MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Integrating BC and Cybersecurity For these reasons, it’s important that the business continuity office and the cybersecurity team work together to make sure that the organization’s recovery plans and strategies are consistent with its information security needs. Cyber steering committee.

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Security Outage Vulnerability Cybersecurity 103

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Business continuity planning is a social activity. Do they understand the key components of crisis management (team, plan, mock disasters, emergency notification system, etc.) Business and Disaster Recovery. Does the person keep the interests of the team and organization at the front of their minds?

BCM 105

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 105

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

To read about the right way to craft a BC plan, check out the links below under Further Reading. Creating a Functional BC Plan Most organizations accept that they should have a business continuity plan to ensure they can recover quickly from disruptions and minimize their impact on the company.

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Outage Airlines Consulting BCM 97

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

As a leading continuity-consulting firm to major private and public entities over the last thirteen (13) years, we have worked across many industries and seen varying levels of organizational preparedness in the event of an unplanned disruption due to natural, man-made or technological events.

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Continuity Planning Crisis Management Outage Technology 52

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 18, 2020

A simplified explanation - a BIA is a process that identifies your organization's critical functions, processes and the resources required to restore business operations. The BIA engagement will produce a set of findings that will be used to develop recovery strategies, Business Continuity Plans and IT Disaster Recovery Plans.

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Impact Analysis BCM Disaster Recovery All-Hazards 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

Plan : Business Continuity Planning is often used to address risks that are of low probability, but the potential impact could cause business failure. Reduce the Risk : a frequent, potentially damaging event is a target for risk reduction measures.

Risk Reduction 52

Risk Reduction Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting 52

Oz's Business Continuity Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The last few weeks have been quite busy – and, at times, a teeny bit stressful. I’ve prepared and facilitated four crisis management and business recovery exercises (two of which included actors and journalists and mock TV and radio news […].

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Business Recovery Management Continuity Planning 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

Conduct a work area recovery simulation at the recovery site. Conduct an executive recovery plan exercise with all simulations. Review Business Continuity Plans of key vendors. All managers submit a signed report that their recovery plans are up to date.

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Command Center Telecommunications Backup Transportation 52

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

ITDR Planning depends on Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessments The goal of ITDR planning is to prioritize the recovery of various IT systems and applications and to ensure that recovery capabilities meet operational requirements.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Backup Impact Analysis BCM 52

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The goal of ITDR planning is to prioritize the recovery of various IT systems and applications and to ensure that recovery capabilities meet operational requirements. Business Continuity Management. Business Continuity Planning. Business Impact Analysis. IT Disaster Recovery.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Backup Impact Analysis BCM 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

As a leading continuity-consulting firm to major private and public entities over the last thirteen (13) years, we have worked across many industries and seen varying levels of organizational preparedness in the event of an unplanned disruption due to natural, man-made or technological events.

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Continuity Planning Crisis Management Outage Technology 40

MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Further Reading For more information on BC best practices and other hot topics in BCM and IT/disaster recovery, check out these recent posts from MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources Thriving in the Hot Seat: Crisis Communication Do’s and Don’ts Vulnerable Vendors: Supplier Weaknesses Put Your Organization (..)

BCM 98

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Internet 98

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

Plan : Business Continuity Planning is often used to address risks that are of low probability, but the potential impact could cause business failure. Reduce the Risk : a frequent, potentially damaging event is a target for risk reduction measures.

Risk Reduction 40

Risk Reduction Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting 40

everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The DR plan will lay out the steps for moving equipment, inventory, technology, people, and cyber infrastructure to the new facility while meeting the RTO. Once can argue that both business continuity plans (BCP) and DR are reactive. However, both are needed in tandem to support a complete recovery.

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Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Resilience Telecommunications 52

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. Related on MHA Consulting: The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must Rehearsing Your Plan B Due to the complexity of BC methodology, many aspects of the field have the potential to become time sinks.

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Entertainment Business Continuity Activation BCM 111

MHA Consulting

MAY 19, 2022

Many organizations lack a clear, recognized understanding of when the metaphorical switch will be flipped to start the recovery time objective (RTO) countdown timer. There are two options, either of … The post About Time: Deciding When to Start Your RTO Countdown appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Consulting Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning Business Recovery 98

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to … The post Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training appeared first on MHA Consulting.

BCM 97

BCM Business Continuity Consulting Continuity Planning 97

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2021

Today we’re going to look at five commonly held myths about IT/disaster recovery. These … The post Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery appeared first on MHA Consulting. One definition of a myth is something you know for sure that happens to be untrue.

Disaster Recovery 86

Disaster Recovery Consulting Continuity Planning Crisis Management 86

MHA Consulting

JULY 29, 2021

You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element … The post The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty appeared first on MHA Consulting.

BCM 81

BCM Business Continuity Consulting Management 81

BCM METRICS

MAY 12, 2022

The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.

Transportation 74

Transportation IT Recovery Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning 74

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

There are numerous risks a company can face that will require an Emergency Response Plan. Rather than creating a separate plan for every type of event that could occur, it is advisable to create a basic emergency response checklist that can be used regardless of the emergency. A response plan can cover a variety of emergencies.

Emergency Response 52

Emergency Response Emergency Response Response Plan Crisis Management 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

Awareness may be raised by a Business Continuity Education and Awareness program. A search within your organization could reveal operational incidents, failures of service level achievements, quality deficiencies, help desk issues, product defects and other problems which could have been disasters.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Education Consulting Activation 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

The key to Operational Risk Management lies in the understanding and management of two important concepts: Loss and Probability.

Management 52

Management Hospitality Risk Management Marketing 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

ICS enables integrated communication and planning by establishing a manageable span of control. ICS divides a company’s response into five (5) controllable functions essential for emergency response operations, Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance and Administration. =

Logistics 52

Logistics Retail BCP Emergency Response 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

Organized Chaos isn’t a new term. But I have always advised our clients that what you want in your organization during a crisis is “organized chaos. Consider the following scenario: There is a blazing fire in a building. There is heavy smoke and flames everywhere; you can hardly see your hand in front of you.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Consulting Activation Application 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

Managing an enterprise BCM program requires BCM Practitioners to address many program initiatives and tasks that must must seamlessly work together. I liken BCM programs to a watch with many moving parts; some critical and others not so critical to its operation and ability to provide accurate time. audit requests, questionnaires, etc.)

BCM 52

BCM Outsourcing Audit Consulting 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

As BCM Practitioners we are often required to dream up, plan, implement and facilitate a mock disaster exercise for our Crisis Management teams. The planning process is crucial to developing an exercise that meets the needs of your organization.

BCM 52

BCM Crisis Management Consulting Management 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

A recent Harvard Business Review article in the December 2013 edition entitled “The Hidden Benefits of Keeping Teams Intact” discussed the benefits and reasons for keeping teams familiar with each other. So how does this apply to us?

BCM 52

BCM Crisis Management Hospitality Consulting 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

The scenario may describe any disruption to the normal flow of business. A disaster scenario is a hypothetical incident that gives participants a problem to work through. When selecting a scenario, be sure to make it one that is realistic as well as broad enough to include several teams to test intergroup communications.

Telecommunications 52

Telecommunications Hazard Communications Consulting 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

If an organization is providing its own recovery site, it is going to require regular maintenance in order to match requirements of the site it’s supporting. As the original facility is likely to change and evolve over time, so must the recovery center.

Consulting 52

Consulting Security Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

A successful Business Continuity Program awareness effort can result in a greater company-wide support for the program. It can also reduce the reluctance of people to participate. Awareness is an ongoing process and is best conducted in a “here and there” manner.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Consulting Continuity Planning 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

All plans should be written in the same way you would explain it to someone standing in front of you. Often times, you will want to include pictures, drawings, and maps in the plan as well as include references to the names of the service companies that have support contracts for equipment.

Consulting 52

Consulting Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery Business Recovery 52

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

There are numerous risks a company can face that will require an Emergency Response Plan. Rather than creating a separate plan for every type of event that could occur, it is advisable to create a basic emergency response checklist that can be used regardless of the emergency. A response plan can cover a variety of emergencies.

Emergency Response 40

Emergency Response Emergency Response Response Plan Crisis Management 40

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

Awareness may be raised by a Business Continuity Education and Awareness program. A search within your organization could reveal operational incidents, failures of service level achievements, quality deficiencies, help desk issues, product defects and other problems which could have been disasters.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Consulting Activation 40

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

The key to Operational Risk Management lies in the understanding and management of two important concepts: Loss and Probability.

Management 40

Management Hospitality Risk Management Marketing 40

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

ICS enables integrated communication and planning by establishing a manageable span of control. ICS divides a company’s response into five (5) controllable functions essential for emergency response operations, Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance and Administration. =

Logistics 40

Logistics Retail BCP Emergency Response 40

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The vendor also provides two self-service platform options that can be managed by a single user: Axcient Business Recovery Cloud, which is the legacy solution, and Axcient Fusion. Axcient x360Recover offers flexible deployments and ease of management to MSPs.

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Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Backup Audit 83