Business continuity news 7 January 2005

news headlines: 7th January 2005

US National Response Plan for disasters and terrorist attacks launched
Aims to improve the nation's disaster response and recovery apparatus.
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•Date: 7th January 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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The threat within - why businesses need to manage and monitor employee e-mail usage
What are the main risks of allowing staff uncontrolled access to e-mail services? Jamie Cowper explores.
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•Date: 7th January 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Security considerations for Voice over IP systems
A comprehensive guide to the business continuity and security issues raised by VoIP has been published by NIST.
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•Date: 7th January 2005 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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How much security is enough?
The CERT Coordination Centre has published a new article which aims to help organisations determine what level of information protection is sufficient and appropriate.
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•Date: 7th January 2005 •Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• 2004 hurricanes lead record disaster year for FEMA
• Maxell develops ‘super tape’ for critical backups
• UK South Midlands Regional Forum dates
• Oprisk USA 2005
• Phishing stats for November 2004 published
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Tsunami disaster donation links

• Report published into UK financial markets business continuity exercise

• WAN throughput is limiting factor in many business continuity and disaster recovery plans

• Researchers develop new tool to detect bioterrorism agents

• SunGard finalises Inflow acquisition

• Communicable diseases: business continuity issues

• DRI International to promote Global Business Continuity Awareness Week

• US Treasury publishes model for regional business continuity coalitions

• UK and Ireland spending on IT security expected to double in 2005

• The ‘art’ of business continuity – BC recruiting

• Business continuity in 2005

• Successful business continuity programs: be strategic from the start

• IBM helps New York Stock Exchange achieve virtually zero-downtime trading

• Technology trends for 2005

• Symantec and VERITAS - it's official!

• ChicagoFIRST receives Congressional recognition

• Majority of UK organisations ignore collaboration risks

• AmeriVault launches data replication service

• BCM document quality control

• Business continuity for beginners

• Chartered Management Institute to conduct detailed survey of the UK business continuity market

• World Health Organization conference turns the spotlight on pandemic planning

• Deloitte releases 2004 global risk management survey results

• Cyber-crime: how to fight back

• The unexpected benefits of good business continuity

• US and UK agree to work together to develop enhanced risk assessment methods for critical infrastructure protection

• Public consultation on the UK Civil Contingencies Act regulations and guidance launched

• SunGard named Waters Magazine's `2004 Best Business Continuity Planning Provider'

• Boardroom changes at the Business Continuity Institute

• IBM abandons Schlumberger Ireland acquisition

• When the customer might not always be right…

• Incident management checklist

• NIMS and the Incident Management System

• Singapore takes the lead in business continuity supplier certification

• Telecommunications resiliency best practices for financial institutions

• How effective is mobile telephony in a crisis?

• 2004 Excellence in Business Continuity Planning Award

• Eighth British Academy Lecture focuses on risk

• UK Business Continuity Awareness Week 2005

• SpyWare becoming a major threat to enterprise environments around the world

• Studies show that many businesses ignore the need for succession planning

• PAS 56 – defining a standard

• FEMA reports record amount of disaster aid distributed for 2004 Hurricane Season response

• UK financial markets business continuity test yields ‘encouraging results’

• Business continuity on a limited budget: part two

• Only a minority of UK companies fully understand e-mail-use compliance

• MI5 issues CBRN guidance

• UK government sets out way forward for Operating and Financial Review

• Planning for extreme events by understanding risk

• Poor crisis communications puts reputations at risk

• UK companies unprepared for Sarbanes Oxley compliance

• New power supply solution could help remote workers’ business continuity

• Looking ahead – the real threats to business

• Council survey displays need for BC jargon-busting

• The most frequently covered crises

• Business continuity aspects of the Civil Contingencies Act

• UK Civil Contingencies Bill gets Royal Assent

• BIA survey: interim results

• ICM forms logistics partnership with Fraser Eagle

• Business continuity explored...

• UK government to introduce an IT security accreditation scheme

• Business continuity and disaster recovery in the financial services sector

• SunGard Availability Services to acquire Inflow

• Wireless network deployment increasing rapidly but security not keeping up

• New edition of the Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages published

• IBM adds Indigo Stone’s ‘enterprise rapid recovery methodology’ to portfolio

• The ‘tick-a-box’ approach to business continuity

• SBA hurricane disaster recovery support tops $554 million

• EU and US adopt new measures to strengthen maritime container security

• Business continuity on a limited budget

• Reducing computer room risks

• DHS reduces financial service sector terrorist threat level

• FSA calls for improved information security in fight against fraud

• Business Continuity the Risk Management Expo 2005

• Governance rules ‘neglect key areas of risk management’

• Business Continuity Institute annual general meeting

• New generation of business security solutions uses RFID

• MI5 director-general tells companies to invest in business continuity

• UK government should be more open with business on security issues – CBI

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