Healthcare Under Attack: Building Resilience in the Face of an Aggressive Cyber Threat
Healthcare organizations are uniquely vulnerable to hackers and are subject to more than their share of cyberattacks. In today’s post, we’ll look at the measures hospitals and other facilities that care for […]
MHA and Kroll: Coming Together to Move Ahead
The recently announced partnership between MHA Consulting and Kroll is a tremendous win for both firms and their clients. It’s also an exciting milestone for me personally as someone who, twenty-five years […]
At Risk of Distraction: The Seductive Appeal of RMIS Software
An emerging hot topic in business continuity and risk management is the software known as a risk management information system (RMIS). An RMIS can help an organization identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate […]
The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing
Fifteen years ago the prototypical IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) exercise was preceded by months of meticulous preparations and took place over an extended period of time in the equivalent of a hermetically […]
Rehearsing Plan B: The Importance of Mastering Your Workarounds
In terms of bang for the buck, not all business continuity activities are created equal. One of the most valuable ways BC practitioners can spend their time is making sure their organizations […]
BCM Basics: Business Continuity vs. Business Resilience
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. The terms business continuity and business resilience are superficially […]
BCM Basics: Introduction to Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS)
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Many people are familiar with Software as a Service […]
Fire and Rain: Adapting to an Era of Global Instability
Geopolitical risk is arguably at the highest level it’s been in 50 years. Here’s what organizations can do to protect themselves. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a […]
Be a Hard Target: Train Your Employees in Security Awareness
Most organizations today are justifiably obsessed with cybersecurity, but many overlook their greatest IT vulnerability: their employees. The best way to strengthen a company’s defenses is by providing every employee with security […]
The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements
Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. In […]
BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing […]
Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes
Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. In today’s post, we’ll look at this and four other mistakes […]