Business continuity news 9th March 2007

news headlines: 9th March 2007

Building service level management into business continuity planning
If IT departments are expected to maintain agreed service delivery levels post disaster, then they need to factor SLM into their business continuity planning before they embark on the risk assessment / BIA stage, says Gary Read.
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•Date: 9th March 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Preventing critical data loss
Having an up-to-date inventory of computing assets is crucial to effective data protection; but many companies fail in this area. By Dr. Jim Kennedy.
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•Date: 9th March 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Bank of America to introduce new disaster recovery purchasing card
‘Emergency Relief Card’ designed to be incorporated into contingency plans.
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•Date: 9th March 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Marsh and Reed conducting business continuity benchmark survey
Survey seeks to answer the question ‘What is the current standard of business continuity management in the UK?’
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•Date: 9th March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Swiss Re study finds below-average catastrophe losses in 2006
Swiss Re’s latest Sigma study, ‘Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2006’, recorded 349 catastrophes.
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•Date: 9th March 2007 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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The 80 percent myth… continued
The debate started by Mel Gosling continues in full swing...
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•Date: 9th March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Top headlines from the past few weeks:

• SunGard constructs three new UK workplace recovery centres

• ‘Software as a service’ will have business continuity implications

• Clinical studies provide hope for a pre-pandemic influenza vaccine

• Investment Dealers Association of Canada gives pandemic planning advice

• Asempra granted IT continuity patent

• New evidence that global warming fuels stronger Atlantic hurricanes

• Profits leap at ICM

• Irish businesses get pandemic planning guidance

• IDC predicts that the data protection and recovery management market will more than triple by 2011

• Oil companies told to address risks holistically

• Katrina disaster had its roots in history, politics and engineering

• A permanent solution to US terrorism risk insurance is a matter of national economic security: Willis

• Assessing your legal vulnerabilities

• Business Continuity Journal Volume Two Issue One

• Detailed report into business continuity practices in the UK food and drink sector published

• Economist Intelligence Unit survey highlights the extreme criticality of IT systems

• Bipartisan bill, Improving America’s Security Act of 2007, debated in US Senate

• Senator Kerry calls for reviews of US disaster recovery contracting practices

• Enhancing the resilience of telecommunications

• Barclays survey reviews SME threats

• Signs of the return of La Niña may indicate an active Atlantic hurricane season

• IAEM forms new European regional organisation

• FarStone launches new disk-imaging recovery solution for system builders and integrators

• Virtualization-based IT continuity services announced by SunGard Availability Services

• Survey finds encouraging news on UK business continuity take-up

• FBI warns of ‘vishing’ threat

• Double-Take Software launches Double-Take for VMware Infrastructure

• 2006 was the least costly year of the last two decades in terms of natural disasters

• No SIA industry-wide business continuity test in 2007

• UK NHS to coordinate National Workshop on Pandemic Influenza

• HP launches data backup and recovery aimed at small and medium-size businesses

• RMS releases first commercially available influenza pandemic probabilistic risk model

• SunGard publishes 2006 results

• The 80 percent myth…

• Business continuity standards survey

• Emergency procedures – flowcharts

• Business continuity issues for the UK financial sector 2007

• ‘Emerging Governance Practices in Enterprise Risk Management’

• New US legislation seeks to establish a voluntary certification program for private sector preparedness

• 'Flu pandemic could result in a bandwidth-choking surge in online traffic - telework plans at risk: Computerworld

• UK financial sector authorities publish business continuity activity report

• A third of UK medium-sized companies have no website disaster recovery plans

• ‘Business continuity and risk management the world is changing, are you prepared?’

• AT&T survey looks at business continuity plans of Los Angeles companies

• World's first zinc air fuel cell powered indoor generator demonstrated at Fuel Cell Expo 2007

• Business Continuity Institute publishes Good Practice Guidelines 2007

• DataMonitor research finds financial sector business continuity divide

• SCS launches mobile business continuity facility for Singapore

• Security, storage and disaster recovery are top priorities for IT managed services customers: CompTIA

• The business continuity team as a profit center

• Willis Research Network uses Japanese supercomputer to help predict typhoons, hurricanes and climate change

• Senate Committee questions DHS budget

• IBM launches drive-based tape encryption solution for midsized businesses

• Doing Business in South Asia 2007

• FEMA to get a National Advisory Council

• Resources and advice for managing IT issues related to Daylight Savings Time changes

• Business Continuity Awards 2007

• Deadline looming for BC Management's 6th Annual business continuity compensation/salary survey

• Business and Supply Chain Continuity

• Researchers invent new system to control and quarantine worms attacking computer networks

• Limitations in Australia and New Zealand data centres restricting mission critical market

• Continuous availability computing in a 24x7 world

• Avian ‘flu – Marsh publishes insurance and risk update

• UK businesses urged to be wary of letter bomb threat

• GAO drops two areas and adds three to 2007 high risk list

• Preparing your call centre for a ‘flu pandemic

• 18th Annual Top Technology Initiatives survey results

• British Insurance Brokers’ Association launches business continuity campaign

• Soaring data volumes put pressure on IT infrastructure

• MIT develops measures to predict performance of complex systems

• Public comment period initiated for the US National Incident Management System

• European Commission ‘takes first step towards improving critical infrastructure protection’

• Creating shareholder value through business continuity management

• Incident Command Systems and business continuity

• Chavez deadline highlights the importance of considering political risks within the context of business continuity

• UK government launches Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure

• Irish backup survey finds ‘shocking practices’

• Queensland government issues warning about cyclone threat

• GSA opens contracts to state and local governments for disaster recovery

• HP sees strong growth in Mission Critical Partnership service

• MessageOne reports 100 percent-plus revenue growth

• Blue chips asked to disclose climate change risks

• FSA publishes Financial Risk Outlook 2007

• Gartner warns of potential global business continuity implications of US changes to Daylight Saving Time dates

• European blackout of November 2006: important lessons to be drawn

• False confidence in IT security exposes business to attack

• US Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to step up disaster preparedness scrutiny

• Cyber war threats examined

• UK fraud cases reach record levels

• SPRING Singapore & IPOS launch new intellectual property management programme for SMEs

• GridWeek 2007

• TeleContinuity given the '2007 North American Telecom Services Technology Innovation of the Year Award'

• Communicating complex risks

• Evolution rather than revolution…

• Modeling constraints and statistical issues of consistent operational risk measurement

• US use of third party IT continuity services remains focussed on disaster recovery facilities

• UK local authorities show considerable progress in risk management

• Isn’t it time business woke up to the significance of asset convergence?

• IFPMA publishes pandemic preparedness guidance

• Sentryx 2007 business continuity training course schedule

• Active Power wins SearchDataCenter.com Product of the Year for CoolAir UPS

• Political risk improves worldwide: Aon

• RMS estimates insured losses of €3-5 billion from Windstorm Kyrill

• New guide to managing power protection for critical systems

• Influenza updates

• Swedish bank suffers huge phishing fraud

• XL Insurance launches product recall insurance with integrated crisis management cover

• FBI launches e-mail alerts service

• Goodwill Industries implements new business continuity solution

• Ten things that indicate top management support for business continuity

• Is a communications collapse possible in Europe?

• Crisis Commander International looking for worldwide resellers

• SearchWinComputing.com announces ‘Products of the Year’ winners

• Siemens Insight Consulting publishes 2007 business continuity training course schedule

• Continuity Forum UK business continuity salary survey report

• Business continuity planning to become compulsory for Lexcel accreditation in UK legal profession

• FSTC names co-chairs of Business Continuity Standing Committee

• SunGard launches new Electronic Vaulting service

• Influenza updates

• Global Risks 2007

• AIRMIC sets up company to promote risk management learning

• New members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

• New company offers ‘worst case scenario’ exercising

• Widespread power outages in Victoria

• New approach to reduce English urban flooding impacts to be tested

• The business benefits of business continuity

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