news headlines: 8th April 2005

The hidden vulnerabilities in critical power supply protection
Your building may be protected by redundant generators but that’s only part of the power protection story.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Belgian financial sector regulator publishes business continuity guidance
Provides an overview of best practice in business continuity and gives advice on recovery centre usage.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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New BlackBerry software enables rapid location of key staff members in a crisis
GPS-based emergency mapping application launched.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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Boston to host anti-terrorism research and development collaboration meeting
More than 500 research scientists and engineers working in government, the private sector, and the academic community will present their innovative work to make the US nation safer at the conference, “Working Together: R&D Partnerships in Homeland Security."
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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European Commission prioritises security and anti-terrorism research
Security has been included in the list of priority research themes in the EC proposal for the 7th Framework Programme for Research & Development (2007-2013).
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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A complete network continuity solution
As a business continuity professional, you have designed and implemented an array of management processes to ensure that your organisation continues to operate at a high performance level even during unforeseen events that threaten to interrupt operations. But does your organisation have a similar contingency strategy for when its Internet connection goes down?
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Kenya gets business recovery facility
The East African Standard has reported that a joint venture between ContinuitySA (Pty) Limited and Kenya's Sameer ICT Group has seen the launch of Kenya’s first business continuity centre / business recovery facility.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: Africa •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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New recovery facility opened in Wisconsin
Norlight Telecommunications, Inc., a Wisconsin-based provider of integrated voice and data solutions for businesses, has opened its first workspace recovery facility.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Voice Continuity Services announces After Hours Service
Corporations needing to maintain communication with clients outside of normal working hours can now do so under the corporate umbrella without compromising individual employee privacy and security.
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•Date: 8th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Disaster recovery funding falters as terrorism fears fade
• Nuclear waste at US plants at risk of attack – study
• ‘Preparedness - basics of business continuity management’
• February Phishing trends
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