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SQ Risk Management Solutions LLC SQ Risk is a boutique consulting firm founded in 2008 to help small and mid‑sized businesses build practical, right‑sized risk management programs.

SMBs are often underserved when it comes to third‑party risk, business continuity, and cybersecurity. The core focus of SQ Risk Management Solutions "SQ Risk" (formerly Augustine Consulting LLC) is to provide risk management and information security services customized to the individual needs of the small and medium sized business. This enhanced alignment in strategic direction enables SQ Risk to better position itself within the industry to offer unique, competitive, and customized risk management as a service-based solutions (RMaaS).

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 10 – Maintaining and Improving Your Continuity Program: A 12‑Month RoadmapS...
10/29/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 10 – Maintaining and Improving Your Continuity Program: A 12‑Month Roadmap

Small Business BC Series: Part 10: Maintaining and Improving Your Continuity Program: A 12‑Month Roadmap Executive Summary…...

Contact an SQ Risk Professional for a free 20-minute BC Program discussion. https://sqrisk.com/contact_us/

https://sqrisk.com/2026/10/29/business-continuity-for-small-business-part-10-maintaining-and-improving-your-continuity-program-a-12-month-roadmap/

Show SMBs how to maintain their plan with quarterly updates, annual reviews, vendor checks, and backup validation. Provide a maturity model and a simple improvement cycle.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 9 – Testing, Exercising, and Validating Your Continuity ProgramSmall Busine...
10/22/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 9 – Testing, Exercising, and Validating Your Continuity Program

Small Business BC Series: Part 9: Testing, Exercising, and Validating Your Continuity Program Executive Summary A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is only as strong as its last test....

Contact SQ Risk for a free 20-minute BC Test discussion.

Explain the three SMB friendly test types: Tabletop, Walkthrough, Simulation Provide a 12 month testing calendar aligned to NIST and DORA’s annual testing minimum.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 8 – Crisis Communication for Small Businesses: Internal, Customer, and Regu...
10/15/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 8 – Crisis Communication for Small Businesses: Internal, Customer, and Regulatory Messaging

Small Business BC Series: Part 8: Crisis Communication for Small Businesses: Internal, Customer, and Regulatory Messaging…...

Contact SQ Risk for a Crisis Communication Toolkit Template and schedule a free 20-minute best practices discussion.

Show SMBs how to build communication trees, fallback channels, customer messaging templates, and regulator notification workflows. Tie to NIST notification procedures and DORA communication requirements.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 7 – How to Write a Business Continuity Plan (BCP): A Complete SMB TemplateS...
10/08/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 7 – How to Write a Business Continuity Plan (BCP): A Complete SMB Template

Small Business BC Series: Part 7: How to Write a Business Continuity Plan (BCP): A Complete SMB Template…...

Contact SQ Risk for a BCP Template and schedule a free 20-minute implementation discussion.

Break down the required NIST components: Supporting information, Activation & notification, Recovery phase, Reconstitution, Appendices Integrate DORA’s required sections: communication plan, resource requirements, testing schedule, governance.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 6 – Continuity & Recovery Strategies for People, Process, and TechnologySma...
10/01/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 6 – Continuity & Recovery Strategies for People, Process, and Technology

Small Business BC Series: Part 6: Continuity & Recovery Strategies for People, Process, and Technology Executive Summary…...

Contact SQ Risk for a free 20-minute Continuity Strategy review.

Provide right sized strategies: Manual workarounds, Cloud failover, Alternate workspace options, Backup discipline (3 2 1 1 0), Vendor redundancy, Communication fallback channels. Show how these map to NIST recovery strategies and DORA operational resilience expectations.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 5 – Setting Recovery Objectives: RTO, RPO, and Minimum Service Levels  # Us...
09/24/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 5 – Setting Recovery Objectives: RTO, RPO, and Minimum Service Levels #

Use the SQ Risk Recovery Objectives Calculator to define your tolerances and contact an SQ Risk Professional for a free 20-minute feedback session.

Demystify recovery objectives with SMB friendly examples: • “We can be offline for 4 hours.” • “We can lose 15 minutes of data.” • “We must respond to customers within 24 hours.” Tie these to NIST system recovery requirements and DORA’s tolerance thresholds.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 4 – Risk Assessment & Scenario Planning for Small Business Continuity  Afte...
09/17/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 4 – Risk Assessment & Scenario Planning for Small Business Continuity

After reading this article and its Scenario Planning Mini Guide, share your top three risks.

Cover the top SMB risks: ransomware, cloud outages, facility disruptions, supplier failures, and key person loss. Map each risk to NIST’s contingency categories and DORA’s ICT related disruption scenarios.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 3 – Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Small Businesses: A Practical Guide ...
09/10/2026

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 3 – Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for Small Businesses: A Practical Guide

Complete the SMB BIA Worksheet and share your results with an SQ Risk Professional for a 20-minute feedback session.

Explain how to identify critical processes, dependencies, MTD, RTO, RPO, and minimum service levels. Provide a simple BIA worksheet and show how to complete it in under 90 minutes.

Here is the 2nd Article in the SMB BC Series.Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 2 – How to Build a Business Co...
09/03/2026

Here is the 2nd Article in the SMB BC Series.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 2 – How to Build a Business Continuity Policy Your Small Business Can Actually Use

Contact SQ Risk for a for a free BCP Policy Template and schedule a 20 minute policy review.

Walk through the required components of a continuity policy: governance, roles, impact levels, activation authority, and scope. Show SMB friendly examples: owner led governance, lightweight approval workflows, simple role matrices.

Small Business BC Series: Part 1 is here.Let's explore why Business Continuity Matters for Small Businesses.  Business C...
08/27/2026

Small Business BC Series: Part 1 is here.

Let's explore why Business Continuity Matters for Small Businesses.

Business Continuity for Small Business: Part 1 – Why Business Continuity Matters for Small Business

Contact SQ Risk for a for a free 20 minute BC Program review.

Introduce the stakes: operational resilience, regulatory pressure, cyber driven disruptions, and the reality that most SMBs lack a tested continuity plan. Explain how NIST and DORA define continuity as a core business function, not an IT project. Highlight relatable SMB scenarios: ransomware, suppli...

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