Start Here: The Business Continuity Management Guide for Beginners

In today’s blog, I’ll share our business continuity management guide so that it might help you wrap your mind around starting a BCM program. So you’ve been tasked with getting a business continuity management (BCM) program up and running for your organization. Congratulations, it’s an exciting field and an important responsibility. This information might also… Continue reading Start Here: The Business Continuity Management Guide for Beginners

‘Our CEO is a Criminal; Our Leadership Looked the Other Way’

How to create and sell an awkward crisis exercise scenario It’s often the case that the most severe crises that cause lasting harm to a company’s brand and valuation are internally generated. These crises are the result of wrong-doing, sometimes even outright criminal behavior, by members of the C-suite, all the way up to the… Continue reading ‘Our CEO is a Criminal; Our Leadership Looked the Other Way’

10 Ways To Improve Your Risk Assessment Process

Guidance for Executive Management and the Board Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach discusses strategies to enhance the risk assessment process, from ensuring the proper stakeholders are involved to accounting for disruptive change and moving beyond “enterprise list management.” An effective risk assessment is fundamental to risk management and the board’s risk oversight process. Successful risk assessments help… Continue reading 10 Ways To Improve Your Risk Assessment Process

New Year’s Resolutions: Cybersecurity Should Be At The Top Of Your List For 2019

3 Emerging Areas of Concern Information Security Forum recently released “Top Emerging Threats for 2019,” an annual outlook on the top global security threats businesses may face in the coming year. ISF’s Steve Durbin provides insight into some of the most pressing threats organizations should be aware of. It’s that time of year again –… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions: Cybersecurity Should Be At The Top Of Your List For 2019

10 Steps You Can Take to Prepare for the Threat of Workplace Violence

Unfortunately, recent news events have shown that workplaces need to do a better job of preparing for instances of workplace violence. In today’s post, we’ll share 10 steps you can take to mitigate the risk of active shooter incidents and similar events at your organization.  Related on MHA Consulting: In Time of Crisis: What to Do in… Continue reading 10 Steps You Can Take to Prepare for the Threat of Workplace Violence

Tornado Touches Down on Kitsap Peninsula, Rips Roofs off Homes, Weather Service says

(TNS) – A tornado tore through a neighborhood near Port Orchard Tuesday afternoon, ripping roofs off of buildings and pulling trees to the ground, authorities said. One home’s roof was torn off completely, revealing its second-story rooms to news helicopters above. Twenty homes were evacuated after a possible gas leak. “Based on radar imagery and… Continue reading Tornado Touches Down on Kitsap Peninsula, Rips Roofs off Homes, Weather Service says

WHY INSURED LOSS NUMBERS FOR THE “HIM” HURRICANES ARE DELAYED

Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in August 2017. Just weeks later, Irma made landfall in Florida, followed by Maria in Puerto Rico. The so-called “HIM” storms struck the U.S. 16 months ago, but final insured loss numbers have yet to be finalized.  Why? There are at least two reasons: the storms happened in rapid succession, wreaking… Continue reading WHY INSURED LOSS NUMBERS FOR THE “HIM” HURRICANES ARE DELAYED