Security Industry Association

AUGUST 5, 2024

Key considerations and implications for security industry companies regarding the new Illinois BIPA reform proposal On Aug. 2, 2024, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a major Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) reform into law. The reform proposal received approval back in May within the Illinois House of Representatives with a 81-30 vote, after clearing the Illinois Senate 46-13 and solidifying bipartisan support for amending the highly controversial 2008 Illinois BIPA law.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 5, 2024

Cloud Storage Cost Models Demystified by Blog Home Summary Data storage is a critical part of an enterprise’s network architecture and design. Cloud storage cost models enable organizations to gauge their data storage costs in a data center. In an enterprise environment, storage must be a part of the overall network architecture and design. A cloud storage cost model provides an estimate of costs associated with storage in a data center.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

Organized Chaos isn’t a new term. But I have always advised our clients that what you want in your organization during a crisis is “organized chaos. ” Consider the following scenario: There is a blazing fire in a building. There is heavy smoke and flames everywhere; you can hardly see your hand in front of you. Fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances with lights blazing are parked everywhere.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie discusses the recent CrowdStrike outage and discusses the thoughts that other consultants have had on the incident. When I heard about the CrowdStrike incident, I was in the middle of the kingdom of Fife with my daughter picking up her new puppy. Desperate for the latest, I had her going through BBC Sounds to find relevant bits of news on the Today programme.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

Managing an enterprise BCM program requires BCM Practitioners to address many program initiatives and tasks that must must seamlessly work together. I liken BCM programs to a watch with many moving parts; some critical and others not so critical to its operation and ability to provide accurate time. In today’s high pressure environment, we see BCM Practitioners being overrun with not only managing the program daily but dealing with external influences (e.g, audit requests, questionnaires, etc.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

A recent Harvard Business Review article in the December 2013 edition entitled “The Hidden Benefits of Keeping Teams Intact” discussed the benefits and reasons for keeping teams familiar with each other. The article expresses that team familiarity raises performance; leads to fewer mistakes, encourages better decision making, etc. So how does this apply to us?

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

Some tests only involve two people while others can include an entire department. All tests require preparation time. This is necessary to coordinate schedules of people, exercise control rooms, and equipment. At a minimum, every plan should be tested annually. Plans to test should include business processes, IT systems, work area recovery, pandemic, and more.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

A disaster scenario is a hypothetical incident that gives participants a problem to work through. The scenario may describe any disruption to the normal flow of business. When selecting a scenario, be sure to make it one that is realistic as well as broad enough to include several teams to test intergroup communications. Also, make sure the final solution is achievable.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

A Disaster Containment Manager personal accountability skills are critical to the recovery of your business. Join us for a look at what their job entails. The Disaster Containment Manager is in charge of making tough decisions, setting the recovery effort objectives, directing staff toward priorities, and keeping the Recovery Team focused. They are also the primary contact with public emergency services at a disaster site.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

If an organization is providing its own recovery site, it is going to require regular maintenance in order to match requirements of the site it’s supporting. As the original facility is likely to change and evolve over time, so must the recovery center. The following is a list of maintenance items to be performed in the given intervals: Annually: Executives need to determine if the BIA has materially changed in the past year.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

A successful Business Continuity Program awareness effort can result in a greater company-wide support for the program. It can also reduce the reluctance of people to participate. Awareness is an ongoing process and is best conducted in a “here and there” manner. Keeping the message fresh and relevant helps to maintain interest from everyone. The following is a list of ways to build awareness: Success stories in company newsletters Success videos on company TVs Posters reminding key points Discu

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 5, 2024

All plans should be written in the same way you would explain it to someone standing in front of you. You should always start with an overview and the basic necessities and then get into details. Often times, you will want to include pictures, drawings, and maps in the plan as well as include references to the names of the service companies that have support contracts for equipment.

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