Business continuity news 2 November 2004

news headlines: 2nd November 2004

Financial Sector Business Continuity Progress Report
‘Encouraging progress’ found in UK financial sector business continuity planning.
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•Date: 2nd Nov 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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US industrial facilities’ preparedness to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks still inadequate
According to Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union survey.
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•Date: 2nd Nov 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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New UK corporate governance law receive Royal Assent
The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill will help protect Britain against Enron style corporate scandals.
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•Date: 2nd Nov 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New psychometric test may help in business continuity team development
Test provides a ‘new perspective on personality at work’.
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•Date: 2nd Nov 2004 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
* Standard Bank makes large business continuity investment
* Kuwait oil production halted by blackout
* Enterprise E-Mail Security: Current Threats and Industry Best Practices
* Corporate security stymied by culture clashes
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Business continuity software survey results

• Comment: How to avert disaster in the midst of a crisis

• Irish Competition Authority blocks IBM’s acquisition of Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Ireland) Limited

• New report urges financial institutions to tackle human rights issues and risks

• GAO publishes report into preparedness of US financial markets

• The tape debate … part two

• Continuity Central launches RSS newsfeed

• UK financial authorities plan resilience benchmarking project

• SunGard Availability Services to launch e-mail recovery service

• Symantec turns its attention to IT continuity

• The tape debate

• One in four medium-sized firms report loss of backup data: survey

• IBM sees surge in network attacks directed toward critical infrastructure providers

• Integrating business continuity criteria into your supply chain

• The myths of business continuity and disaster recovery

• European Commission announces new anti-terrorism measures

• MessageOne acquires Evergreen Assurance technology

• TAKE PART: Business impact analysis survey

• Phishing attacks could soon get a lot nastier

• US smaller businesses adopting more advanced disaster recovery solutions

• Data quality found to be key risk management issue in banking sector

• Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act signed

• IDC expects security solutions investment to more than double by 2008 in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan)

• ‘Futureproofing’ - the process of active analysis

• Businesses showing increased awareness of threats

• NIST-led forum releases a new draft set of cyber security requirements for industrial control systems

• VERITAS survey explores the current state of UK disaster recovery planning

• Study finds that improving business continuity management is third highest priority for US businesses

• Governing for enterprise security

• Major exercise to test business continuity procedures in UK financial markets

• US company relocates staff due to possible sick building syndrome

• SANS Institute publishes new list of ‘Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities’

• Dealing with downtime

• Disk-based backup and restore: reaching the next level

• SunGard Availability Services launches ‘fastest mobile recovery service’

• What to look for when buying an uninterruptible power system

• Crisis communications lessons…

• New survey reveals serious deficiencies in disaster preparation in Fortune 1000 companies

• Ontrack publishes Data Disaster Scale

• Which came first? Business continuity or disaster recovery?

• UK businesses ignoring USB plug and play device threats

• Virtual Corporation announces updated version of its public domain Business Continuity Maturity Model

• Basel Committee highlights the importance of ‘know-your-customer’ standards

• SunGard plans to spin-off its Availability Services business

• Response: Are we making business continuity too complex?

• EMC launches new enterprise replication and data mobility tools

• New foundation helps small businesses avoid disaster

• Comment: Are we making business continuity too complex?

• Is Six Sigma a useful business continuity aid?

• Landmark month for Continuity Central

• HP confirms that Synstar acquisition has taken place

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