Availability vs. Recoverability
Are You Confusing Availability with Recoverability in Your DR strategy? Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, Security Issues There is a fire in the data center and applications are not available...
View ArticleManual Workarounds & the BCP
In the BCP arena a manual workaround can be defined as a temporary method used to provide for the continuation of critical business functions when normal systems, technology or personnel are...
View ArticleMaximize BCM Compliance & Minimize Residual Risk
By Michael Herrera, CEO, MHA Consulting A new year is upon us and it’s time for BCM practitioners to strategize to maximize “Compliance” and minimize “Residual Risk” across their BCM program and...
View ArticleIs Business Continuity Broken?
There has been a lot of talk lately in the Business Continuity industry about a “next generation” of Business Continuity planning. In a recent article from Continuity Central, David Lundstedt asserts...
View ArticlePreparing for Non-Pandemic Health Related Impacts
By Tim Korsmo, Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting As business continuity practitioners, we have Pandemic (or Epidemic) Plans in place, but what if we lost key personnel due to non-pandemic events?...
View ArticleMyths in your Continuity Program
By Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, Disaster Recovery, MHA Consulting Bigfoot, alien visits to earth, “I will win the lottery,” and other “myths” are popular topics for books and television....
View ArticleAre there weapons in your workplace?
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, Business Continuity Planning, MHA Consulting Movie theaters, schools, homes and businesses are all places where people have been injured or killed in shooting...
View ArticleReducing the Pain in BCP and DR Plan Documentation
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, Business Continuity Planning, MHA Consulting “Organizations do not do a good job with documentation” is a generalization, but one that we have experienced is...
View ArticleIs Your BCM Office an Epic Fail?
Top 15 Reasons BCM Offices Fail Miserably By Michael Herrera, CEO, MHA Consulting As a global BCM firm, we work across all sizes and shapes of organizations. We work across a multitude of industries,...
View ArticleIs Your BCM Program in Sync with your organization?
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting As a business continuity professional, what is most important to you? Do you ask yourself: Are business departmental plans up to date? Does the...
View ArticleIs Your Work-At-Home Strategy Functional?
Susan Diehl-Brenits, Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting An often-overlooked component of a strong business continuity program is having a work-at-home option as part of an alternate worksite strategy....
View ArticleFive Tips to Prepare for a Program Audit
Michael Herrera, CEO, MHA Consulting As BCM professionals we have all gone through program audits at one time or another. It is in our best interest to know what to expect from an auditor, how to deal...
View ArticleMany BCM Practitioners Continue to Ignore BCM Standards
Michael Herrera, CEO, MHA Consulting Many BCM practitioners talk about BCM standards, but few walk the walk. I write this blog as this subject continues to boggle my mind in today’s risk-filled...
View ArticleYour Administrative Assistants are your Friends
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting Who is the most important person in an organization? I was thinking about this when conducting some Business Impact Analysis interviews...
View ArticleUnderstanding your individual & family risk profile
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting Along with the rest of the world, I have been thinking about and praying for those in Japan and Ecuador. When these tragic events occurred I was...
View ArticleWill key information be available during a crisis?
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting Information is critical to our businesses. We cannot make good decisions without it. We identify the cause of issues based on it. In a crisis,...
View ArticleThinking Outside the Box – Plussing the Show
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting We often sit in meetings or brainstorming sessions and say, “Let’s think outside the box.” What does that really mean? I was recently in a...
View ArticleCyber Event Planning – Hope is not a Strategy
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting For Business Continuity planners, data security has become a high priority element of the program. Audits have pushed this to the top of the...
View ArticleDo you need a document retention schedule?
Katherine Jonelis, Consultant, MHA Consulting Do you need to develop document retention standards and procedures for your Business Continuity Program? If you want to ensure compliance with standards...
View ArticleIs your DR/BC Implementation Functional?
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting I have been thinking quite a bit about things in my life being usable and functional vs. being “pretty” and just “there.” It’s not that I don’t...
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