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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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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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BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management  

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Most companies have a pretty good handle on the tactical side of crisis management. However, relatively few are mindful of the strategic side of crisis management. Key Areas of Strategic CM Strategic crisis management centers on a few key areas. They are: Crisis team distribution and integration.

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Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery

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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.

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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

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Crisis Management. Do they understand the key components of crisis management (team, plan, mock disasters, emergency notification system, etc.) Business and Disaster Recovery. and how these should be implemented to ensure a swift, effective response in the event of a disruption?

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Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes 

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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.

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Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact

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In our role of BCM, we deal with a number of different teams including Fire Life Safety, Crisis Management, Business and IT Recovery Teams, etc. Maintaining familairity consistency across team members is difficult as existing team members leave and new members arrive.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

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The following is a basic set of emergency tasks: Protect Personnel Contain Incident Implement Command and Control (Emergency Response Team, Crisis Management Team step in) Your emergency response team should have defined roles and responsibilities for team members.