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Safeguarding Your Operations: The Power of a Business Continuity Template

BCP Builder

Whether facing a natural disaster, a cyberattack , or even a simple power outage, organizations must ensure they can maintain essential functions. Key Components of an Effective Template A comprehensive template should include sections for risk assessment , impact analysis, recovery procedures, and communication plans.

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All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources

MHA Consulting

We write a lot about BIAs in our blog and ebooks, and no wonder: the business impact analysis is the cornerstone of a sound business continuity program. It helps them prioritize which of their processes and systems they should protect the most and restore the fastest in order to minimize the impact of an outage on the organization.

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Why Every Small Business Needs a Business Continuity Plan Template

BCP Builder

These could range from natural disasters like floods and earthquakes to more specific risks like power outages, data breaches, or supply chain issues. Business Impact Analysis (BIA) The BIA is crucial in determining the potential consequences of various disruptions.

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An Introduction to FFIEC: BCM’s Gold Standard

MHA Consulting

It has greater governance, risk assessment, business impact analysis, planning, testing, and maintenance requirements than any other standard. FFIEC’s requirements are very stringent due to the critical role financial institutions play in the economy.

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(Un)Realistic Expectations

KingsBridge BCP

Even after a pandemic, endless weather incidents, outages and more, your customers and employees generally will have an “I need it, and I need it NOW” mindset. Sure, policies should be part of the solution to minimize these impacts. Everyone’s expectations of systems and services continue to rise.

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Customer Value Story: Planning for the Unexpected

LogisManager

Their process for developing and updating their BCP initially involved holding in-person interviews with department heads to gather information about various impacts to their core processes in case of an outage: Who are their key team members? This lets them easily determine which processes need to be prioritized during an outage.

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

Zerto

Since most businesses today are heavily IT reliant, DRP tends to focus on business data and information systems by addressing one or several points of failure including application downtime, network outages, hardware failure, data loss, etc. BCP Includes Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment, And Strategy Development.

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