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news headlines: 10th Nov 2006

Why information security and business continuity management must dovetail
By Brian Davey, senior consultant, Teed Business Continuity.
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Date: 10th November 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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No room for complacency on terror threat
“The Al-Qaida threat to the UK is serious, is growing and will be with us for a generation” : Director General of the UK Security Service.
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Date: 10th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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IT Infrastructure Management Association launches
New association is for senior level IT professionals and covers business continuity amongst other aspects of IT infrastructure management.
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Date: 10th Nov 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Are UK organisations losing the war on malware?
The majority of organisations within the UK have been the victim of a malware attack, and the business implications of these attacks are becoming increasingly serious.
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Date: 10th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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New CA solutions focus on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 risks
Centralized information, recovery and resource management products will enable customers to optimize data protection, e-mail archiving, compliance and electronic data discovery across large Exchange Server environments.
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Date: 10th Nov 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Update on Pacific northwest flooding
Flooding remains serious in both Washington and Oregon and the situation could worsen, with heavy rain forecast to hit the area again today.
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Date: 10th Nov 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Automata releases training calendar for 2007
Courses offer continued professional development opportunities for both generalists and specialists around the world.
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Date: 10th Nov 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Mobile disaster recovery centers open in Rayville and Leesville
• SteelEye updates high availability solutions
• Teneros extends e-mail and data protection to the mobile enterprise
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Business Continuity Journal now available

Virtualization and business continuity

Malicious Code Injection: it’s not just for SQL anymore

Resilient Community Exercise - Falkirk 2006

PlateSpin unveils ‘break-through’ disaster recovery alternative

UK companies more reluctant than US companies to explore new data storage solutions

FEMA update on Pacific northwest flooding

RiskMap 2007 surveys the risk climate

ICM provides an update on possible acquisition by Netstore

Fraud risk management: developing a strategy for prevention, detection, and response

National Capabilities Survey 2006 results published

SunGard Availability Services launches ‘AdvancedRecovery’

UN agency unveils web portal to help tourism industry respond to disasters

‘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

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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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