news headlines: 1st September 2006

Is London really prepared for the flood threat?
One day London will face a flood of New Orleans proportions, but few organisations that would be affected seem t- have business continuity plans that would adequately cope with such an event, warns Mel Gosling.
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•Date: 1st September 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Companies failing t- address supply chain dependency threats
According t- a recent survey by Marsh.
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•Date: 1st September 2006• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Canadian companies must manage risk better: Ernst & Young
Widespread corporate confidence belies an overall lack of alignment between business strategy and risk approach in the Canadian risk management structure.
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•Date: 1st September 2006• Region: Canada •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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National Preparedness Month 2006 launched in US
More than 1,150 national, regional, state and local organizations have joined the DHS t- take part in National Preparedness Month.
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•Date: 1st September 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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ASIO Director-General addresses Business Council of Australia
Highlights businesses dependency on Australia's critical infrastructure.
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•Date: 1st September 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Iron Mountain Digital launches Email Continuity service in Europe
Low cost business continuity solution for e-mail systems.
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•Date: 1st September 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business Continuity Planning 4 Retailers
19 September 2006, London Marriott, Mayfair.
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•Date: 1st September 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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• FSA publishes firm risk assessment framework
• Report: IBM first in worldwide performance and availability management software revenue
• Business Continuity Best Practices and Strategies Executive Forum
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• Appreciating the invisible – applying service principles t- data protection

• Joint Forum publishes final ‘High-level principles for business continuity’ paper

• Hibernia Atlantic calls for greater awareness of the importance of submarine cables

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• End II End issues industry brief on business continuity via satellite

• First quantum cryptographic data network demonstrated

• US companies better prepared t- protect business critical information and data than a year ago

• AXA survey reviews business continuity planning in UK small businesses

• Exercise t- test New Zealand’s readiness for ‘big one’

• Businesses continuity usage will push the uptake of remote access services

• 3n launches pandemic crisis communications solution

• Research identifies an intrinsic benefit of business continuity planning

• Adam Smith and business continuity

• Let common sense prevail

• Deadline looming for comments on new Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management

• Sandia's Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection System tested

• Strohl Systems and Agility Recovery Solutions form partnership

• Quintum launches new VoIP switches and gateways that assure IP telephony network survivability

• Stop banging that drum…Tape is going t- be around for some time

• UK government consults on gas supply contingency plans

• ACP announces inaugural Hall of Fame Award winners

• Malaysia's banking regulator consults on new business continuity guidelines

• Paulison t- conduct briefing on 'Government After Katrina: Lessons Learned'

• Automata holding BS 25999-1 working meeting

• Tape-based backup: risks t- consider

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat tells UK public sector t- prepare for national exercise of pandemic preparedness plans

• AT&T publishes New York results from business continuity study

• Threat levels reduced t- previous levels

• Intellectual property protection is top risk for companies operating in China

• SteelEye launches solutions for virtual server failover and wide-area data replication for Linux

• SEC offers relief from Section 404 compliance for smaller US public companies and many foreign private issuers

• Business Continuity Institute: local forums

• Crisis communications – the importance of inbound messaging

• Reserve Bank of India provides business continuity instructions t- banks

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on Civil Contingencies Act progress

• Slicing up the business continuity budget

• Sensitive information being left on obsolete storage disks

• Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

• HP enhances mission critical support services

• UK threat level increased t- Critical

• Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

• IBM launches new lower-cost high availability technology

• How angry customers get revenge…

• Top five steps t- limit data loss and information leaks: Gartner

• Positive Networks launches PositivePRO Workforce Recovery Plan

• Dynamic identity in a disaster situation

• Business continuity quotations: volume two!

• Centre for Disaster Research t- be based in New Zealand

• Survey looks at business continuity practices in UK education sector

• NOAA adjusts Atlantic hurricane season forecast

• University of Pennsylvania researcher warns businesses about the dangers of ‘JitterBugs’

• 'Understanding Pandemics: The Human Side of Business Continuity Planning'

• Secure Computing warns of serious BlackBerry hack threat

• NIST consults on changes t- key systems security and availability publication

• UK fraud continues t- soar in 2006

• US National Council on Disability makes recommendations t- improve emergency preparedness, response plans for people with disabilities

• SunGard protects mission-critical VoIP for leading law firm

• Single image ghosting with UIU 3.0

• One Network launches Disaster Management Network

• Business continuity & risk management: making sure that today’s business continues tomorrow

• UK business continuity take-up explored

• Edge Business Continuity Center will provide Iowa businesses with work-area and data recovery services

• Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance remains unclear

• Topi- enables data replication t- multiple locations with TDPS 3.0

• Basic tips for avoiding heat-related business continuity problems

• Business continuity practices of New Zealand businesses highlighted

• Assessment frameworks for UK Civil Contingencies Act category one responders published

• How prepared are US cities for disaster?

• FEMA launches debris contractor registry

• Federation of American Scientists publishes 'improved version' of Ready.gov website

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• Why invest in business continuity?

• Successful backups are not enough

• Beyond stored procedures: ‘defense-in-depth’ against SQL injection

• Council of Australian Governments’ meeting report

• Telecommunications Industry Association tells Congress that broadband connections are critical for effective COOP preparedness and post-disaster teleworking

• APACS makes business continuity investment

• Rash of ID theft cases indicates need for increased focus on security policies in Australia: Gartner

• ‘Lessons for London’ report sets out climate change risks




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