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. 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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KingsBridge BCP

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Really, you don’t have a choice but to afford Business Continuity Planning. But the costs to your business will be much lower than if you have to clean up after a disaster and don’t have a plan. Without a Business Continuity Plan, you won’t have three years…. Building a Business Continuity Plan.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Many organizations struggle with establishing a sound business continuity strategy, a foundational aspect of a strong BC program. Follow these seven steps to implement a BC strategy that can help you swiftly recover your business processes in the event of an outage. Business Continuity Manager.

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On Solve

JANUARY 14, 2022

Effective business continuity is measured by an organization’s ability to continue operations and maintain solvency, regardless of critical events and the circumstances – both expected and unknown – that lead to them. The average cost of an unplanned data center outage is $9,000 per minute, according to a Ponemon Study.

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Pure Storage

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Texas winter storm (2021): An energy company in Texas maintained critical operations by using remote data centers and cloud services to ensure data availability despite local power outages. Regularly test your plan: Continuous testing ensures your team knows how to respond and that the plan works as designed.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

AUGUST 5, 2020

A recent trip to a local grocery store demonstrated organizational understanding of business continuity. The situation was not a disaster but a business disruption that may have affected customer perceptions if management had not correctly addressed the problem. Sounds of angst reverberated from all of the checkout lines.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

AUGUST 5, 2020

A recent trip to a local grocery store demonstrated organizational understanding of business continuity. The situation was not a disaster but a business disruption that may have affected customer perceptions if management had not correctly addressed the problem. Business Strategies. s point-of-sale system went down.

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On Solve

APRIL 30, 2019

Business Continuity Awareness Week 2019 is May 13 ? This global event is a time to consider business continuity and the value an effective continuity management program can have for your organization. An emergency notification system is a crucial tool in any business continuity plan.

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Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

JUNE 6, 2017

Humans conflate Availability with Contingency Many outages are caused or exacerbated because ‘fail-proof’ systems failed. In the outage described above, the IT organization response was delayed by almost two hours and was initially sluggish. When they do plan, they skip over or go light on essential elements.

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BCM METRICS

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Extreme weather is making power outages more frequent, and work from home has not made the issue go away. government has concluded that climate change and extreme weather are raising the incidence of power outages. The post Powering On: How to Be Ready for a Power Outage appeared first on BCMMETRICS. Meanwhile, […].

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Pure Storage

MARCH 28, 2025

How to Set Up a Secure Isolated Recovery Environment (SIRE) by Pure Storage Blog If youve suffered a breach, outage, or attack, theres one thing you should have completed and ready to go: a secure isolated recovery environment (SIRE). Safeguard Your Dataand Your Business Ensure effortless business continuity and data recovery.

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Zerto

JANUARY 16, 2025

Redundancy ensures resilience by maintaining connectivity during outages. How to Achieve It: Assemble a multidisciplinary team including network engineers, IT administrators, and business continuity experts. How to Achieve It: Implement dual WAN connections, multi-path routing protocols (e.g.,

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everbridge

JULY 29, 2024

By Lorenzo Marchetti, Everbridge Head of Global Public Affairs In today’s digital landscape, enterprises heavily rely on their IT infrastructure for operational & business continuity. Everbridge’s platform facilitates this through multiple channels, including mobile apps, phones, SMS, and email.

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everbridge

MARCH 7, 2022

While often paired with business continuity (BC), disaster recovery differs in that it is a component the BC program. A BC program encompasses multiple plans to maintain business operations before, during, and after an event. The True Value of Business Continuity.

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Unitrends

MAY 15, 2023

Ransomware, hurricanes, floods, hardware failure, file corruption, human error and dozens of other disasters can bring business productivity to a standstill if your organization is not equipped to handle an outage situation.

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KingsBridge BCP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Really, you don’t have a choice but to afford Business Continuity Planning. While plans aren't free, the costs to your business will be much lower than if you have to clean up after a disaster when you don't have a plan. Without a Business Continuity Plan, you won’t have three years… Convinced? Can you afford BCP?

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everbridge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Disaster Recovery vs. Business Continuity Planning. While it may seem like a disaster recovery plan and a business continuity plan are the same, businesses must consider their differences. A successful business continuity plan must begin with the development of each smaller supporting facet.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In the dynamic world of business, the ability to adapt and respond to unexpected disruptions is crucial. Infinite Blue was founded to help organizations reach total enterprise resilience which, oftentimes, requires effective Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Engaging all key stakeholders in the exercise.

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Online Computers

JULY 19, 2024

All clients' systems managed by Online Computers are not directly affected by today’s global outage. If your company is impacted by this outage and needs additional assistance navigating through this issue, Online Computers is here to help. Additionally, no Microsoft services are affected, and all are 100% operational.

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Pure Storage

MAY 7, 2024

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog When the unexpected happens, poorly prepared businesses run the risk that everything could come to a screeching halt. This includes minimizing downtime, minimizing data loss, and ensuring business continuity.

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Pure Storage

MAY 7, 2024

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog When the unexpected happens, poorly prepared businesses run the risk that everything could come to a screeching halt. What Is Business Continuity Planning?

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Pure Storage

JANUARY 9, 2024

Eradicating Change Management Outages with Pure Professional Services by Pure Storage Blog Executives who invest in Pure Storage technologies don’t do so just for the advanced features—they’re also looking for the assurance of uninterrupted operations. What Are Change Management Outages?

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

I noticed, with slight amusement, that every business continuity and IT armchair pundit have taken to social media to express their outrage. I have been scouring the internet for any information on why the outage happened, but the only information released so far is that it was due to a power surge.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

I noticed, with slight amusement, that every business continuity and IT armchair pundit have taken to social media to express their outrage. I have been scouring the internet for any information on why the outage happened, but the only information released so far is that it was due to a power surge.

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NexusTek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

READ TIME: 6 MIN September 2, 2020 (Updated May 15, 2023) Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery: Whats the Difference? In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1. When it comes to IT downtime, its not a matter of if but when.

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NexusTek

MAY 15, 2023

READ TIME: 6 MIN May 15, 2023 Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference? In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1. When it comes to IT downtime, it’s not a matter of “if” but “when.” What Is a Disaster Recovery Plan?

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. If ‘it couldn’t happen’ were true, all of us business continuity professionals would be out of a job, and the Titanic wouldn’t have sunk!

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

This week we have seen a textbook example of a business continuity issue making the mainstream news. Staff were having to manually enter the records written over the days of the outage and tried their best to re-arrange appointments. NHS Glasgow computer outage appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

This week we have seen a textbook example of a business continuity issue making the mainstream news. Staff were having to manually enter the records written over the days of the outage and tried their best to re-arrange appointments. NHS Glasgow computer outage appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Today

MARCH 1, 2022

The rising rate of power outages, the strain on the system, and the closing of power plants across the US are just some of the symptoms. The rising rate of power outages, the strain on the system, and the closing of power plants across the US are just some of the symptoms. Is Your organization ready? Is Your organization ready?

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IT Governance BC

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Over time, Ive learned to look at ISO 27001 [the international standard for information security management] together with ISO 22301 [the international standard for business continuity management]. So, as part of the BCMS, youre looking at things like maximum acceptable outages [MAOs] and recovery time objectives [RTOs].

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Castellan

JUNE 15, 2021

BC Management recently released its 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report in partnership with Witt O’Brien’s. Current and Future Focus for Business Continuity Events. Some of that hesitation could be because of a mixed understanding of what business continuity actually looks like as a managed service.

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Online Computers

JANUARY 20, 2022

A business continuity plan (BCP) is a document that contains guidelines on how business operations can continue during unexpected disruptions. A BCP should provide clear guidance on how day-to-day operations will continue to prepare your employees, business partners, and/or consultants for any unforeseen eventuality.

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Diligent

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Disaster recovery and business continuity are two terms often used interchangeably – but doing so risks missing some of the key differences between the two strategies. To debunk the disaster recovery plan vs. business continuity plan debate, we look at: What each means. What is Business Continuity?

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Acronis

MAY 19, 2022

In the event of a sudden and unexpected disruption, from a power outage or natural disaster to equipment failure or system crash, the consequences can be catastrophic. This underlines the compelling case for MSPs to offer clients a way to maintain business continuity if the worst should happen.

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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.” As the headline on the page explains, we provide “Business continuity consulting for today’s leading companies.”

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Erwood Group

MAY 30, 2024

Recovery Time Objective: A Key Component in Business Continuity Understanding Recovery Time Objectives: A Key Component in Business Continuity In the business world, change occurs rapidly, and maintaining operational resilience even during these changes is critical.

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