Single Points of Failure: Protecting Yourself from Hanging by a Thread
Many organizations are at risk of experiencing an outage due to the breakdown of a so-called single point of failure (SPOF), a resource that has no redundancy. In today’s post, we’ll identify […]
A Business Impact Analysis Guide
Considering a business impact analysis? Here’s everything you need to know before you decide.
The Magic of Metrics: How Using Metrics Can Transform Your BCM Program
Metrics are a down-to-earth tool that can have an almost magical impact on your organization’s business continuity management (BCM) program. However, getting their full benefit requires differentiating between meaningless volume metrics and […]
BCM Basics: How to Manage Your Business Continuity Documentation
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Quality documentation is the backbone of a sound business […]
Ensuring Compliance Using Compliance Confidence
Theron Long is BCMMETRICSTM operations leader. He supports our clients’ use of BCMMETRICSTM and innovates to continuously enhance the platform’s capabilities and improve the customer experience. Coming into compliance with business continuity […]
Three to Get Ready: The 3 Key Areas of Business Continuity
Any organization that invests time and effort into improving its resilience is to be commended, but unfortunately many companies prioritize the wrong things in their business continuity endeavors. In today’s post we’ll […]
Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant
Herrera Unplugged is an occasional series in which MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera shares his candid views on current hot-button business continuity topics. You might think that a company spending a substantial sum […]
Healthcare Under Attack: Building Resilience in the Face of an Aggressive Cyber Threat
Healthcare organizations are uniquely vulnerable to hackers and are subject to more than their share of cyberattacks. In today’s post, we’ll look at the measures hospitals and other facilities that care for […]
Getting Started with Enterprise Risk Management
Risk can never be eliminated but it can be mitigated. In today’s post, we’ll take a look at how organizations can get started using Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to reduce their exposure and improve their resilience. Related on MHA […]
MHA and Kroll: Coming Together to Move Ahead
The recently announced partnership between MHA Consulting and Kroll is a tremendous win for both firms and their clients. It’s also an exciting milestone for me personally as someone who, twenty-five years […]
At Risk of Distraction: The Seductive Appeal of RMIS Software
An emerging hot topic in business continuity and risk management is the software known as a risk management information system (RMIS). An RMIS can help an organization identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate […]
The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing
Fifteen years ago the prototypical IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) exercise was preceded by months of meticulous preparations and took place over an extended period of time in the equivalent of a hermetically […]
Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds
In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. One of the most valuable ways BC practitioners can spend their time is making sure their organizations […]
BCM Basics: Business Continuity vs. Business Resilience
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. The terms business continuity and business resilience are superficially […]
Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans
Most organizations recognize the importance of having a sound business continuity recovery plan, but many plans are undermined by the presence of overlooked weaknesses. In today’s post, we’ll look at 10 mistakes […]