news headlines: 11th December 2007

UK faces the prospects of new fuel protests
Transaction2007 to start action on Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am.
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•Date: 11th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Cyber crime threatens the core infrastructure supporting critical business activities
Tapping into fibre optic cables is easier than you think!
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•Date: 11th December 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business resilience benchmarking available for UK market
How does your strategy compare to others in your industry?
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•Date: 11th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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2008's top ten security threats
Websense, Inc. has issued its annual security predictions for 2008-with content-based threats topping the list.
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•Date: 11th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Survey explores information security attitudes in US companies
Lack of awareness of threats is widespread.
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•Date: 11th Dec 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Study shows psychotherapy useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in early stages
Research on trauma released at ACNP conference.
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•Date: 11th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Defra publishes contingency plan for exotic animal diseases
• Eze Castle Integration teams with Iron Mountain Digital to provide backup and recovery solution for hedge funds and investment firms
• SAVVIS to ensure business continuity of Augustus Asset Managers’ trading systems
• US disaster declarations
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
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