AWS Disaster Recovery

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Recovering your mission-critical workloads from outages is essential for business continuity and providing services to customers with little or no interruption. That’s why many customers replicate their mission-critical workloads in multiple places using a Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy suited for their needs. Prerequisites.

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Disaster Recovery Architecture Internet Outage 61

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Back then, finding information on how to do anything in BC and IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) was impossible. Anything and everything is out there regarding how you can protect your organization and its stakeholders from disruptions and recover quickly when outages occur. BCM consultancy websites.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Be a Hard Target: Train Your Employees in Security Awareness A Uniquely Vulnerable Time In the context of business continuity, the recovery period is a vulnerable one for any organization. Addresses the use of outside services such as those from Microsoft and Google or outside experts such as consultants.

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Security Outage Vulnerability Cybersecurity 103

Zerto

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the global surge in cybercrime—particularly ransomware attacks —and occasional outages of cloud services , enterprise risk management is just the latest initiative that needs attention. First, people need disaster recovery. The ripple effects lasted 4400% longer than the outage itself.

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Activation Backup Outage Authentication 115

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Follow these seven steps to implement a BC strategy that can help you swiftly recover your business processes in the event of an outage. Related on MHA Consulting: BCM Basics: Modern IT/DR Strategies The Benefits of a Sound Business Continuity Strategy A solid BC strategy is a fundamental component of a functional BC program.

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Business Continuity BCM Disaster Recovery Outage 98

Zerto

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Implementing a disaster recovery (DR) solution can be a complex task for an organization that is new to the process. Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can provide all of the above to meet the needs of organizations large or small with a predictable pay-as-you-go service model. The Power of Zerto. Channel Committed.

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Disaster Recovery Outage Technology Management 98

Solutions Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Understanding storage patterns and usage can help avoid unexpected slowdowns or outages. Regular testing of failover processes ensures that in a real outage, the transition to backup infrastructure will be smooth and efficient. IT generalists must work closely with business stakeholders to balance performance, uptime, and budget.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Mark My Words: Commonly Confused Business Continuity Terms The Meaning of “Continuity” If you’ve been to MHA’s home page , you know what our firm is all about. As the headline on the page explains, we provide “Business continuity consulting for today’s leading companies.”

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Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Disaster recovery planning is no easy task, but it is a necessary one. With so many different options of data recovery plans that a business can implement out there, the process of developing the best fit can be overwhelming. Looking for more information on backup and disaster recovery solutions?

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Data Recovery Disaster Recovery Backup Outage 98

MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources We business continuity professionals spend a lot of time telling our colleagues and clients about the negative impacts an organization can experience if it gives short shrift to the need to become resilient and plan for outages.

Airlines 52

Airlines Outage Crisis Management Transportation 52

Erwood Group

MAY 30, 2024

Executives will find this information valuable for enhancing their company’s disaster recovery plans and ensuring sustained operational effectiveness today and into the future. What is a Recovery Time Objective (RTO)? The Key Elements of RTO: Time Frame: The specific duration within which recovery must be completed.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How to Get Strong: Unlocking the Power of Vulnerability Management The Practice of Vulnerability Management Last week, MHA CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog about vulnerability management , the practice of identifying and mitigating the weaknesses in an organization’s people, processes, and technology.

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Vulnerability Outage Capacity BCM 98

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.

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BCM Business Continuity Outage Business Recovery 105

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Staff were having to manually enter the records written over the days of the outage and tried their best to re-arrange appointments. Often we as business continuity people we look at loss of IT and work with our colleagues to develop disaster recovery plans. NHS Glasgow computer outage appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Outage Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Backup 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Staff were having to manually enter the records written over the days of the outage and tried their best to re-arrange appointments. Often we as business continuity people we look at loss of IT and work with our colleagues to develop disaster recovery plans. NHS Glasgow computer outage appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Outage Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Backup 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 30, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity From time to time, clients of ours express confusion about the roles and relationship of the enterprise risk management department and the business continuity team.

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BCM Risk Management Business Continuity Strategic 98

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do they understand the key components of crisis management (team, plan, mock disasters, emergency notification system, etc.) Business and Disaster Recovery. Do they understand the key components of business recovery (plan development, recovery strategies, testing, maintenance, etc.)

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BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 105

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Related on BCMMETRICS: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Resilient An Eye-Opening Exercise Earlier this week I did a two-hour mock disaster exercise with a healthcare client. The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. Consult your business impact analysis.

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Outage BCM Internet Healthcare 52

Erwood Group

JANUARY 28, 2024

Section 1: The Scope of Business Continuity Myth 1: Business Continuity is Only About IT Disaster Recovery or DR. Contrary to popular belief, business continuity extends far beyond IT recovery. You can also seek out new clients that require vendors or suppliers to have business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Some organizations we work with utilize their incident management team whenever there is a potential issue or non-DR outage. They often tell us something like, “By the way, we activated our incident management team due to X outage.” However, BC planning can also benefit day-to-day operations and non-BCP projects.

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BCM Outage Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 23, 2023

However, companies that need to be able to demonstrate a high level of recovery capability and competency—and where outages of even a couple of hours have the potential to cause serious impacts to the organization’s revenue, reputation, and stakeholders—would likely benefit greatly from learning about FFIEC and trying to meet its requirements.

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BCM Impact Analysis Business Continuity Banking 95

Erwood Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Let’s explore the transformative role of innovations and emerging technologies in shaping the future of business continuity, along with crisis management and disaster recovery to enhance organizational resilience. Performing real-time diagnostics, automating backup and recovery procedures and more.

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Business Continuity Technology Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 52

MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources The past twenty-five years have seen a lot of changes in the world especially as pertains to business. The past couple of decades have seen huge changes in the world and our field. The “What, Me Worry?” approach to cybersecurity.

BCM 98

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Internet 98

MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment The Need for Threat Intelligence Traditional business continuity methodology leans heavily on the threat and risk assessment or TRA, in which the organization identifies potential threats and ranks them in terms of likelihood and potential impact.

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All-Hazards Hazard Business Continuity Mitigation 98

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. This makes this an opportune moment to remind everyone that there are five types of risk—and that the prudent organization takes all of them into account.

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Assurance IT

JUNE 15, 2021

Improve data access speed Improve server performance Complete disaster recovery. Protection Against Failed Hard Drives Protection Against Power Outages Recovery if Operating System Fails. You can book a free consultation call here to learn more about what’s best for your enterprise. What is Data Backup?

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Backup Disaster Recovery Outage Business Continuity 91

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Here are some examples of vulnerabilities that can exist at facilities even after risk mitigation controls have been implemented: The backup power source can provide only a fraction of the power needed to keep critical operations running in the event of an outage.

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Mitigation Authorization Risk Management Risk Reduction 97

MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Know Your Gaps: Manage Residual Risk to Keep Your Company Safe Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk There are two main kinds of risk when it comes to organizational activities and business continuity: inherent risk and residual risk. The post The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Mitigation BCM Acceptable Risk Risk Management 95

Pure Storage

AUGUST 28, 2024

Good and consistent disaster recovery doesn’t hurt either, Houle added, and that’s where the idea of tiers comes into play. Watch the entire tech talk to learn about creating a data protection plan that prevents disruption from things like unplanned outages. But, there’s a learning curve.

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Resilience Security Cyber Resilience Architecture 83

Pure Storage

JUNE 23, 2022

Have Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans in Place. Recover to the cloud for disaster recovery using Pure Cloud Block Store ™ or recover to the cloud for disaster recovery or dev/test scenarios. During times of stress, the risk of human error increases. Security without Compromise.

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Disaster Recovery Architecture Business Continuity Pandemic 122

Online Computers

AUGUST 29, 2023

IT consulting Managed IT services providers (MSPs) can help businesses optimize their IT resources by assessing their current IT infrastructure, identifying any gaps or inefficiencies, and developing a plan to improve efficiency and productivity. Examples of IaaS include Amazon Web Services , Google Cloud Platform , and IBM Cloud.

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Outsourcing Cloud Computing Application Disaster Recovery 52

MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Working remotely as a business continuity management consulting firm worked while it had to, but there’s nothing like visiting organizations in person. People working at home can lose power, suffer network outages, expose confidential data to unauthorized people, get hacked, come under physical threat, and many other challenges.

BCM 52

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Outage 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 9, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja Why the BIA Is Important The business impact analysis or BIA is one of the topics Richard Long and I write about the most here on “Roadmap to Resiliency.” In today’s post, we list, link to, and describe MHA’s best BIA resources. Free Ebook Your BIA Action Guide.

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Impact Analysis BCM Consulting Business Continuity 98

Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 30, 2021

This plan should include everything from the identified incident response team and the established internal and external communication protocols to the selected offsite workspace and disaster recovery plan. If a hurricane impacts your business, implement your disaster recovery plan.

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Risk Management Insurance Insurance Management 74

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. The time to better prepared is now.

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Continuity Planning Crisis Management Outage Technology 52

MHA Consulting

APRIL 20, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss? Over time, we see risks go down, the number of outages decrease, and insurance and other costs decrease. Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership The post How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience appeared first on MHA Consulting.

Resilience 52

Resilience Risk Management Mitigation BCM 52

MHA Consulting

APRIL 20, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss? Over time, we see risks go down, the number of outages decrease, and insurance and other costs decrease. Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership The post How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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