The Failover Plan Podcast

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Previously, Green was the global head of business continuity for Sykes Enterprises, a business process outsourcer with 50,000 employees and 80 locations worldwide. In 2020 he was named the Business Continuity Institute’s Continuity and Resilience Consultant of the Americas, becoming the first person to be honored with this award twice. .

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The Failover Plan Podcast

JULY 20, 2020

Episode Summary: On today's show, Shane interviews John Hill, a seasoned consultant with over 20 years of experience in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. John is ITIL certified and a Certified Business Continuity Professional. Important Links: Linkedin.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Along with Mark Armour he founded AdaptiveBCP.org and authored Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach. He consults, teaches, and advises on project management and business continuity. Mark Armour is a business continuity leader with over 17 years of experience in the field. Links: David Lindstedt Twitter.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2024

As part of our role as business continuity professionals, we should be horizon scanning for the latest threats to our organisations, and ensuring that we have taken appropriate actions either to try and prevent them from happening in the first place or to have plans in place to deal with the impact should they occur.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: America’s Red Zones: Where Natural Disasters Cluster and What It Means for You The Rise in Extreme Weather There was a time not long ago when weather patterns were stable and each region had a fairly settled risk profile when it came to extreme weather events.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

MAY 24, 2021

We saw that happen, when, at the start of the Covid-19 crisis, our agency consulted to several organizations which wanted to reassure their employees, clients/customers, shareholders, and other stakeholders that they were responding to the pandemic threat appropriately. Improve planning and training as determined by that assessment.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. BCM consultancy websites. Other BCM professionals. Collectively these are an exceptional resource.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 13, 2023

Business continuity professionals need to be sure their recovery plans and strategies are fully adapted to the new reality. As a result, business continuity professionals need to optimize their recovery plans and strategies to ensure they are fully adapted to the new reality.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It was interesting to note that a number of the vendors who were independent last year had been bought over this year; these included Noggin by Motorola, Beyond Blue by Everbridge, and PlanB Consulting by Databarracks. The post What Does BCI World Hybrid 2024 Tell Us About the State of Business Continuity?

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2023

In today’s post, we’ll lay out what these domains are, reveal which ones tend to get overlooked, and explain how knowing about the domains can help business continuity professionals reduce their organizations’ risks and bolster their resilience.

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BryghtPath

AUGUST 26, 2021

With resiliency thrust into the limelight, many business continuity professionals may see their next step to sit back and wait for the budget money to rain … The post Making the Case for your Business Continuity Program appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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BryghtPath

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Gaining traction for business continuity and crisis management activities with people (who aren’t already on the business continuity bandwagon) has always been challenging. And now we’re stuck in a crisis fatigue hangover of unprecedented proportions.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 6, 2023

One of the most common complaints from my consulting clients is that doing a formal business impact analysis, or BIA, is a waste of time. In today’s post, written with BIA doubters in mind, I’ll lay out four cases where conducting a formal BIA is unnecessary.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The last thing you want is for your business continuity software to be unavailable when you need it for incident management. Do you need consulting support as well as software? Not all software providers offer business continuity consulting, and the quality can be variable. Be clear about your technical requirements.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 27, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management The government recently announced the official end of the COVID pandemic. In one respect, COVID continues to distort people’s approach to risk. Another pandemic could occur.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management As a business continuity professional, I tip my hat to any organization that makes a serious effort to reduce its risks. Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Business continuity professionals who want to make their organizations more resilient should make a conscious effort to become gap hunters. Doing this work is one of the most productive activities a BC professional can undertake. The job of the gap hunter is to identify gaps that might keep them from working—and to close them.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. The post The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk appeared first on MHA Consulting. This week’s blog post will spell out the key concepts relating to this all-important goal; call it “The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk.”

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

The business continuity management system in the bank I was working with, had been implemented by local Saudi business continuity professionals rather than consultants. As a consultancy in the UK, in 15 years we have only supported eight organisations to ISO certification. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

The business continuity management system in the bank I was working with, had been implemented by local Saudi business continuity professionals rather than consultants. As a consultancy in the UK, in 15 years we have only supported eight organisations to ISO certification. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. The post The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional appeared first on MHA Consulting. Over time, organisms that are capable of adapting to change thrive while those that don’t go extinct.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

In today’s blog, we’ll look at those risks from the point of view of a business consultant who specializes in technology and IT disaster recovery. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? How can you as a business continuity professional help protect your organization against these threats?

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Charlie recommends a podcast series he’s been listening to recently and discusses why it is important for business continuity professionals to be aware of trolls. . As business continuity professionals, it is important for us to understand the world of trolls.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It’s enough to make an organization leader or business continuity professional feel unwell. It’s certainly on mine, not only in my role as a business continuity consultant but also as a business owner and CEO. Leaders and business continuity professionals are justified in feeling uneasy about what the future might hold.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Here’s what business continuity professionals need to know about the rigorous new security framework that is designed to protect organizations from hackers and their bots. What BC Professionals Need to Know What do you as a business continuity professional need to know about Zero Trust?

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I felt the first bulletin of this year should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)?

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I felt the first bulletin of this year should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. The post Thoughts On The Coming New Year appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Mitigation Outage 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

Airlines 52

Airlines Continuity Professionals Outage Response Plan 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Business continuity professionals that were involved in the response became glorified admin people, carrying out a whole load of tasks in response to the actions decided by the COVID response team. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Business continuity professionals that were involved in the response became glorified admin people, carrying out a whole load of tasks in response to the actions decided by the COVID response team. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Erwood Group

JULY 8, 2020

The Importance of Business Continuity is an extensive Whitepaper first written in 2009 by our CEO & Principle Managing Consultant – Keith Erwood. The Importance of Business Continuity is a great resource. Importance of Business Continuity open.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 20, 2022

Also, why business continuity professionals need to implement this crucial fact into our plans. As business continuity professionals, we must accept that if we warn others that something outrageous is going to happen, it is very likely that people may not believe us. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

For the first bulletin of the year, I felt it should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. The post Thoughts On The Coming New Year appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Business Continuity Continuity Professionals Mitigation Outage 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 20, 2022

Also, why business continuity professionals need to implement this crucial fact into our plans. As business continuity professionals, we must accept that if we warn others that something outrageous is going to happen, it is very likely that people may not believe us. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Castellan

JUNE 2, 2021

Get the Business Continuity Accountability Guide. While we’ve talked with several business continuity professionals who say they’re working through pandemic burnout, the new 2021 BCM Compensation Report published in partnership with the BCI, indicates many remained resilient and stayed with their organizations through the past year.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2020

In looking at the UK Government’s Public Accounts Committee on the response to COVID, the scope is to protect the economy, but for most of us business continuity practitioners the question is, do we see it as our role to involve ourselves in planning or responding to economic downturns and the impact on our organisation?

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