Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. It involves the collaboration of all business functions and all departments. Does IT understand that their mission is to deliver critical business strategies, business models and business services?

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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. Extraversion. Intellectual Openness.

BCM 105

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 105

MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

The following is a list of ways to build awareness: Success stories in company newsletters Success videos on company TVs Posters reminding key points Discussions with departments Dedicated quarterly newsletter with FAQ or Q&A Company wiki or online forum Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning can generate a lot of employee interest.

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Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Consulting Continuity Planning 52

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 18, 2020

A properly executed BIA will reduce overall operational and financial impacts, reduce potential losses and enhance the business operations of your organization. A simplified explanation - a BIA is a process that identifies your organization's critical functions, processes and the resources required to restore business operations.

Impact Analysis 52

Impact Analysis BCM Disaster Recovery All-Hazards 52

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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Write Stuff: How to Create and Maintain Business Continuity Documentation Five Ways BC Documentation Can Go Wrong An organization can reap myriad benefits by documenting its business continuity or IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) program in the form of written recovery plans.

BCM 105

BCM Business Continuity Outage Business Recovery 105

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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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. Examples of these perceived low probability is flood, fire, and other natural disasters.

Risk Reduction 52

Risk Reduction Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting 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.

Command Center 52

Command Center Telecommunications Backup Transportation 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.

Continuity Planning 40

Continuity Planning Crisis Management Outage Technology 40

MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

The virtualization of IT has greatly changed this aspect of BC and IT/disaster recovery; however, the need to ensure that critical services have the appropriate protections is as great as ever. In the old days many mid-sized and large organizations had their own data centers and physical servers. The subordination of BC to IT.

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. Examples of these perceived low probability is flood, fire, and other natural disasters.

Risk Reduction 40

Risk Reduction Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting 40

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

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

A disaster scenario is a hypothetical incident that gives participants a problem to work through. The scenario may describe any disruption to the normal flow of business. 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

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

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

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Best Business Continuity Software Archer Platform: Archer Business Resiliency Description: Archer Business Resiliency enables users to identify and catalog their organization’s mission-critical processes and systems, as well as develop detailed business continuity and disaster recovery plans to protect their business from disruption.

Business Continuity 83

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Backup Audit 83

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

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 40

Emergency Response Emergency Response Response Plan Crisis Management 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

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

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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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

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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