Are You Addressing the Potential Japanese Supply Chain Issues
What are you doing to mitigate the potential supply chain issues associated with the Japanese disaster? If your business depends on technology, there is a good chance components for physical devices will […]
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 […]
How Effective is Your BCP Program at Dealing With Severe Weather
The severe weather across the USA has significantly impacted the ability to continue normal business and the ability of our staff to continue to come to work safely. As a proactive measure, […]
A Disturbing Trend – Exhausted IT Staff Impact Availability and DR
In our work at many of the nation’s largest organizations, we are continuing to see a disturbing trend that is impacting IT availability and disaster recovery planning. Today’s IT staff are plain […]
What’s More Likely – A Catastrophic or Partial Data Center Disruption?
As BCP consultants, we are always asked as to what is the most likely data center outage to expect and how should it be mitigated against. Will it be a catastrophic loss […]
Post Incident Analysis (PIA) – A Method to Analyze Your Actions During a BCP Event
The Post-Incident Analysis (PIA) is an invaluable tool for learning from crises and disruptions and improving your event response. In today’s post, we’ll look at when and how to do a PIA […]
Is Your BC/DR Program Mature or Executable? You Need Both
What makes up a best of class program? One that is consistent with “industry best practices” but hasn’t “demonstrated success in execution of key components” or one who “may not be as […]
Outsourcing the BCP Function
Can outsourcing your BCP function to a third party lead to improved efficiencies, effectiveness and ability to recover the critical processes and systems of your company? Yes and no. We recommend […]
Using the A.P.I.E. Methodology to Focus your Crisis Management Team Decision Making and Action Planning
Getting your Crisis Management Team to focus strategically and use a repeatable process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a response is key to a successful recovery in an unplanned disruption. At […]
Have You Forecasted Your Recovery Exercises for the Next 12 to 24 Months?
Do you know what you are going to be exercising over the next 12 to 24 months in your recovery program? Have you forecasted what business units and systems/applications will be exercised […]
IT Pandemic Planning – How Will Your IT Organization Continue to Support Itself and the Business?
Does your Information Technology function have a sound Pandemic plan? For many of our clients, IT has some of the most dramatic reliance on key individuals. We have clients with hundreds of IT […]
How a 30-Minute Mock Disaster Exercise Can Sharpen Your Recovery Team
In the fast-paced world of Business Continuity Planning (BCP), keeping your recovery team sharp and ready is crucial. Traditionally, multiple half-day exercises throughout the year are ideal to keep your team well-versed […]