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news headlines: 5th January 2006

Terms of reference published for UK financial sector Cross-Market Business Continuity Group
Remit is to provide a forum for the authorities, infrastructure providers and key firms to pool information in the event of a major operational disruption.
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Date: 5th Jan 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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RMS analyses the impact of new TRIA structure
The risk burden for the insurance industry has increased and the Jihadist threat continues to rise.
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Date: 5th Jan 2006• Region: USType: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Maintaining corporate values through an emergency
The Metropolitan Police Service is organising a conference which aims to educate London’s businesses about business continuity and disaster response.
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Date: 5th Jan 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Events
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DHS provides $765 million funding for high threat urban areas
Funds will be used for anti-terrorist equipment, training, planning, and exercise needs.
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Date: 5th Jan 2006• Region: USType: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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WMF flaw could have far-reaching enterprise impact: Gartner
Microsoft vulnerability warnings are pretty much an accepted part of IT life but the latest vulnerability could have wide-ranging implications.
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Date: 5th Jan 2006• Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• New Report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Continuity Software receives $1M investment from the Israeli government's Chief Scientist
• SBA 2005 hurricane loans exceed $2 billion : more than $1 billion approved in December alone
• FRS Announces General Availability of RiskResolve 4.2;New version of RiskResolve speeds deployment of ORM/SOX compliance framework

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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
CBI tells UK organisations to make business continuity a priority

Despite 2005’s disasters, the vast majority of Americans still believe that ‘it won’t happen to them’

BCI appoints Technical Services Director

SNIA survey examines state of storage management

Final draft of US National Preparedness Goal released

Updated NFPA 1600 standard out for consultation

Basel Committee publishes consultation paper on ‘high-level principles for business continuity’

The five stages of pandemic response planning

Comment: Business intelligence projects should not be offshored…

Are we missing the point of pandemic planning?

Warning issued about Al Qaeda plans to target American interests in China

UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat publishes ‘Telecoms Resilience Assessment 2005-06’

US Congressional Budget Office reports on the potential impacts of an influenza pandemic

NFPA makes agreement with Canadian Standards Association

Lessons Learned from the 2005 Hurricane Season

Unitrends launches IT Rapid Recovery System for small and mid-sized businesses

R.R. Donnelley acquires Critical Mail Continuity Services Limited

UK financial system given high marks for resiliency

UPDATED Business continuity lessons from Buncefield

Tribal thinking in today’s IT environments

Temple University survey explores public crisis communications

Fail to prepare for ‘flu threat and you risk a law-suit epidemic…

Pandemic or pandemonium? Drawing on crisis management best practice to prepare for the worst

Remote and mobile workforce boom increases business risks

International SOS survey looks at state of US firms' pandemic planning

UK tripartite authorities set out financial sector crisis management arrangements

Teleworking - business continuity opportunities and threats

Flexible working: time to take the next step?

Beware the blog…

Lloyd's welcomes the step towardsTRIA renewal, but seeks a permanent solution

Joint SBA and Project Restore HOPE scheme launched to help US Gulf Coast disaster recovery

Small US companies see a growing need for business continuity…

Global Study looks at regional differences in contact / call centre disaster recovery preparedness

Using air sampling smoke detection to protect mission critical facilities from fire

More needs to be done to protect US Pacific Northwest from tsunami threat

Tropical Storm Risk consortium offers 2006 North Atlantic hurricane season forecast

Australian Stock Exchange makes business continuity investment

BRMA presents 2005 Excellence in Business Continuity Planning Award

Study reveals challenges in Federal Agencies' continuity of operations preparedness

Businesses believe that pandemic ‘flu is a threat, but few are prepared

European insurance companies ignoring business resilience investments when setting premiums

UK government promises additional spending on security, counter-terrorism and disaster planning

San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth observatory reveals new insights into the 'earthquake machine'

VoIP and business continuity: take part in our latest survey

Leveraging virtual machines for business continuity

The impact of pandemic flu on business continuity planning

Business Continuity Index survey

RecoveryPlanner.com offers business continuity software ROI calculator

Recent natural disasters have resulted in more North American companies replicating or backing up their data: Gartner

Annan expresses his disappointment at failure to agree on a comprehensive treaty on terrorism

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in the Financial Services Sector

NOAA reviews 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and looks towards 2006

Companies flirting with brand disaster…

New software enables faster large-scale data migration over IP networks

ACP joins with the Telework Coalition to promote telework as a business continuity response to pandemic influenza




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