Real-Life Uses of BCP (Business Continuity Planning)
Think about all the time and energy we spend preparing for emergency events. We develop strategies and plans, generate documentation, identify risks, and work to mitigate those risks. We’re going to help […]
Leadership During a Crisis
A crisis, by definition, is unpredictable and can be highly damaging to an organization. In the event a crisis occurs, it needs to be managed; by mismanaging, an organization’s brand value could […]
Auditing Plans
Auditing BCP plans is crucial to ensuring a consistent product is being developed across the organization. Inconsistency raises the potential for failure of recovery should the plan be activated. In our audit […]
Writing BCP’s
Writing BCP’s is where the rubber meets the road. You may have a sound recovery strategy in place but if your business units do not have the cookbook to execute a successful […]
Making Difficult BCP Presentations
As a consultant, we often make highly charged presentations in front of people with a critical eye. This is often at presentations to close new business or advise management of critical exposures. […]
Back to the Basics – BCP 101
Developing a BCP program requires a sound methodology to ensure consistency of application and level of results. Using the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) model as our baseline, we break a typical […]
MHA Consulting Free Webinar “The Business Impact Analysis Study – Cornerstone to Identifying What is Critical to Your Organization”
MHA Consulting presents “The Business Impact Analysis Study – Cornerstone to Identifying What is Critical to Your Organization” The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is the cornerstone of a quality Business Continuity Planning […]
Preparing Our BCP Programs for 2010
As we look back at 2009, it was a trying year for all of us. We have definitely seen the impact to BCP programs across our client base in the United States. […]
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 […]
Using 30-Minute Mock Disaster Exercises to Keep Your Team Sharp
Do you want to keep your recovery team personnel sharp, thinking on their feet, and the BCP process fresh in their minds? We all want multiple half-day exercises each year to entrench […]
So You Want to Be a BCP Consultant?
On my travels across the USA on client engagements, I am often asked what does it take to be a successful consultant in the field of BCP. In mulling this over, below […]
