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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing as the difference between business continuity and IT disaster recovery. Let’s go over them.

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The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. Right now, the pace of change in the broader society is as fast as I’ve ever seen it, and that looks to continue for the foreseeable future. I’ll explain what that is at the end. Operational resilience. Artificial intelligence is coming to BC.

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The Retro Revolution:  Why Manual Workarounds  Are a BC Must 

MHA Consulting

The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. Continue operating your critical business operations.” With the external internet down across the region, the client was unable to use their bank’s ACH system to make electronic payments.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

This type of response will set off a few red flags with the Business Continuity Planners, but many organizations do not understand why it is so problematic. For example, there may be a way to manually process payments if the need arises, but there is no way to respond to customer e-mails without access to the Internet.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

This type of response will set off a few red flags with the Business Continuity Planners, but many organizations do not understand why it is so problematic. ITDR Planning depends on Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessments. Business Continuity Management. BCM as a Service.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

Read on for a list of a dozen business continuity practices that have fallen into disuse or are no longer recommended. Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources The past twenty-five years have seen a lot of changes in the world especially as pertains to business.

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Business Continuity Planning and Remote Work Challenges

Stratogrid Advisory

Remote Work and Business Continuity Planning Challenges. The work in the office going forward will be different, and in some aspects, it will introduce a new set of challenges for Business Continuity Planning efforts. Business Continuity Planning Challenges with a Distributed Workforce.