Understanding 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 […]
Your Administrative Assistants are your Friends
Who is the most important person in an organization? I was thinking about this when conducting some Business Impact Analysis interviews recently. I asked some of the people during the interviews what […]
Many 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 […]
Five 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 […]
Is 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. But making it a realistic […]
Is Your BCM Program in Sync With Your Organization?
As a business continuity professional, what is most important to you? Do you ask yourself: Are business departmental plans up to date? Does the IT DR solution actually work? Do you have […]
Is Your BCM Office an Epic Fail?
Top 15 Reasons BCM Offices Fail Miserably 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 […]
Reducing the Pain in BCP and DR Plan Documentation
“Organizations do not do a good job with documentation” is a generalization, but one that we have experienced is often true. There are some who like and are good at documentation and, […]
Are 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 incidents. The nation is in […]
Business Continuity Myths: Don’t Catch Yourself Adhering to the Wrong Rules
Bigfoot, alien visits to earth, “I will win the lottery,” and other “myths” are popular topics for books and television. We might wish they were true, but we know they are, at […]
Preparing for Non-Pandemic Health Related Impacts
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? When we lose […]
Is 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 that […]