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

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. 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.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Geopolitical risk is arguably at the highest level it’s been in 50 years. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? For business continuity professionals, my advice would be, get ahold of your colleagues in enterprise risk and ask them how they assess the company’s geopolitical risks and what mitigations are in place.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. 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.” Only senior management can decide what the company’s risk tolerance is and fund more mitigation.

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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

MAY 25, 2023

These days everyone is talking about the risks of generative AI technology such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool. 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?

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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. Hope is not a strategy.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? The converse of point one is that if risk management is so great and comprehensive, why were so few of us prepared? The post Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID? 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? The converse of point one is that if risk management is so great and comprehensive, why were so few of us prepared? The post Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID? 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

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? The converse of point one is that if risk management is so great and comprehensive, why were so few of us prepared? The post Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID? appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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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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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Business Continuity is NOT a Data Backup Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Business Continuity is NOT a Data Backup. There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field. Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “ Business Continuity Planning ” on Google or Bing search engines recently?

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

As a business continuity professional, it shows complete incompetence and lack of risk management, contingency planning and then implementation of that plan, in the face of the likelihood they would probably be needed. It is easier to stand a response down than to stand it up.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

As a business continuity professional, it shows complete incompetence and lack of risk management, contingency planning and then implementation of that plan, in the face of the likelihood they would probably be needed. It is easier to stand a response down than to stand it up.

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Castellan

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Continuity. And, as a business continuity professional, have they changed in scope and complexity in the past year? Risk analysis and continuous risk management will also play important roles, as well as prioritizing risk management and risk response. Resilience.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

I always say that our role as business continuity professionals is to horizon scan and look out for new risks, but many of us, including the government, didn’t identify and prepare for this new threat. Perhaps it is not the business continuity process which failed but our risk management skills.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

I always say that our role as business continuity professionals is to horizon scan and look out for new risks, but many of us, including the government, didn’t identify and prepare for this new threat. Perhaps it is not the business continuity process which failed but our risk management skills.

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Business Continuity Pandemic Evaluation Activation 40

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

As a business continuity professional, it shows complete incompetence and lack of risk management, contingency planning and then implementation of that plan, in the face of the likelihood they would probably be needed. It is easier to stand a response down than to stand it up.

Management 40

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Charlie discusses the theory of wicked problems, what it means for business continuity professionals and how we are able to implement this idea into our plans. I came across this term during my reading on crisis management, but until very recently I wasn’t aware of the definition of the word nor where it came from.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Charlie discusses the theory of wicked problems, what it means for business continuity professionals and how we are able to implement this idea into our plans. I came across this term during my reading on crisis management, but until very recently I wasn’t aware of the definition of the word nor where it came from.

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Continuity Professionals Pandemic Publishing Crisis Management 52

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Charlie discusses the theory of wicked problems, what it means for business continuity professionals and how we are able to implement this idea into our plans. I came across this term during my reading on crisis management, but until very recently I wasn’t aware of the definition of the word nor where it came from.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

The Disaster Recover y Institute International ( DRII ) and the Business Continuit y Institute ( BCI ) are the two major governing bodies that are responsible for defining and developing business continuity practices as well as certifying business continuity professionals.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

The Disaster Recover y Institute International ( DRII ) and the Business Continuit y Institute ( BCI ) are the two major governing bodies that are responsible for defining and developing business continuity practices as well as certifying business continuity professionals. Risk Methodology. Vendor Risk Management.

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