news headlines: 12th April 2005

Designing resilience into secure power systems
Business continuity plans include an ever increasing reliance on secure power systems but more can be done at the design stage to increase their overall resilience and availability.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Another active hurricane season on the cards
Above average surface sea temperatures in the north-west Atlantic are expected to lead to another active hurricane season.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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NSF launches $19 million research program for long-term solutions to information security
Will include business continuity issues such as reliability of service and preservation of data.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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On-demand ‘rapid server recovery service’ launched
Arsenal Digital Solutions’ new ViaRecovery enables secure bare metal recovery of business critical server operating systems, applications and data.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 • Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK insolvency service outlines scope of new Insolvency Act
Changes to the UK Insolvency Act 1986 come into effect on 13th April.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Upcoming Continuity Forum events
Various workshops are being run in the UK throughout April.
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•Date: 12th April 2005 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Training: IT Disaster Recovery Technical Issues
• IBM launches security intelligence services
• 3PAR claims that new product will ‘transform centralized disaster recovery’
• Iron Mountain unveils ‘industry's first real-time technology escrow management system’
• APRA releases Basel II approach to credit risk
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Friday 8th April / Monday 11th
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• The hidden vulnerabilities in critical power supply protection

• Belgian financial sector regulator publishes business continuity guidance

• New BlackBerry software enables rapid location of key staff members in a crisis

• Boston to host anti-terrorism research and development collaboration meeting

• European Commission prioritises security and anti-terrorism research

• A complete network continuity solution

• Kenya gets business recovery facility

• Voice Continuity Services announces After Hours Service

• The changing role of business continuity software

• FSSCC identifies critical concerns for financial infrastructure protection in 2005

• Business Recovery Managers Association and the Information Systems Audit & Control Association meeting report

• HP wins DARPA Internet continuity research contract

• ICM to open its first recovery centre in Scotland

• Southern California tsunami scenario modelled

• More details of SunGard acquisition made available

• Department of Homeland Security publishes interim National Preparedness Goal

• DIY attempts to solve computer problems are a leading cause of permanent data loss

• Regulatory compliance and critical system protection

• Choosing a crisis notification system

• Phoenix IT Group planning NDR acquisition

• The threats to effective risk management

• UK to extend corporate manslaughter law

• Operational risk and information security need to co-exist for effective risk management

• UK is top of the bots

• Updated emergency preparedness guide highlights key issues for handling the needs of people with disabilities

• TABB Group launches new global ‘Crisis & Continuity Services’ practice

• UK Foreign Office issues Philippines terrorism warning

• SunGard up for sale

• Mastering exercise development

• Tsunami lessons relevant to UK coastline risk management

• Taking the terror out of terrorism

• IBM launches new data availability and disaster recovery options for the North American market

• Planning for people

• Is the US homeland really secure or are we fooling ourselves?

• BCI announces International National Rehearsal Day

• Major international counter-terrorism exercise to take place in April

• DTCC opens Southern Business Center – a key component of its business continuity strategy

• BCI calls for the appointment of a UK government minister for business continuity

• Business continuity awareness survey published

• Chertoff outlines risk-based strategy for long-term homeland security

• SunGard Availability Services UK launches new business continuity management software tool

• US courts told to develop disaster recovery and continuity of operations plans

• Business continuity awareness raising: taking it to the next level

• BCI showcases website evolution

• Financial Stability Forum holds its thirteenth meeting in Tokyo

• NFPA hosts seminars on NFPA 1600 in cities across the US

• VERITAS Software to officially launch EMEA business continuity consulting practice

• Sarbanes-Oxley and outsourcing : time is running out for non-US companies

• Take a holistic approach to security and business continuity IDC advises Asian businesses

• Addressing the risks of removable media

• Practice makes almost perfect

• London Prepared publishes Strategic Emergency Plan

• Tokyo-based businesses prepare for next mega-earthquake

• Phishing still on the rise

• Business continuity explored

• ICM sees strong growth in business continuity sector

• Forrester Research identifies top IT Priorities for European enterprises in 2005

• Swiss Re study counts the cost of catastrophe

• Business insurance – what you may not have thought about…

 




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