news headlines: 1st March 2005

‘Regulatory overkill’ tops list of banking risks
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers and CSFI’s latest financial sector ‘Banana Skins’ survey.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Bank of America admits to losing backup tapes
Business continuity industry can learn lessons from the incident.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Post-tsunami studies provide lessons for coastal construction resilience
Engineering experts see how buildings and materials fared against walls of water.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Buildings and facilities
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Guidelines for protecting Federal computer systems issued
New NIST document covers 17 key security focus areas, including risk assessment, contingency planning and incident response.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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European Commission criticises UK government for handling of Sudan I food recall
Information was not communicated in the most efficient way.
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•Date: 1st March 2005 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Intransa introduces IP-SAN disaster recovery capability
• NSI Software publishes strong 2004 results
• Bull makes business continuity appointment
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