Aligning Business Recovery Efforts with IT Disaster Recovery
In many organizations, Information Technology Disaster Recovery strategies and capabilities are not aligned with the needs or expectations of the business. This isn’t always the fault of Information Technology personnel and in […]
Are Near Misses a Prelude to a Catastrophe?
The April 2011 edition of Harvard Business Review was dedicated to “Failure” and “How to Understand It”, “Learn From It” and “Recover from It”. In the article “How to Avoid Catastrophe”, authored […]
Are You Addressing the Potential Japanese Supply Chain Issues
What are you doing to mitigate the potential supply chain issues associated with the Japanese disaster? If your business depends on technology, there is a good chance components for physical devices will […]
How Long Should Your BIA Interview Take to Complete?
We have all been involved in long, drawn out BIA interviews that put everybody to sleep and / or make everyone cranky. At MHA, we have worked to develop a process that […]
How Effective is Your BCP Program at Dealing With Severe Weather
The severe weather across the USA has significantly impacted the ability to continue normal business and the ability of our staff to continue to come to work safely. As a proactive measure, […]
Risk Assessment: Completing a Threat and Risk Assessment
The process of performing a risk assessment, or Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) is a complex endeavor if you have not performed one in the recent past. What is a risk […]
A Disturbing Trend – Exhausted IT Staff Impact Availability and DR
In our work at many of the nation’s largest organizations, we are continuing to see a disturbing trend that is impacting IT availability and disaster recovery planning. Today’s IT staff are plain […]
What’s More Likely – A Catastrophic or Partial Data Center Disruption?
As BCP consultants, we are always asked as to what is the most likely data center outage to expect and how should it be mitigated against. Will it be a catastrophic loss […]
Planning a Workplace Violence Mock Disaster Scenario
At MHA, we plan, develop and implement many mock disaster exercise scenarios annually. A current exercise that many clients are looking for is the Workplace Violence incident. This scenario has become a […]
Create a BCP Roadmap to Heighten Program Maturity & Sophistication
Do you have a roadmap highlighting, by timeframe, what key deliverables and tasks you must complete over the year to raise the maturity and sophistication of your BCP program? In the […]
WorkPlace Violence – A Top Threat to Corporate America
Workplace violence incidents continue to escalate across corporate workplaces in the United States. Most recently, we have had 2 major incidents in Albuquerque NM and Manchester Connecticut. At MHA, we have […]
Post Incident Analysis (PIA) – A Method to Analyze Your Actions During a BCP Event
The Post-Incident Analysis (PIA) is an invaluable tool for learning from crises and disruptions and improving your event response. In today’s post, we’ll look at when and how to do a PIA […]