12 Areas to Look at When Determining the Impact of a Disaster
Here is a list of 12 areas that the impact of any business disruption may include: Financial – Loss of revenues, higher costs, etc. Customers & Suppliers – Customers and/or suppliers can […]
Recovery Options
Each critical business function or process has a level of impact on an organization and its dependency to the other functions. Based on the data and recovery requirements of each function, there […]
What is the Value of Operational Risk Management?
Most companies only test their backups after a system fails. They buy Disaster Recovery provisions for computers only after a catastrophic event has impacted the business and only buy CCTV after a […]
The Five Layers of Risk
The impact of risks can vary widely from whom it affects to when it happens. When evaluating risk, it is easiest to look at them in five distinct layers. The layers range […]
Pros and Cons to using an Emergency Notification System (ENS)
There are both Pros and Cons to using an Emergency Notification System (ENS). This week we will discuss the advantages of implementing and using an Emergency Notification System, and next week we […]
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 […]
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 […]