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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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2022

As a business continuity professional, there are steps you can take before and during such an attack to help your organization get … The post How to Help Your Organization Get Through a Ransomware Attack appeared first on MHA Consulting. Ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency and severity.

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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. appeared first on Bernstein Crisis Management.

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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. A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation.

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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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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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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 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. Monitor the company’s risk management process and position and modify them if necessary.

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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. Business continuity management (BCM) professionals hustled to adapt their recovery strategies and plans to the new workplace model.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If you’re still using spreadsheets or word processing documents printed and stored in stacks of binders to manage your business continuity program and related plans, then you may be setting your program up for unforeseen obstacles that could negatively affect your program success. What is business continuity software?

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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. Finally, the dim view of BIAs held by the BC office and the business departments is often shared by senior management. It is something management is generally less than excited to support.

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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. Simply put, successful risk management requires centralized risk mitigation leadership.

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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. But too often knowledge of these workarounds is confined to managers or supervisors.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In such times, the best thing an organization can do is get serious about risk management. Related on BCMMETRICS: The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management An Unstable Global Environment Not since the height of the Cold War has the global environment felt as shaky as it does now.

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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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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In enterprise risk management (ERM), risk is commonly divided into eight distinct risk domains, some strategic and some operational. Before we discuss the eight risk domains, there are three general points about risk management that are worth keeping in mind: 1. Risk management is not one-size-fits all. Hope is not a strategy.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. Inherent risk is what it is, but residual risk can be managed and reduced. Residual risk is one of the foundational concepts of business continuity management. In many cases it also has to be lived with.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management A World in Tumult There’s a consensus among the key executives I’ve talked to recently: the current global environment contains more risk for organizations than at any time in the last half century. Further Reading Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. All the same, the wise BC professional will make his or her peace with AI and begin thinking about how it is likely to alter the job in the coming years. The time crunch.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

With the ongoing criticism of the UK’s visa scheme for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and the news that only a low number of refugees have been taken in so far, Charlie looks at dynamic risk assessments and the importance of managing incidents proactively, rather than reactively.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

With the ongoing criticism of the UK’s visa scheme for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and the news that only a low number of refugees have been taken in so far, Charlie looks at dynamic risk assessments and the importance of managing incidents proactively, rather than reactively. Use dynamic risk assessments.

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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? The dangers associated with tools such as ChatGPT, while genuine, are familiar and manageable. Data security.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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Castellan

JUNE 2, 2021

business continuity industry saw an average of about 20-25 new job postings each week , with about 30-35 on average internationally. While other industries around the globe struggled to adapt—and many experienced unprecedented job losses—business continuity managed to thrive and grow. After a slight downturn in March 2020, U.S.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 24, 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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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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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 24, 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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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As we have all managed responses to COVID, we know that the response is much, much more complex. If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As we have all managed responses to COVID, we know that the response is much, much more complex. If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

It’s never very hard to find examples of companies whose casual approach to resiliency and crisis management has come back to bite them. MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera and I often write in our blogs about how important it is for companies to prepare and vet scripts ahead of time for use in foreseeable crisis situations.

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Castellan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In the business world where executives can sometimes be hyper-focused on dollars-in versus dollars-out—far more than resource allocation for operational resilience—business continuity professionals often find themselves struggling with having to do more with less. Work with a consultant? Professional Services.

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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 almost managed to completely miss Storm Arwen. appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The post Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

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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)? You can find this here. Weather extremes.

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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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