Eat the Frog: Tackling the Tough BCM Challenges You Habitually Put Off
Almost every business continuity management program has gaps that are well-known to the BCM office but never addressed, usually because closing them would be hard. However, in many cases, tackling those BCM […]
The Golden Key: Using KPIs Can Open the Door to Excellence
There is a golden key that can be used by every organization to open the door to excellence for its business continuity management program. It is making use of key performance indicators […]
About Time: Deciding When to Start Your RTO Countdown
Many organizations lack a clear, recognized understanding of when the metaphorical switch will be flipped to start the recovery time objective (RTO) countdown timer. There are two options, either of which can […]
Fine by Me: The Proposed $1 Million Fine of Colonial Pipeline
The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on […]
After the BIA: Save Time and Money by Fine-Tuning Your Application RTOs
The business impact analysis (BIA) is a great tool, but after it is complete, organizations have an opportunity to potentially save time and resources by conducting a tightly focused, second-level review of […]
How to Get Business Units to Take Ownership of Their BCM Programs
One challenge familiar to every business continuity management professional is dealing with the business units’ attitude that business continuity is the BCM office’s responsibility, not theirs. Getting the business units to take […]
Be Ransomware Resilient: Know How to Operate Manually
A ransomware attack has the potential to leave your organization without its computer systems for days or weeks. Make your business ransomware resilient by figuring out how to perform your most mission-critical […]
Reading the Road Ahead: A BCM Dashboard for 2022
The pedal is to the metal and we are about to leave 2021 in the dust. Here’s a verbal dashboard to give you an idea of what might lie ahead for your […]
Making the Most of the Hybrid Emergency Operations Center
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has gone hybrid. In today’s post we’ll look at how to make the most of this increasingly prevalent innovation. Related on MHA Consulting: After the Smoke Clears: 7 Things to […]
Helping Your Organization Retain Its Pandemic Survival Skills
Sooner or later, the pandemic will ease up and business life will get back to something like normal. With more disease outbreaks likely in the future, it’s important that organizations not lose their hard-won pandemic […]
A Little Help: How to Select a BCM Consultant
Finding a good business continuity management consultant can be hard. Today’s post is a list of 12 steps to help you find the right BCM consulting firm for your engagement. Related on […]
Powering On: How to Be Ready for a Power Outage
Extreme weather is making power outages more frequent, and work from home has not made the issue go away. In today’s blog, we’ll look at how you can help prepare your organization […]