The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources
The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. In today’s post, we’ll list and link to some of MHA’s best-ever resources on the […]
BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Most companies have a pretty good handle on the […]
The Hot New Trend in IT/DR for 2023—Not
The hot new trend in IT disaster recovery for 2023 is . . . a completely invalid concept. The fact is, there are no hot new trends in IT/DR. There is—or should […]
Tried and True: These Classic DR Concepts Are As Valid As Ever
At this time of year, hot trends and shiny new toys tend to attract a lot of attention. But when it comes to disaster recovery, the way to get the best results […]
BCM Basics: Modern IT/DR Strategies
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Organizations today have more options than ever when crafting […]
Resiliency Consulting: Helping Companies Get In Peak Condition
In today’s world, businesses face not only stiff competition from rivals but also a uniquely tumultuous global environment. Resiliency consultants can help them develop the toughness required to thrive. Related on MHA […]
BCM Basics: The BC Professional’s Role in Data Protection
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Data is a critical asset for almost every organization […]
Risk Assessment: The Best Way to Identify Your Biggest Threats
The threat and risk assessment or TRA is one of the cornerstones of business continuity methodology. Today, we’ll talk about what it is, why it’s important, and how to do one. Related […]
Learning the Local Culture: BCM Pros Need to Suit Their Programs to the Locality
It’s human nature for people to take the assumptions of their culture for granted, not realizing that people elsewhere might look at things in a radically different way. Business continuity management (BCM) […]
Goodbye to All That: How to Phase Out Your Data Center
Many organizations are considering reducing their involvement in the data center business and moving some or all of their computing environment to the cloud or a colocation facility. A successful migration is […]
Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training
Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to a disruption. […]
BCM Basics: Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. If you spend any time at all in the […]