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 […]
Do Your Recovery Plans Include Steps to Go from the Hot Site to the Cold Site and Return Home
Do your recovery plans include tasks to move your recovered data center from the hot site to the cold site and then return home? Most, if not all of the IT recovery […]
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 […]
Disclosing the State of Your Recovery Program
A recent article in a well-known Disaster Recovery magazine addressed how to respond to inquiries about the current state and capabilities of your BCP program. I divide inquiries into two categories; inquiries […]
Black Swan Event in Japan
In a previous post last year , I had discussed Mr. Taleb’s concept of Black Swan events. Those events, as defined by Mr. Taleb, were highly improbable but had a devastating impact […]
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 […]
Assessing the Current State of Your BCP Program
Assessing the current state of your BCP program is essential to knowing where it stands in comparison to best practices in addition to identifying the next steps to improve enterprise preparedness. Knowing […]
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, […]
A Conversation with Michael Herrera CEO of MHA Consulting
Question: Are you seeing a greater focus on BCP in post 9-11 corporate America? MH: We get asked this question all the time. I would say “yes” and “no”. Too many companies […]
2011 Disaster Recovery Trends
In 2010, I made a presentation to a global meeting of Bull customers on DR Trends in Phoenix Arizona. In that presentation, I discussed 2010 trends in the IT recovery environment that […]
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 […]