How to Weight Your BIA Impact Categories
In last week’s blog, we talked about the importance of identifying the right BIA impact categories for your business impact analysis. As a reminder, these are the six categories appropriate to your […]
5 Tips to Help You Identify the Right Impact Categories for Your BIA
Are you a BCM practitioner in the middle of configuring your BIA questionnaire? Are you scratching your head over the part about identifying the impact categories that are most relevant to your […]
All About RTOs: What They Are and Why You Have To Get Them Right
The BIA is always a hot topic in business continuity. Everybody wants to know how to do a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). This interest is not misplaced, since the BIA is a […]
BIA Interviews: 5 Tips for Streamlining the BIA
We’re helping you streamline your BIA, cutting it down from 8 to 4 hours or less for each business unit and maximizing your BIA interview. We veteran BCM professionals will need to […]
The Human Side of Conducting BIAs
One of the most interesting engagements MHA Consulting had this year was at a Fortune 500 company where 3 of our consultants conducted approximately 100 BIAs. Over the course of that engagement, […]
Business Impact Analysis Example: A Sample Assessment In BCMMETRICS
Our Business Impact Analysis software distills the complex BIA process into a simple set of directives. Here’s how it’s done.
6 Tips to Help You Vet Your Third-party Vendors
The global supply chain is in better shape than it was during the pandemic, but challenges remain and future disruptions are inevitable. In today’s post, we’ll share six tips to help you […]
Preparing for a BIA – It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
You’ve convinced management to do a BIA, and now it’s time to jump in. But, wait! A proper business impact analysis requires some preparation. You don’t jump into a body of water […]
Business Impact Analysis Template For Banks
Preparing to conduct a Business Impact Analysis for your bank? Banks should be especially rigorous in performing BIAs. We'll show you how.
What is Business Continuity? – Business Continuity 101
If you’re new to disaster recovery or risk mitigation, you might be overwhelmed with business continuity terminology. To start, what is business continuity? If you’re not sure, don’t worry. We’re going to cover […]
Balancing Automation with Third Party Risk
Before taking on any new process automation or software, it’s important to consider the third party risk associated with the new approach. Current market pressures and constrained resources, especially people resources, combined […]
Recovery Time Objective Vs. Recovery Point Objective
These concepts are at the heart of your business recovery strategy, and they’re the root of much confusion. Get it all straight here.