Business continuity news 8th November 2006

news headlines: 8th Nov 2006

RiskMap 2007 surveys the risk climate
The political and security risks faced by companies operating in 198 countries have been analysed by Control Risks.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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ICM provides an update on possible acquisition by Netstore
Behind the scenes discussions taking place.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Fraud risk management: developing a strategy for prevention, detection, and response
A new white paper published by KPMG Canada provides an overview of fraud risk management fundamentals.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: Canada/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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National Capabilities Survey 2006 results published
UK government resiliency survey shows that there is a good level of business continuity and crisis management plannning in the public sector.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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SunGard Availability Services launches ‘AdvancedRecovery’
Package of services offers six information availability and disaster recovery options.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UN agency unveils web portal to help tourism industry respond to disasters
Will provide round-the-clock tracking of emergencies.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Service based industries
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Business continuity briefs
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• Drought assistance extended to Australian small business
• State of emergency declared in Washington
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat publishes first edition of Civil Protection News
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• Business Continuity Journal now available

• ‘Navigating Risk: The Business Case for Security’

• Council of the European Union and European Commission conducts crisis exercise

• American Red Cross pushes business continuity

• FEMA publishes 2007 NIMS compliance package

• BCM Challenges for 2007

• Contributors required…

• Dashboard for major virtualization platforms introduced by IBM

• SunGard announces third quarter 2006 results

• Will climate change mitigation see the convergence of business continuity and business sustainability planning?

• New evacuation and shelter guide for UK emergency planners

• UK Tripartite Authorities release final version of Business Continuity Management Practice Guide

• AT&T staging network disaster-recovery drill in South Florida

• ICM launches ‘packaged’ business continuity service aimed at SMEs

• Hosted business continuity planning software unveiled

• F5 and Double-Take partner to enable enterprises to accelerate data replication over WANs

• Data storage survey looks at changing practices

• New Zealand law change provides new insolvency options for companies

• Researchers publish review of latest H5N1 variant

• New EMC Software provides more data recovery options

• Continuous data protection comes of age

• Dealing with people after disasters

• New ISO/PAS helps supply chain continuity

• Whitney National Bank learns business continuity lessons from Hurricane Katrina

• New research shows the growing threat posed by drought

• China industrial development resulting in increasing exposure to earthquakes

• Action list for developing a computer security incident response team

• 3rd Annual Information Security Workforce Study results

• Survey explores the likely responses of people to an influenza pandemic

• Independent lab finds that NeverFail offers ‘best protection’ for Exchange failure

• easyJet outsources critical IT infrastructure

• US financial services industry business continuity test ‘a success’

• Workforce continuity survey conducted by Forrester

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat and Emergency Planning Society to work together to develop a ‘competency framework’ for UK civil protection

• GemaTech launches BCMLITE
Option II

• Australia National E-Security Awareness Week taking place

• IBM to launch Virtual Workplace Continuity service

• UK tests ‘intelligent sensors’ for real-time flood warning system

• A supervisory perspective on enterprise risk management

• Remote working has risks as well as business continuity benefits

• Queensland Government publishes pandemic-related business continuity resources

• Risk management is essential to every business

• NOAA issues US winter forecast update

• UK tests ‘intelligent sensors’ for real-time flood warning system

• Citrix survey looks at business continuity take-up in various European countries

• Outlook for the Queensland Tropical Cyclone Season 2006-07

• Financial Services Authority reports on thematic review of stress testing

• Compellent’s Thin Replication solution aims to make multi-site replication easier and cheaper

• Netstore to make bid for ICM?

• BSI launches PAS 77 IT Service Continuity Management framework

• UK critical infrastructure risks examined

• SunGard launches ‘Enhanced Recovery’

• Hawaii earthquake disaster recovery update

• BakBone survey predicts increased adoption of replication and disaster recovery solutions in North America

• WAN requirements for successful disaster recovery

• Buncefield Joint Task Group calls for immediate action

• UK financial sector Annual Market-wide Exercise gets underway

• US securities industry gears up for business continuity test

• NIST issues new computer security guidance documents

• Huge fire destroys over 100 factories in Bangladesh

• BSI Business Continuity Management Conference

• Results of the BCI Board elections

• World Bank calls for governments to increase their focus on disaster risks

• Companies failing to provide enough resources for risk management

• Australian financial sector gets pandemic planning guidance

• Business continuity and disaster recovery driving archiving activities

• ‘After-action report’ for 2005 hurricane season response published

• It’s Disaster Awareness Week in New Zealand…

• As business continuity complexity increases, don’t forget the basics…

• The reinvention of backup and disaster recovery

• Corporate crime – the need for prevention and cure

• One anti-virus engine is not enough to protect your business, warns GFI

• New group CEO for SunGard Availability Services

• EU business survey identifies target countries in fight against counterfeiting

• European businesses struggle to manage security labyrinth

• MarquisNet opens 125-seat Disaster Recovery Service Center near Las Vegas airport

• Iron Mountain publishes white paper on changing US electronic discovery rules and e-records management implications

• Business resiliency on tour

• BIS releases various Basel II and operational risk documents

• New technologies tackle remote office backup

• European Commission to focus business continuity activities

• ‘Continuity Program Auditor’ launched

• UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat develops Civil Contingencies Act information dissemination portal

• Chertoff welcomes passage of FY2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill by the US House of Representatives

• Revive BCM Toolkit version 7.4 released

• Defining business continuity

• Crisis management: how to plan for the unknown

• Report reveals alarming attitudes to data theft in the UK workplace

• Majority of Canadian executives tell survey that their company has no business continuity plan

• Wake up to IT's energy crisis, urges Gartner

• Satyam stages cross-border business continuity exercise in Singapore and India

• Study shows Internet to be resilient against terror attack

• IBM and Avokia set new record for long-range database clustering

• GPS Receivers at serious risk from solar flares

• Pandemic ‘flu preparedness going slowly in the US

• TelstraClear conducts successful disaster recovery simulation

• Pandemic Response Planning Services launched by Sungard Availability Services

• ICM releases financial results

• Hazard & Risk Science Review 2006 published

• FTC announces acquisition of United Recovery Services

• DHS awards $399m critical infrastructure security grants

• New Zealand businesses warned to 'prepare for the worst'

• How to choose a business continuity consultant

• Communicating in a crisis – which technologies can be relied on?

• Two new reports into 7th July London attacks published

• Attention COMAH operators…

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