Business continuity news 1st February 2007

news headlines: 1st February 2007

Blue chips asked to disclose climate change risks
World’s largest investor coalition, representing $41 trillion, seeks information from 2,400 of the largest quoted companies in the world.
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•Date: 1st February 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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FSA publishes Financial Risk Outlook 2007
Highlights priority threats and urges firms to improve stress testing.
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•Date: 1st February 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Gartner warns of potential global business continuity implications of US changes to Daylight Saving Time dates
Few organizations have assessed the risks or taken steps to address the possible impact.
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•Date: 1st February 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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European blackout of November 2006: important lessons to be drawn
Urgent action required to prevent future similar incidents.
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•Date: 1st February 2007 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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False confidence in IT security exposes business to attack
The issue has been identified as a significant cause of high-impact vulnerabilities.
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•Date: 1st February 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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• Business Continuity Awards 2007 – deadline for entries 1st March
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Top headlines from the past few weeks:

• US Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to step up disaster preparedness scrutiny

• Cyber war threats examined

• UK fraud cases reach record levels

• SPRING Singapore & IPOS launch new intellectual property management programme for SMEs

• GridWeek 2007

• TeleContinuity given the '2007 North American Telecom Services Technology Innovation of the Year Award'

• Communicating complex risks

• Evolution rather than revolution…

• Modeling constraints and statistical issues of consistent operational risk measurement

• US use of third party IT continuity services remains focussed on disaster recovery facilities

• UK local authorities show considerable progress in risk management

• Isn’t it time business woke up to the significance of asset convergence?

• IFPMA publishes pandemic preparedness guidance

• Sentryx 2007 business continuity training course schedule

• Active Power wins SearchDataCenter.com Product of the Year for CoolAir UPS

• Political risk improves worldwide: Aon

• RMS estimates insured losses of €3-5 billion from Windstorm Kyrill

• New guide to managing power protection for critical systems

• Influenza updates

• Swedish bank suffers huge phishing fraud

• XL Insurance launches product recall insurance with integrated crisis management cover

• FBI launches e-mail alerts service

• Goodwill Industries implements new business continuity solution

• Ten things that indicate top management support for business continuity

• Is a communications collapse possible in Europe?

• Crisis Commander International looking for worldwide resellers

• SearchWinComputing.com announces ‘Products of the Year’ winners

• Siemens Insight Consulting publishes 2007 business continuity training course schedule

• Continuity Forum UK business continuity salary survey report

• Business continuity planning to become compulsory for Lexcel accreditation in UK legal profession

• FSTC names co-chairs of Business Continuity Standing Committee

• SunGard launches new Electronic Vaulting service

• Influenza updates

• Global Risks 2007

• AIRMIC sets up company to promote risk management learning

• New members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

• New company offers ‘worst case scenario’ exercising

• Widespread power outages in Victoria

• New approach to reduce English urban flooding impacts to be tested

• The business benefits of business continuity

• Business continuity management: helping to align information technology to the business needs

• UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on CCA duty to promote business continuity

• NIC recommends NFPA 1600 standard

• INONI launches new business continuity awareness raising tool

• ICM completes multi-million pound refresh of workplace recovery PCs

• Final Katrina Workshop addresses critical role of standards for emergency preparedness

• European Commission to convene oil supply crisis planning group

• DHS announces 2007 grant structure for critical infrastructure security work

• Double-Take Software launches new products offering full system protection and recovery

• NonVerba unveils new business continuity management software

• Server virtualization: do’s and don’ts for mission critical manufacturing systems

• Business continuity uptake in UAE examined

• Advice published on pandemic preparedness planning for US businesses operating overseas

• ‘Good Security – Good Business’

• Enterprises may be over-investing in some areas of data protection

• HKBN launches 'bbAid' to support emergency broadband needs for Hong Kong

• Ten assumption-busting guiding principles for business pandemic planning

• Out in the cold?

• Business continuity resolutions for 2007

• UK Financial Sector Market Wide Exercise 2006 report now available

• Adoption and spending on operational risk management will increase substantially in 2007

• The British Red Cross Disaster Response Challenge

• Neverfail names new group chief executive officer

• Harris Interactive Online survey reviews crisis planning in US companies

• 2007 set to crank up the pressure on UK networks

• Hong Kong authorities struggle to restore Internet connectivity

• OSE and Jasdaq exchanges to provide mutual business continuity support

• Onyx Group acquires North East England recovery centre

• CPM Group bought by 1105 Media

• BCM: think culture, not quick fix!

• Home working: a strategy for business continuity

• Dealing with the headache of business critical systems management

• Majority of US organizations have tested business continuity plans in last six months

• Interim report into widespread European blackout blames network operators

• OSHA develops disaster recovery tool

• New Financial Services ISAC committee to consider physical security and business continuity issues

• UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat to explore impact of pandemics on the workplace

• IEEE-USA launches critical infrastructure protection committee

• US National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: six-month status report published

• HR as a business continuity resource

• Survey looks at UK business continuity investment drivers

• Succession planning a weak point

• ContinuitySA opens a recovery centre in Botswana

• IBM to launch new data governance consultancy service

• KPMG launches whistleblowing hotline service for UK companies

• Research will examine the effects and impacts of climate change on Australia

• Australian Government enhances natural disaster relief arrangements

• ICM rejects Netstore offer

• Risk attitude of Central and Eastern European companies explored

• US National Data Awareness Project launched

• Colorado State University publishes 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast

• Blackbird Group launches integrated disaster recovery solution for Novell eDirectory and Microsoft Active Directory Services

• Buncefield Investigation Board update

• Scenario planning vs resource planning: old school vs new school?

• Top ten tips for a successful RAID implementation

• The pandemic threat: Aon assesses the ongoing risk to business

• UK companies getting better at business continuity management

• ‘Natural Disaster Resilience Kit’ launched for Queensland businesses

• Secure Freight Initiative launched by DHS and DOE

• EU research project boosts security of major events worldwide

• New telecoms continuity solution for North American market

• Netstore publishes update on ICM acquisition offer

• Emergence of avian influenza in Africa increases pandemic risk: UN Food and Agriculture Organization

• Peterborough businesses given evacuation map

• Business Continuity Student of the Year Award

• IBM X-Force predicts security trends for 2007

• Office of Emergency Management HQ and EOC opened in Brooklyn

• CA launches comprehensive IT recovery management package

• New Australian cyclone disaster management plan

• The 2006 Excellence in Business Continuity Planning Award

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