Business Continuity Planning

Sometimes business continuity or BCM standards can go from making your program better to holding it back. This can happen if you use the wrong standard or take the wrong approach to aligning with [...]

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 organization’s business [...]

It must be human nature to worry more about serious dangers that are unlikely to happen than moderate ones whose likelihood of happening is high. This would explain why the term “shark attack” [...]

Has your organization ever been attacked by zombies? We don’t know any companies that have been, although we do know some that have used this as a scenario in their disaster recovery exercises. [...]

We talk a lot about the need to mitigate the operational risks of a business disruption: what if your organization loses access to a key facility or suffers a ransomware attack or experiences the [...]

For organizations, social media is the new Wild West: There is no sheriff, vigilante justice is the order of the day, and things can get very crazy very quickly. If you don’t believe me, just ask [...]

People in business continuity talk a lot about black swans: unexpected events that come from outside normal experience and have strongly negative effects. Black swan events are definitely worth [...]

Given the title of this blog, you might wonder why a consultant whose focus is technology recovery would advise you not to rely on technology to keep your business running during a crisis. The [...]

As you know, a leading trend of the past several years is organizations’ hiring third-party vendors to provide services that they previously performed in-house. At MHA, we are familiar with this [...]

In case you missed it, MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera last month conducted a webinar called “Your New BFFs – Compliance and Residual Risk.” (BFFs means Best Friends Forever, for those who [...]