All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources
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. In today’s post, we list, […]
The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk
Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. This week’s blog post will spell out the key concepts relating to this all-important goal; call it “The […]
Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership
Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise […]
How to Offload Your Risk to a Third Party
Risk transference is one of the four main strategies organizations can use to mitigate risk. It’s a powerful tool, but one that must be used with care to avoid unpleasant surprises. Related […]
Weird Weather: How to Be Resilient In a Time of Climate Chaos
The rise in extreme weather has not affected the steps organizations must take to be resilient; however, it has altered the threat landscape for many, if not most, regions and organizations. Companies […]
How to Create an Emergency Response Plan
Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to […]
What Was New in ’22: The BCM Year in Review
The year 2022 saw the tapering off of the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, an ongoing wave of cyberattacks, continuing supply chain woes, and a renewed focus by organizations on […]
More Than Meets the Eye: The Hidden Benefits of BC Planning
Everyone knows business continuity planning can help organizations prepare for emergencies. Less well known is the fact that BC program elements can often be leveraged to support day-to-day operations and help with […]
How BCM Software Can Make Your Business Continuity Program More Agile
Business continuity programs need to be agile in order to protect their organizations in today’s chaotic environment. Well-chosen BCM software can help a continuity program be more nimble and effective. Related on […]
The Retro Revolution: Why Manual Workarounds Are a BC Must
Because technology is vulnerable to disruption—and disruptions are on the rise—every organization should devise manual workarounds for its critical business processes. Related on BCMMETRICS: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get […]
Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management
For the past few years the news has been a drumbeat of threatening events—and the beat seems to be growing louder. In such times, the best thing an organization can do is […]
The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management
Events of the last twenty years have thrust enterprise risk management (ERM) to the forefront of the contemporary business scene. Unfortunately, too many organizations leave out the all-important step of implementing strategies […]
