October 2012 - MHA Consulting

The basic tenant of primary and backup data centers is that they both cannot be affected by the same event. You MUST analyze the locations of the primary and backup data centers along with a [...]

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By Michael Herrera

In Business Continuity Planning, Business Recovery Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning

Posted October 28, 2012

Indicators of Successful BCP & DR Programs

In our thirteen (13) years of consulting to organizations of all sizes and industries, we have seen BCP and DR programs of all shapes, sizes and capabilities. Some successful, some never made it [...]

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By Michael Herrera

In Business Recovery Planning, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery Planning, Threat & Risk Assessment

Posted October 26, 2012

Data Risks

Your data is susceptible to loss or damage or both from several sources. Some key causes of data loss include: Viruses: These malicious programs can get into your system at any time and strike [...]

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By Michael Herrera

In Business Continuity Planning, Business Recovery Planning, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery Planning

Posted October 23, 2012

Training is Not Optional

When a disaster strikes, people resort to instincts and their training, and IT professionals are no different. In the face of a major system outage or security breach, IT staff will do what they [...]

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By Michael Herrera

In Business Continuity Planning, Business Recovery Planning, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery Planning

Posted October 18, 2012

Project Objectives

You have gone through the project definition stage, finding your problem statement, the mission statement, high level requirements, constraint and an optimal solution. Now it is time that [...]