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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

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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Get Cyber Smart: How to Make Sure Recovery Plans Align with Information Security Needs  

MHA Consulting

Instead, they should be developed in coordination with the cybersecurity department to ensure that recovery measures do not inadvertently create vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers. The best way to do this is by making sure business continuity is integrated into a robust information security governance framework.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

A strategy involving a conscious decision to remain vulnerable to a potential harm, usually based on a cost-benefit analysis. The most vulnerable areas tend to be electrical power, data backups, and network connectivity. A related but higher level concept is that of risk mitigation strategies. Risk avoidance. Risk limitation.

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Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

MHA Consulting

However, while it’s true that having a remote-capable workforce increases resilience in some ways, remote work has vulnerabilities of its own. These vulnerabilities should be identified and addressed in the BC plan. “Remote is our plan,” they’ll say. People’s homes can flood and regions can lose power.

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Recovering Right: How to Improve at IT Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

Getting Better at IT Disaster Recovery In the modern IT landscape, the misconception that cloud-based environments eliminate the need for companies to do their own IT disaster recovery planning can be costly.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. It requires a budget and long-term commitment (hence why it is a BCM Program).

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. Section 2 - Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program Implementation.