Cyber Self-Defense: Prepare for the No. 1 Threat By Taking These Five Steps
Cyberattacks remain the number-one threat to organizations’ ability to keep their mission-critical operations running. Today’s post lays out five key measures your company should have in place to harden its computer systems […]
Practice Makes Perfect: How to Be Ready to Handle an Emergency
Many organizations are not well-prepared to respond to emergencies. In most cases, two factors are to blame: a lack of thought on the part of the leadership about what might go wrong […]
How to Set Up a Crisis Response Team (and Why You Need One)
Every company should have a crisis response team. Organizing and training such a team is not hard if you follow a few key steps. Related on MHA Consulting: Critical Assistance: How a […]
Eat the Frog: Tackling the Tough BCM Challenges You Habitually Put Off
Almost every business continuity management program has gaps that are well-known to the BCM office but never addressed, usually because closing them would be hard. However, in many cases, tackling those BCM […]
Risk Matrix: Why You Should Employ a Risk Management Matrix
One of the best tools for assessing and reducing risk is a risk management matrix. Today’s blog provides an example of such a matrix and explains how and why to use one. […]
About Time: Deciding When to Start Your RTO Countdown
Many organizations lack a clear, recognized understanding of when the metaphorical switch will be flipped to start the recovery time objective (RTO) countdown timer. There are two options, either of which can […]
After the BIA: Save Time and Money by Fine-Tuning Your Application RTOs
The business impact analysis (BIA) is a great tool, but after it is complete, organizations have an opportunity to potentially save time and resources by conducting a tightly focused, second-level review of […]
A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan
If a disaster strikes one of your organization’s critical sites, you might need to temporarily shift its operations to a home away from home. To be ready for this eventuality, your organization […]
The Benefits of Stressing Out: Why You Should Stress Test Your Recovery Plans
In everyday life, stress is usually regarded in a negative light, but in business continuity management, stress testing your recovery plans can play a very positive role in improving an organization’s resilience. […]
Data Preservation: What to Include in Your Data Protection Policy
Most companies have solid overall default data backup plans; however, many do not have sufficient processes or controls for ensuring proper data protection based on business requirements. To avoid the development of […]
How to Get Business Units to Take Ownership of Their BCM Programs
One challenge familiar to every business continuity management professional is dealing with the business units’ attitude that business continuity is the BCM office’s responsibility, not theirs. Getting the business units to take […]
Be Ransomware Resilient: Know How to Operate Manually
A ransomware attack has the potential to leave your organization without its computer systems for days or weeks. Make your business ransomware resilient by figuring out how to perform your most mission-critical […]