news headlines: 7th July 2006

Mumbai paralysed by coordinated bombing attack
Many people have been killed and injured in a series of seven separate bomb attacks in Mumbai. At around 6.00pm local time, at the height of the rush hour, bombs exploded on different commuter trains.
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•Date: 11th July 2006• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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July 7th 2005: looking back for the future
Continuity Central recently conducted a survey aimed at discovering whether the events of July 7th have had a lasting impact on business continuity practices. The results are now in…
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•Date: 7th July 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Intellectual property theft and business continuity: a case study
Part two of an article in which Allen Johnson shows why intellectual property theft can be a genuine business continuity threat and offers some crisis management lessons from a real-life IP theft situation.
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•Date: 7th July 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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The Conference Board publishes the results of a comprehensive survey into ‘flu pandemic planning
It’s a work in progress for most companies.
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•Date: 7th July 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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DHS announces that almost $400 million in grants are available to secure the US’s critical infrastructure
The funding will be dispersed through the DHS Office of Grants and Training’s Infrastructure Protection Program.
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•Date: 7th July 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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EU launches initiative to enhance ICT security and dependability across the European Community
2007 – 2013 SecurIST project is a European-wide taskforce charged with establishing the strategic research agenda for ICT security and dependability research and development.
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•Date: 7th July 2006• Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Avian influenza risk: Defra publishes working document
‘PAI H5N1 situation in Europe and potential risk factors for the introduction of the virus to the United Kingdom.’
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•Date: 7th July 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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Iron Mountain calls for records management readiness for MiFID compliance
MiFID poses yet another compliance risk to firms: especially those who don’t prepare an effective records management strategy.
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•Date: 7th July 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Op. risk
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• AlarmPoint releases Enterprise 3.0 on next-generation AlarmPoint platform
• Security threats doubled in record time
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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