news headlines: 7th April 2006

Business continuity planning for pandemic scenarios
In a highly practical article, Leslie Whittet highlights the steps that can be taken to provide real business resilience during a pandemic.
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•Date: 7th April 2006 • Region: Australia/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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The do’s and don’ts of dealing with privileged user accounts
One of the biggest issues facing organisations is the elimination of bad practices related to the use of privileged accounts, says Calum Macleod.
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•Date: 7th April 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Paulison to get top FEMA job
Given the recent speculation in the US as to why the post had not been filled and claims that many other highly qualified people have turned the job down, the nomination may be greeted with scepticism; as a piece of expediency rather than as a ringing endorsement for Paulison's work since September 2005.
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•Date: 7th April 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Overview of UK financial markets contingency plans published
The Tripartite Authorities have published the ‘Money Markets Liaison Group Contingency Matrix’. This provides, in tabular form, a clear and concise overview of contingency planning for all aspects of the UK ’s financial markets.
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•Date: 7th April 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Avian Influenza updates
UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat publishes Avian Influenza resources; Several preventive and control measures agreed by EU Standing Committee; New Zealand pandemic preparedness legislation introduced.
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•Date: 7th April 2006• Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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SBA National Small Business Week activities focus on disaster recovery
SBA will present The Phoenix Awards for small business disaster recovery and outstanding contributions to disaster recovery.
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•Date: 7th April 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Research reveals UK's senior management has low expectations of network security
38 percent of companies’ security defences were breached in 2005.
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•Date: 7th April 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Information Assurance and Security in Defence
19th to 20th June 2006, Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium.
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•Date: 7th April 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: Events
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UPDATED Business continuity training: still room for improvement
The interim results of Continuity Central’s ongoing survey into business continuity training provision show that there is a general concern about the adequacy of current training offerings. UPDATED WITH READER COMMENT
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•Date: 7th April 2006 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Colorado State University team predicts another very active hurricane season
• Disasters declared For Missouri and Tennessee
• Spending on security software support services to reach $2.13 Billion by 2010: IDC
• VMware introduces open virtual machine disk format specification
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