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October 2006

Results of the BCI Board elections 2006
Six places on the board were available.
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•Date: 12th October 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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World Bank calls for governments to increase their focus on disaster risks
New report highlights the need for governments to take a lead in planning for disaster prevention and recovery.
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•Date: 12th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Companies failing to provide enough resources for risk management
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey of global risk officers finds that they lack sufficient time and resources to develop detailed contingency plans.
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•Date: 11th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Australian financial sector gets pandemic planning guidance
APRA has published an information paper and prudential practice guide to assist regulated institutions with their business continuity planning for a potential pandemic.
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•Date: 11th October 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Business continuity and disaster recovery driving archiving activities
Tape usage for archiving drops in UK; but increases in the US.
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•Date: 11th October 2006• Region: UK/US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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‘After-action report’ for 2005 hurricane season response published
The Emergency Management Assistance Compact seeks to learn lessons for the future.
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•Date: 11th October 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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It’s Disaster Awareness Week in New Zealand…
Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker has urged New Zealanders to treat Disaster Reduction Week as a call to action to prepare for the impacts of a disaster or emergency.
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•Date: 11th October 2006• Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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As business continuity complexity increases, don’t forget the basics…
UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS “Are we in danger of over complicating what is quite a simple industry and in doing so missing the point of what we are trying to achieve?” asks Tim Armit.
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•Date: 11th October 2006 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• 7/7 A Business Continuity Perspective
• Basel II advanced measurement approaches to operational risk : APRA
• UN International Day of Disaster Reduction
• Bribery threats explored by new report
• ABI highlights London flood risk
• Virginia Governor declares emergency due to severe weather and flooding
• President declares major disaster for Indiana
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• 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…

• Edge Business Continuity Center opens its doors

• Over a third of the UK’s admit their e-mail management system is in ‘complete chaos’

• Post disaster worries highlight lack of business continuity awareness raising

• Companies failing to keep up with brand and reputation threats linked to information security issues

• Gartner highlights five high impact IT security risks

• IAEM comments on FEMA reform

• New self-healing software diagnoses IT problems based on symptoms

• Trends in data recovery management

• Details of Annual Market-wide Exercise 2006 published

• Disaster recovery is a weak link in US insurance sector business continuity planning

• Strohl Systems launches Incident Manager 3.0

• The Global State of Information Security 2006

• List of riskiest US cities published

• Understanding personalities is key to effective business continuity planning

• Intelligent data protection in today's enterprise

• DHS publishes Cyber Storm exercise report

• Every business needs an emergency supply kit: FEMA

• Water added to model of Australia’s critical infrastructure

• Aerospace and defence sector uniquely at risk from fraud

• Wireless users: beware of ‘fingerprinting’

• IBM introduces breakthrough technology to ensure data privacy

• DHL uses National Preparedness Month 2006 to focus on human resource continuity

• Framework for Pandemic Influenza Planning published

• Business Continuity – the Risk Management Expo 2007

• US water industry praised for addressing the 'very complex beast' of terrorism, natural disasters

• Financial Stability Forum meets in Paris

• UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat gives Civil Contingencies Act updates

• 9/11 anniversary roundup

• How to choose a business continuity consultant…

• Getting to grips with mobilising crisis teams

• GAO issues reports into major disaster response

• Researchers aim to tackle the ultimate continuity challenge…

• Anti-Phishing Working Group reports 40 percent rise in crimeware sites

• E-Crime incidents are declining yet their impact is increasing

• Study shows the long term impacts of disasters

• ISO publishes best practice guidelines for implementing supply chain security

• IBM takes control of Brazilian provider of business continuity and recovery services

• The majority of securities firms cannot prevent e-mails that may violate corporate and regulatory standards

• Are executive boards ready to make room for a Chief Continuity Officer?

• UK SMEs relying on mobile ‘phones for telecoms continuity

• One to watch: Tropical Storm Florence

• KLG Systel Ltd forms partnership with Strohl Systems to service Indian market

• Australia's data centre professionals discuss power supply and other risks

• European heat waves set to become more severe: new research

• BS 25999 certification survey

• Is London really prepared for the flood threat?

• Companies failing to address supply chain dependency threats

• Canadian companies must manage risk better: Ernst & Young

• National Preparedness Month 2006 launched in US

• ASIO Director-General addresses Business Council of Australia

• Iron Mountain Digital launches Email Continuity service in Europe

• Business Continuity Planning 4 Retailers

• Appreciating the invisible – applying service principles to data protection

• Joint Forum publishes final ‘High-level principles for business continuity’ paper

• Hibernia Atlantic calls for greater awareness of the importance of submarine cables

• Ernesto update page

• End II End issues industry brief on business continuity via satellite

• First quantum cryptographic data network demonstrated

• US companies better prepared to protect business critical information and data than a year ago

• AXA survey reviews business continuity planning in UK small businesses

• Exercise to test New Zealand’s readiness for ‘big one’

• Businesses continuity usage will push the uptake of remote access services

• 3n launches pandemic crisis communications solution

• Research identifies an intrinsic benefit of business continuity planning

• Adam Smith and business continuity

• Let common sense prevail



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