news headlines: 10th April 2008

Six industry sectors should be on high alert over climate change risks: KPMG
The climate change risks that companies should be paying more attention to are physical, regulatory and reputational risks as well as the emerging risk of litigation.
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•Date: 10th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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PCI compliance and web application security: what you need to know for the upcoming policy changes
Starting in June 2008, section 6.6 of the rules for PCI compliance will go from a ‘best practice’ to a mandatory requirement; what does this mean for your business?
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•Date: 10th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity.
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Unified storage – more than just SAN/NAS
There is only one way to produce an effective, affordable, user-friendly unified storage solution says Stefan Schaefer.
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•Date: 10th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity.
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‘Self-service’ storage: has its moment arrived?
What are the requirements for enabling a self-service storage environment in the data center?
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•Date: 10th April 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity.
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DHS provides cyber-protection update
New fact sheet outlines how the US DHS is working to protect federal networks against cyber attacks.
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•Date: 10th April 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Crisis management lessons from Terminal 5
UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS The opening of Heathrow airport’s latest terminal should have been a flag-waving event, however it turned into a public relations and customer service disaster. Charlie Maclean-Bristol draws some lessons from the chaos.
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•Date: 10th April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• CBRN-E 2008
• Emergency Planning Society AGM and election of board of directors
• Acronis Snap Deploy 3.0 for rapid deployment of PC configurations now shipping
• Real Plans for Real People: Satisfying the Human Concerns of Business Continuity
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Forecaster expects eight Atlantic hurricanes this year
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