Business continuity news 11 August 2006

news headlines: 11th August 2006

Crisis communications – the importance of inbound messaging
Analyzing past events and strategizing to prevent future ones has revealed a key communications issue – communications cannot be a one-way street. By David Page.
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•Date: 11th August 2006 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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UK threat level increased to Critical
Step-up to highest level of threat from terrorist attack linked to arrest of people alleged to be plotting to attack UK-US flights. UPDATED
US update: Chertoff announcing a change to the Nation’s threat level for the aviation sector.
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•Date: 10th/11th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Reserve Bank of India provides business continuity instructions to banks
Advice issued to help banks recover quickly from natural disasters.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on Civil Contingencies Act progress
CCS coordinating the identification of good business continuity practice.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Slicing up the business continuity budget
How do companies determine how much they spend on business continuity measures for low, medium and high likelihood risks of varying threat severities?
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Sensitive information being left on obsolete storage disks
Companies are failing to effectively remove sensitive information when decommissioning computer systems.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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HP enhances mission critical support services
Two new services added to ‘Proactive 24 Service and Critical Service’ offerings.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Today's issue includes:
• China hit by strongest typhoon in 50 years
• Double-Take Software announces filing of registration statement for initial public offering
• US warns of India terror attacks
• ADC System Services partners with the GemaTech Group
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

• IBM launches new lower-cost high availability technology

• How angry customers get revenge…

• Top five steps to limit data loss and information leaks: Gartner

• Positive Networks launches PositivePRO Workforce Recovery Plan

• Dynamic identity in a disaster situation

• Business continuity quotations: volume two!

• Centre for Disaster Research to be based in New Zealand

• Survey looks at business continuity practices in UK education sector

• NOAA adjusts Atlantic hurricane season forecast

• University of Pennsylvania researcher warns businesses about the dangers of ‘JitterBugs’

• 'Understanding Pandemics: The Human Side of Business Continuity Planning'

• Secure Computing warns of serious BlackBerry hack threat

• NIST consults on changes to key systems security and availability publication

• UK fraud continues to soar in 2006

• US National Council on Disability makes recommendations to improve emergency preparedness, response plans for people with disabilities

• SunGard protects mission-critical VoIP for leading law firm

• Single image ghosting with UIU 3.0

• One Network launches Disaster Management Network

• Business continuity & risk management: making sure that today’s business continues tomorrow

• UK business continuity take-up explored

• Edge Business Continuity Center will provide Iowa businesses with work-area and data recovery services

• Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance remains unclear

• Topio enables data replication to multiple locations with TDPS 3.0

• Basic tips for avoiding heat-related business continuity problems

• Business continuity practices of New Zealand businesses highlighted

• Assessment frameworks for UK Civil Contingencies Act category one responders published

• How prepared are US cities for disaster?

• FEMA launches debris contractor registry

• Federation of American Scientists publishes 'improved version' of Ready.gov website

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• Why invest in business continuity?

• Successful backups are not enough

• Beyond stored procedures: ‘defense-in-depth’ against SQL injection

• Council of Australian Governments’ meeting report

• Telecommunications Industry Association tells Congress that broadband connections are critical for effective COOP preparedness and post-disaster teleworking

• APACS makes business continuity investment

• Rash of ID theft cases indicates need for increased focus on security policies in Australia: Gartner

• ‘Lessons for London’ report sets out climate change risks

• Iron Mountain London facility fire expected to result in ‘full loss of records contained within the record centre’

• Progeon completes assessment for TR19:2005

• Lloyd’s estimates that a major hurricane hitting New York State would cost insurance industry $65 billion

• Association of British Insurers highlights the need for increased spending on flood defences

• Australian businesses get pandemic business continuity guide

• European integrated risk management solution will enhance coordination and interoperability during crises

• Katrina workshop cites national standards as ‘absolutely critical’ for emergency preparedness

• Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board publishes initial report into the disaster

• September to be third annual National Preparedness Month in the US

• US IT infrastructure not adequately prepared for cyber attacks

• The key importance of understanding Recovery Point Objectives

• Developing business continuity management within a local authority

• Crisis communications: the new economy way!

• Many companies feel more secure when they turn to an outsourcer rather than handling information availability solely in-house

• The essential guide to risk post-IPO

• Telefonica opens South Florida business continuity recovery center

• Metropolitan Police Authority hears from businesses about resilience issues

• Office-Shadow and MissionMode to offer joint crisis management and communications solution

• 2006 Global Information Security Survey results

• UK information assurance market set to double in size by 2010

• Southern Governors meeting has disaster recovery on the agenda

• Concentration risk high on the agenda

• Mumbai bombings: update page

• Continuity Central wins BT IT security journalism award

• Strohl Systems launches LDRPS 10

• ICM announces contract wins for London Essex Business Continuity Centre

• Jersey City’s Exchange Place station will be the venue for US rail security pilot project test

• Mumbai paralysed by coordinated bombing attack

• July 7th 2005: looking back for the future

• Intellectual property theft and business continuity: a case study
Part two

• The Conference Board publishes the results of a comprehensive survey into ‘flu pandemic planning

• DHS announces that almost $400 million in grants are available to secure the US’s critical infrastructure

• EU launches initiative to enhance ICT security and dependability across the European Community

• Avian influenza risk: Defra publishes working document

• Iron Mountain calls for records management readiness for MiFID compliance

• FSA publishes Resilience Benchmarking Project feedback and draft business continuity management guide

• Board members on risk: new Ernst & Young study

• UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction: nominations now being accepted

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat launches the ‘Local Response Gateway’

• Hackers' heaven…

• In the spotlight: the human side of business continuity planning

• Draft version of BS 25999-1 now available for download

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