Taking Care of Business: How to Write a Business Recovery Plan
Last time, we looked at how to write recovery plans to protect your organization’s computer systems and applications. In today’s post we’re going to lay out how to write plans to recover […]
The Science and Art of Writing an IT/DR Recovery Plan
There are two main aspects to writing a disaster recovery plan: The science of knowing what to include and the art of writing the content. Today’s blog takes a look at both […]
RTO and RPO: Making It Simple
RTO and RPO are two of the most important concepts in business continuity and IT disaster recovery. Today’s post will explain what they are, why they matter, and how to use them, […]
Who Does What: The Most Critical Job Roles in IT Disaster Recovery
There’s a lot more to IT Disaster Recovery than backups and recovery. In today’s post we’ll look at the IT/DR job functions that must be performed in order to ensure that any […]
Disaster Recovery 101: Don’t Make This Common Mistake
Responding to a disaster is a three-phase process, but in implementing this process business continuity professionals commonly make a serious mistake. In today’s post, we’ll tell you that common mistakes when responding […]
What Comes Naturally: Dealing with Disasters Made by Mother Nature
As a rule, we recommend that business continuity professionals focus on impacts rather than causes when dealing with disasters; however, there is some benefit to thinking about the different causes of outage […]
Attack of the Black Swans: When Strange Things Happen
Every day, an organization somewhere is impacted by an event that is both very negative and deeply weird—so weird no one ever imagined it could happen. Who knows, tomorrow it might be […]
How to Be a Mock Jock: Advice on Facilitating a Disaster Exercise
The job of facilitating a mock disaster exercise is not for the faint of heart: it’s a critical, high-pressure task that takes a rare combination of skills. In today’s post, we’ll look […]
How to Plan a Mock Disaster Exercise
Given the importance of CM training, I wanted to give you some idea of how a company can plan a quality mock disaster exercise based on our experience at MHA Consulting over […]
After the Smoke Clears: 7 Things to Do Once an Emergency Is Over
The end of an emergency is often the beginning of a longer phase of crisis management and business recovery. In today’s post, we’ll talk about seven things you should do after the […]
For Want of a Nail: The Importance of Meticulous Execution in BC and IT/DR
We often see companies devise excellent strategies for their business continuity and IT/disaster recovery planning but meet with failure in practice due to small lapses and gaps in their BC execution. In […]
Safety Zone: 13 Fire & Life Safety Tips for BCM Practitioners
Business continuity practitioners have plenty of reasons to be advocates for good fire and life safety practices at their organizations, even if that’s not one of their core responsibilities. In today’s post, […]