article thumbnail

BCM Basics: Business Continuity vs. Business Resilience 

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. The terms business continuity and business resilience are superficially similar and a world apart.

BCM 105
article thumbnail

What Was New in ’22: The BCM Year in Review

MHA Consulting

Read on to learn about the BCM year in review. It’s the best way to get a handle on the organization, its culture, what their most important business processes are, the threats they face, and the current state of their BCM program. There’s a lot to be said for ruthless efficiency when it comes to BCM. A new focus on efficiency.

BCM 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The 9 Best Books for Disaster Recovery Managers in 2022

Solutions Review

There are plenty of free resources available online (such as Solutions Review’s Disaster Recovery as a Service Buyer’s Guide, Data Protection Buyer’s Guide, Backup and Disaster Recovery Buyer’s Guide, Data Protection Vendor Comparison Map, and best practices section ), but sometimes it’s best to do things the old-fashioned way.

article thumbnail

Business Continuity Planning and Remote Work Challenges

Stratogrid Advisory

An ability to eliminate all single organizational points of failures (in this case, people) will ensure that organization operations are restored in a timely fashion and with minimal losses. BCM as a Service. Cross-Training – A functional and process critical resources cross-training was always a focus of Business Continuity Planners.

article thumbnail

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

MHA Consulting

will function in some fashion, within the necessary time frames. Developing plans to recover from impacts to your computer and information systems. Business processes. Devising plans to ensure organization’s business processes (accounts payable, customer service, sales, etc.) Crisis management. Making plans to manage emergencies and crises.

article thumbnail

Why I no longer look at financial impacts when conducting a BIA

Plan B Consulting

This has now fallen out of fashion and I have not seen anyone using it recently. The current industry fashion is for BIAs to get leaner and less precise. Comments: Chris Green FBCI MSc Head of HSE&BCM Risk Management at Novartis commented: Correct, Charlie – it’s useful to get a “feel”, but nothing more.

Fashion 52
article thumbnail

Why I no longer look at financial impacts when conducting a BIA

Plan B Consulting

This has now fallen out of fashion and I have not seen anyone using it recently. The current industry fashion is for BIAs to get leaner and less precise. Head of HSE&BCM Risk Management at Novartis commented: Correct, Charlie – it’s useful to get a “feel”, but nothing more.

Fashion 52