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Recovered, but Not Whole: U.S. Jobs Rebounded, but Not for Everyone

The Rand Blog

But the pandemic recession and its recovery treated men and women differently, and treated women of color differently from white women. labor market is on track to hit a milestone this month or next: It will have recovered all of the jobs lost in the pandemic recession.

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Fine by Me: The Proposed $1 Million Fine of Colonial Pipeline  

BCM METRICS

The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.

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Hidden Benefits of Keeping BCM Teams Intact

MHA Consulting

In our role of BCM, we deal with a number of different teams including Fire Life Safety, Crisis Management, Business and IT Recovery Teams, etc. 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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Safeguarding Your Computer Systems: How to Build an IT Disaster Recovery Team

MHA Consulting

The BC professional on the team ensures that IT recovery plans align with business needs. Business needs are determined by a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) completed before disaster recovery planning begins. The coordinator also helps resolve problems encountered and removes roadblocks that might slow the process down.

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Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds

MHA Consulting

It’s worth remembering that these workarounds are not separate from the recovery plan; they are the plan. In working with the departments to practice their manual workarounds, you are helping your organization get better at executing on its recovery plans.

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The Business Case for BC/DR

everbridge

However, the biggest cost to a business may not be the check it writes for the time spent planning its recovery and the software platforms that help. Businesses are always looking to reduce expenses and every asset or function must continue to justify the cost. BC/DR is no different. In the end, the biggest expense is going out of business.

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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

The Importance of Business Continuity is a great resource to have at your fingertips or close by to facilitate discussions with your executive management team, crisis management team, IT recovery team, and anyone else that you might want to discuss business continuity or disaster recovery with.