Business continuity news 6th February 2007

news headlines: 6th February 2007

Is business continuity diverging?
Ian Clark, FBCI, asks whether there is a growing transatlantic divide when it comes to the general understanding of what business continuity management is.
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•Date: 6th Feb 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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British Insurance Brokers’ Association launches business continuity campaign
Aims to encourage SMEs ‘to get serious about business continuity’.
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•Date: 6th Feb 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Soaring data volumes put pressure on IT infrastructure
PMP Research survey explores the issue.
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•Date: 6th Feb 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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MIT develops measures to predict performance of complex systems
Will help in managing project risks.
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•Date: 6th Feb 2007 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Public comment period initiated for the US National Incident Management System
The draft NIMS Upgrade (Version 1) is now available for review and comment.
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•Date: 6th Feb 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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European Commission ‘takes first step towards improving critical infrastructure protection’
The European Commission has adopted a Communication on the protection of critical infrastructure in energy and transport setting out criteria which can be used to identify European infrastructure in this area.
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•Date: 6th Feb 2007 • Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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• IBM wins ten-year, 70 million euro IT infrastructure management contract
• Sungard Availability Services announces executive appointments
• Pandemic 101 webinar
• US Department of Homeland Security announces eight percent increase in fiscal year 2008 budget request
• Planning for major water and wastewater incidents in England and Wales: Generic Guidance
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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   - President declares major disaster for Florida
   - Authorities warn of killer diseases in flood-stricken Indonesian capital
   - North Queensland prepares for cyclone rains
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Top headlines from the past few weeks:

• Creating shareholder value through business continuity management

• Incident Command Systems and business continuity

• Chavez deadline highlights the importance of considering political risks within the context of business continuity

• UK government launches Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure

• Irish backup survey finds ‘shocking practices’

• Queensland government issues warning about cyclone threat

• GSA opens contracts to state and local governments for disaster recovery

• HP sees strong growth in Mission Critical Partnership service

• MessageOne reports 100 percent-plus revenue growth

• Blue chips asked to disclose climate change risks

• FSA publishes Financial Risk Outlook 2007

• Gartner warns of potential global business continuity implications of US changes to Daylight Saving Time dates

• European blackout of November 2006: important lessons to be drawn

• False confidence in IT security exposes business to attack

• 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

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