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news headlines: 6th January 2005

Seeing the big picture…
Risk management involves thinking about the things that need to go right as well as what can go wrong, says Bill Sharon.
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Date: 6th Jan 2006 • Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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What business continuity is really all about…
Of all the disasters and crises that occurred in 2005, Buncefield was the one that really highlighted the role of business continuity management. By Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Services Director, the Business Continuity Institute.
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Date: 6th Jan 2006 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Emerging threats 2006: drought
Part one of a regular series of articles to be published over the next few weeks exploring threats which are likely to be an increasing issue during 2006.
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Date: 6th Jan 2006 • Region: Various Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Damage forecasting service for UK and Western European winter storms launched
Service will help business continuity managers predict potential supply chain and logistics problems as well as physical damage.
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Date: 6th Jan 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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2006 London counter-terrorism advertising campaign launched
‘Terrorists won’t succeed if someone reports suspicious activity - and you are that someone.’
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Date: 6th Jan 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Automata Technology Continuity and DR Masterclass 2006
Following positive feedback from its new Technology Continuity and Disaster Recovery Masterclass piloted last month, Automata has decided to run this new course every month, commencing on 18th and 19th January 2006.
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Date: 6th Jan 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• The Helpdesk and IT Support Show 2006
• BNET announces the addition of the City of Cambridge to the Corporate Emergency Access System
• Businesses warned over MP3 security risks

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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
Terms of reference published for UK financial sector Cross-Market Business Continuity Group

RMS analyses the impact of new TRIA structure

Maintaining corporate values through an emergency

DHS provides $765 million funding for high threat urban areas

WMF flaw could have far-reaching enterprise impact: Gartner

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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