Your Very First Task: Scout the Business Continuity Territory
So you’ve just been put in charge of business continuity at your organization. What’s the first thing you should do? In today’s post, we’ll tell you—and also explain why it’s important and […]
How Do BCM Offices Fail? Let Us Count the Ways
There are a lot of ways that business continuity programs go off track. Here are some of the main ones, together with a list of what successful programs do to keep rolling […]
Go Pro: Every BCM Practitioner Should Know About DRI’s “Professional Practices”
It’s easy to get lost in the weeds in talking about Business Continuity and IT/Disaster Recovery. For a bird’s-eye view of the field, you might find it helpful to check out Disaster […]
Sweating the Big Stuff: 5 Things that Really Matter in BCM
Do you know the book “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”? Today’s post is about sweating the big stuff. It lays out the five things that matter most for the success of your […]
Email Security: How BC Professionals Can Help Their Companies Stay Safe
These days social media is the little red sports car of communications platforms while email is more like your father’s Oldsmobile. However, the fact is, email is still the mainstay of internal […]
The New World of BYOD: How You Can Help Your Organization Stay Safe
One of the biggest trends in business today can be summed up by an acronym that is (almost) completely familiar to anyone who has ever taken their own bottle of wine to […]
Helping Your Employees Stay Safe When Using Non-Company Wi-Fi Networks
MHA Corporate Security Awareness Series In recent years a great deal of attention has been focused on the threat that hostile outsiders and disgruntled employees pose to companies’ data and computer networks. […]
Streamlining Your BCM Program in 6 Simple Steps
In today’s high-pressure and limited-resource environment, it’s easy for a BCM practitioner to be overrun with just managing the program and addressing external influences. Audit requests and questionnaires can pull you in […]
7 Steps to Establishing a Sound Business Continuity Strategy
Many organizations struggle with establishing a sound business continuity strategy, a foundational aspect of a strong BC program. Follow these seven steps to implement a BC strategy that can help you swiftly […]
The Difference Between Business Continuity and Insurance – Business Continuity 101
In last week’s blog, we discussed why you should invest in a business continuity (BC) program. One point we made was that insurance against loss is typically not enough, so the additional […]
Why Organizations Invest in Business Continuity – Business Continuity 101
In the third piece of our Business Continuity 101 Series, we delve into why organizations invest in business continuity, dispelling common BC misconceptions, and explaining value-based BC investment. A common point of […]