MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Examples of covered business functions include manufacturing products, delivering services, running payroll, and providing customer service. BC encompasses the ability to swiftly resume all business functions following a disruption, addressing critical processes from manufacturing to customer service.

Disaster Recovery 111

Disaster Recovery BCM Business Continuity Manufacturing 111

IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. Without question, this is one of the most expensive IT outages to date, with significant global impact. million Windows devices.

Business Continuity 91

Business Continuity Insurance Insurance Outage 91

Pure Storage

MAY 28, 2024

Hyperscale cloud providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—along with consumer computing companies like Apple—are heavily focused on building proprietary processor designs specific to their needs, while other manufacturers like Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are all focusing on delivering sub-10 nm Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).

Manufacturing 72

Manufacturing Marketing Outage Architecture 72

Pure Storage

APRIL 26, 2022

As part of this transition, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are pulling in vast amounts of data from test cars for detailed scrutiny and analysis. With the right development partner by their side, it should be possible to engineer a solution that doesn’t have issues whenever there’s a connection outage.

Automotive 98

Automotive Outage Manufacturing Data Integrity 98

everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Producing Engaging BCP Scenarios The key to a successful BCP exercise lies in the scenario’s design—it must be fresh, relevant, and plausible: Fresh : To encourage participant engagement, we move beyond overused scenarios like fires or power outages and instead craft unique situations that challenge teams to think outside the box.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCP Outage All-Hazards 52

Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The technician should change out any air filters, ensure the system can achieve its manufacturer-rated efficiency, and check that exhaust gases are being ventilated properly. Service your generator in case of power outages . You don’t want to be last in line for repairs on the coldest day of the year, which could cause frozen pipes.

Insurance 90

Insurance Insurance Outage Manufacturing 90

Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In case of a power outage, use your generator. Portable generators should never be run unattended and should be checked periodically (review manufacturer recommendations). A garage or docking bay may not provide enough ventilation. Use extreme caution when determining where to operate the generator. Permanent Generator.

Alert 80

Alert Insurance Insurance Outage 80

Pure Storage

JUNE 14, 2023

Setting the Pace for IT Performance Nissan’s Australia manufacturing plant is renowned across its global ecosystem for producing vehicle components of the highest quality. The manufacturing processes they support—like the aluminum casting required to produce powertrain and engine components—are energy-intensive and prone to outages.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Failover Activation Backup 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.

BCM 95

BCM Impact Analysis Business Continuity Banking 95

MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

The threat of utility or network outages. At the funnel’s narrow end, representatives from departments such as business continuity, security, facilities, operations, manufacturing, and finance analyze and sift the information received. Threats posed by cyberattacks: ransomware, data theft, and the rest.

All-Hazards 98

All-Hazards Hazard Business Continuity Mitigation 98

PagerDuty

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Whether youre in finance services, technology, retail, or manufacturing, the message is clear: inefficiency is expensive, and its time to stop paying the price. Whether its a website outage during a major sale or a factory shutdown due to a cyberattack, the costs of downtime go far beyond lost revenue.

Outage 40

Outage Manufacturing Disaster Recovery Resilience 40

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The scenario was, “A regional internet outage has occurred; you have no internet access to the outside world. It’s relevant for financial services, consumer businesses, manufacturing—everyone. Getting manually logged data into the system when the outage is over. Continue operating your critical business operations.”

Outage 52

Outage BCM Internet Healthcare 52

Pure Storage

JULY 6, 2021

State and local governments, police departments, and companies that deal in healthcare, education, and manufacturing have some of the most high-value data. Second is a disturbing trend of late: targeting essential service providers that lead to massive outages and widespread disruptions.

Insurance 92

Insurance Insurance Backup Healthcare 92

everbridge

MARCH 20, 2023

For the purposes of the study, Forrester aggregated the interviewees’ experiences and combined the results into a single composite organization that is a global manufacturing firm with $16 billion in revenue and 30,000 employees. The TEI study found that with Everbridge, organizations can save up to $2 million over three years.

Alert 52

Alert Outage Manufacturing Communications 52

Pure Storage

MAY 17, 2024

by Pure Storage Blog The best way to think of the difference between IT orchestration and IT automation is to think of a typical automobile factory: The automation part is each task happening automatically via manufacturing floor robots. The orchestration part is the linking of those completed tasks to put the entire car together.

Logistics 52

Logistics Healthcare Manufacturing High Availability 52

Fusion Risk Management

MARCH 1, 2022

As an example, Ukraine produces nearly 75% of the world’s Xenon and Neon gas which are critical components in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips – meaning an already brutal manufacturing shortage will become somewhat cataclysmic for at least the next few years. So, what is the current reality related to the conflict in Ukraine?

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Logistics Transportation Vulnerability 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 9, 2023

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. Which would cause the greatest impact if it was down for six hours: Manufacturing? At first glance, such comparisons are difficult if not impossible.

Impact Analysis 98

Impact Analysis BCM Consulting Business Continuity 98

Fusion Risk Management

APRIL 5, 2023

The Impact of Ineffective Resilience Capabilities is Severe Imagine a bank that experiences a catastrophic outage in its IT systems , preventing customers from accessing their accounts for several days. Imagine a manufacturer losing revenue due to a cyberattack on just one of its suppliers.

Resilience 59

Resilience Banking Strategic Vulnerability 59

Fusion Risk Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In the case of a financial services company, their critical vendor might be the core processor; for a manufacturing company, it might be their top supplier. Critical vendors vary from industry to industry, company to company. Some create vendor tiers based on the type of product or service that the vendor supports.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Alert Financial Services Mitigation 52

everbridge

JUNE 12, 2023

For example, in February 2021 a severe winter storm hit Texas , causing widespread power outages and water shortages. This resulted in disruptions to various industries, including oil and gas, chemical, and manufacturing, and the estimated cost of damages was over $10 billion.

Mitigation 52

Mitigation Vulnerability Outage Resilience 52

KingsBridge BCP

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

9 – Are there other locations where our manufacturing activities can occur given our planned production schedule? We still face outages and shortages. Some are infrastructure-related (power outages from Ida, February’s freeze in Texas, etc.) Can we outsource should we need?

BCP 52

BCP Pandemic Outsourcing Authorization 52

Online Computers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Employee safety is especially critical to businesses in the manufacturing and construction industries, as these sectors already face a high degree of worker exposure and potential for harm, which can be exacerbated by disasters. Secure your backups. Or you can set off the fire alarm and practice your fire evacuation procedure.

Disaster Preparedness 52

Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Backup Hazard 52

Pure Storage

APRIL 13, 2022

Missed orders, dissatisfied customers, delays in manufacturing, or even lost business are the reality when you’re down. If your environment suffers an outage, whether from a ransomware attack or another type of disaster scenario, your authorized administrator needs to contact Pure Customer Support to authenticate access. Learn More.

Backup 52

Backup Application Outage Media 52

Pure Storage

APRIL 30, 2024

Prolonged outages can lead to direct revenue loss, contractual penalties, and lost opportunities, all of which can be avoided or minimized with an effective recovery plan. By minimizing downtime and ensuring a faster resumption of services, an NDRP helps mitigate financial losses.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Retail Manufacturing Architecture 52

Pure Storage

APRIL 30, 2024

Prolonged outages can lead to direct revenue loss, contractual penalties, and lost opportunities, all of which can be avoided or minimized with an effective recovery plan. By minimizing downtime and ensuring a faster resumption of services, an NDRP helps mitigate financial losses.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Retail Manufacturing Architecture 52

Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The pain is felt by the healthcare organization when a vendor has an outage because of ransomware or another cybersecurity intrusion. Several device manufacturers provide remote support but don’t always follow good cybersecurity hygiene. A common mistake is granting device manufacturers VPN access with open elevated privileges.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Management Vulnerability Risk Management 52

Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2025

A single point of failure, slow recovery from outages, and the increasing complexity of modern data environments demand a re-evaluation of storage strategies. With data breaches, cyberattacks and human error contributing to increased business outages, its essential to adopt a comprehensive backup strategy built on zero trust principles.

Backup 52

Backup Resilience Cyber Resilience Vulnerability 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 14, 2024

It helps organizations reduce risk, outages, impacts, and costs, such as insurance costs. The Telltale Signs of Good and Bad Risk Management When I visit a client’s facility, whether it’s an office, manufacturing plant, data center, or something else, I can tell quickly whether they manage risk well or not. ERM is all about reducing.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management All-Hazards Mitigation 52

Pure Storage

MAY 20, 2022

A retail store saves its server backup and recovery data in cloud-based object storage, so it’s still available in the event of a natural disaster or local outage. A manufacturing company uses file storage to run its data analytics operations because the system allows multiple servers to make changes to multiple files simultaneously. .

Capacity 52

Capacity Architecture Retail Travel 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

I think this will be the same for cyber, generally cyber security will get much better as manufacturers of products are forced to implement stronger in-built security, greatly raising the bar to be able to hack an organisation. My Hive internet heating system was down last week due to an outage at a data centre.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Outage Fashion Business Recovery 40

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

I think this will be the same for cyber, generally cyber security will get much better as manufacturers of products are forced to implement stronger in-built security, greatly raising the bar to be able to hack an organisation. My Hive internet heating system was down last week due to an outage at a data centre.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Outage Fashion Business Recovery 40

Erwood Group

JANUARY 9, 2023

For example, a manufacturing plant might lose millions of dollars of products if the manufacturing process loses electricity for a few hours. An unfortunate power outage or system shortage could cause catastrophic consequences. With a disaster recovery plan, your company will be ready to snap back whenever anything impedes it.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Vulnerability Activation Technology 52

Castellan

JUNE 10, 2021

We already saw back in November 2020 the potential for large-scale failures when AWS had an outage that affected a number of well-known and widely used companies such as Adobe, Glassdoor, and Roku.

Resilience 52

Resilience Healthcare Impact Analysis Cybersecurity 52

Plan B Consulting

JULY 5, 2021

Access Vulnerabilities – Often, passwords are shared due to the installer changing it for additional users or manufacture default passwords are not changed. There have been major cyber attacks on SCADA systems, the biggest of which is the Ukraine Power outage of 2015, leaving more than 230,000 people without power.

Security 52

Security Malware Vulnerability Transportation 52

Plan B Consulting

JULY 5, 2021

Access Vulnerabilities – Often, passwords are shared due to the installer changing it for additional users or manufacture default passwords are not changed. There have been major cyber attacks on SCADA systems, the biggest of which is the Ukraine Power outage of 2015, leaving more than 230,000 people without power.

Security 52

Security Malware Vulnerability Transportation 52

Castellan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Identify likely causes of failure and protections against failure Some causes of failure are pervasive across every critical activity, such as natural disasters or power outages. The longer timeframes are not neglected, but they are activities that could likely be prepared for during an interruption due to the long lead time allowed.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Management Activation Risk Management 40

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The company said they were “using our temporary systems until we are able to restore full systems safely”, and didn’t admit that they had had a cyber-attack, making the problem sound like an IT outage. At the end of this bulletin, there are a couple of other organisation’s scores which you can compare this response against.

Media 52

Media Communications B2C Advertising 52