MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment The Need for Threat Intelligence Traditional business continuity methodology leans heavily on the threat and risk assessment or TRA, in which the organization identifies potential threats and ranks them in terms of likelihood and potential impact.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

In the first bulletin of his new ‘Business Continuity 2025’ series, Charlie discusses what incidents might look like in 2025. I intend to write a series of bulletins over the next few months where I imagine what business continuity might look like in 2025.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

In the first bulletin of his new ‘Business Continuity 2025’ series, Charlie discusses what incidents might look like in 2025. I intend to write a series of bulletins over the next few months where I imagine what business continuity might look like in 2025.

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Castellan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Need For Business Continuity Management All businesses face the threat of an unplanned business interruption. As a result, thousands of businesses large and small are crippled every year by unplanned business interruptions. As published in the Disaster Resource Guide Executive Issue – Volume 12, Issue 3.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 9, 2023

We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. Comparing the value of different business processes and departments is like comparing apples to oranges (also, pears, grapes, pineapples, and bananas). Customer Service?

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. Continue operating your critical business operations.” It’s relevant for financial services, consumer businesses, manufacturing—everyone. And if they have lost it, they need to rebuild it.

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Online Computers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

For instance, businesses in New Jersey may be affected by severe hurricanes and flooding, so these disasters should be high on your list. A good way to visualize threats to business continuity is to create a risk map , which is a graphical representation of all risks and their impacts. Appoint key personnel. Secure your backups.

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Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2025

.” Jimmy Tam – CEO at Peer Software “World Backup Day serves as a crucial reminder that data resilience isnt just about having a copy of your data, its about ensuring business continuity with minimal disruption. Many organizations still rely on centralized storage models, but these systems pose risks.

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KingsBridge BCP

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If you’re worried about COVID-19 striking your business directly, you need to be prepared for a ‘no people’ scenario and if Supply Chain is your concern then ‘no third-party suppliers’ may be where you need to focus your energy. Note that they are all just part of good business continuity planning for any business interruption.

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Fusion Risk Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In the case of a financial services company, their critical vendor might be the core processor; for a manufacturing company, it might be their top supplier. Establish guidelines and alerts for continuous monitoring. Critical vendors vary from industry to industry, company to company.

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Fusion Risk Management

APRIL 5, 2023

The Impact of Ineffective Resilience Capabilities is Severe Imagine a bank that experiences a catastrophic outage in its IT systems , preventing customers from accessing their accounts for several days. Imagine a manufacturer losing revenue due to a cyberattack on just one of its suppliers.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 13, 2022

The same forces that drive businesses to demand high performance from their applications apply to data protection operations. Denial of service attacks, ransomware, and even cloud service availability drive requirements for data protection to enable business continuity with the least amount of downtime possible. Learn More.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 14, 2024

Related on MHA Consulting: The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management Introducing Enterprise Risk Management In addition to being a business continuity consultant, I’m a business owner. It helps organizations reduce risk, outages, impacts, and costs, such as insurance costs. ERM is all about reducing.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 30, 2024

Prolonged outages can lead to direct revenue loss, contractual penalties, and lost opportunities, all of which can be avoided or minimized with an effective recovery plan. Prioritize the assets that are most essential to continued operations, setting realistic recovery targets for each one.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 30, 2024

Prolonged outages can lead to direct revenue loss, contractual penalties, and lost opportunities, all of which can be avoided or minimized with an effective recovery plan. Prioritize the assets that are most essential to continued operations, setting realistic recovery targets for each one.

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IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. Without question, this is one of the most expensive IT outages to date, with significant global impact. million Windows devices.

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Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A business sign that says Open on cafe or restaurant hang on door at entrance. Activate your business continuity plan. In case of a power outage, use your generator. Portable generators should never be run unattended and should be checked periodically (review manufacturer recommendations). After a winter event.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 5, 2021

Access Vulnerabilities – Often, passwords are shared due to the installer changing it for additional users or manufacture default passwords are not changed. There have been major cyber attacks on SCADA systems, the biggest of which is the Ukraine Power outage of 2015, leaving more than 230,000 people without power.

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Castellan

JUNE 10, 2021

Some may ask if cyber events are the next big threat for business continuity, but the statistics demonstrate the threat is already here and now. Get The Business Continuity Business Case Template. How can you include cyber threats in your business continuity planning and strategies? DOWNLOAD NOW.

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Security Industry Association

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Similarities in standards from different countries are helping global manufacturers comply. Virtually no security manufacturers are exempt from the perils of cybercrime. Physical security device manufacturers must ensure that their products have a secure default baseline with additional hardening measures able to be configured.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 26 minutes We all live in an unpredictable world. We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations. 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.

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