on our journey, the evolution of crisis management, and the ever-increasing relevance of our work in today’s world.

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BCM METRICS

MAY 26, 2022

Continue reading for more information on a new approach to BCM. The post Roll with the Changes: A New Generation Requires a New Approach to BCM appeared first on BCMMETRICS. Business […].

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 17, 2021

Many organizations bring great energy to the job of creating new business continuity plans, then they put them on a shelf and allow the passage of time to make them … The post Staying Current: Why You Need to Keep Your BCM Plans Up to Date appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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BCM METRICS

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The post Data Guardians: The BCM Pro’s Role in Helping Business Units Protect Their Data appeared first on BCMMETRICS. Business continuity professionals can help their organizations raise their data protection game by acting as educators, advocates, and brokers on this issue between the business departments and IT. A Data […].

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BCM METRICS

MAY 27, 2021

Good BCM programs exist in a permanent posture of executing on a roadmap, their custom-crafted plan for the future that is focused on reducing risk and increasing compliance with standards. Missing: A Coherent Set of BCM Program Goals From my perspective as […].

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BCM METRICS

JULY 14, 2022

The post Out of the Loop: When the BCM Office is the Last to Know appeared first on BCMMETRICS. The cause of this problem has to do with issues of turf and trust, but there are ways of improving the situation. What’s Wrong With This Picture? […].

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Unitrends

MAY 17, 2024

This is where business continuity management (BCM) comes into the picture. BCM is the strategic and tactical capability of an organization to plan for and respond to […] The post What is Business Continuity Management (BCM)? appeared first on Unitrends.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

AUGUST 17, 2020

Episode Summary: This week, Shane interviews Micheal Herrera, founder and CEO of MHA Consulting and BCMMetrics, who recently wrote an article titled- "Sidelined: The Strange Fate of BCM During the COVID Pandemic.” Sidelined: The Strange Fate of BCM During the COVID Pandemic. Michael Herrera- Linkedin.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2023

Try a Dose of Risk Management The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management Enter the Matrix: Why You Should Employ a Risk Management Matrix What’s Ahead in the World of Enterprise Risk Management The post Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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