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news headlines: 12th November 2004

Business continuity on a limited budget
David Honour asks whether the priority should be given to crisis management or plan development when funds are limited.
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Date: 12th November 2004 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Reducing computer room risks
Tony Dowdeswell explains why European standard BS/EN1047 can help protect IT operations.
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Date: 12th November 2004 •Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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DHS reduces financial service sector terrorist threat level
Dropped from ‘high’ (Code Orange) to ‘elevated’ (Code Yellow).
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Date: 12th Nov 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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FSA calls for improved information security in fight against fraud
Organised crime groups are placing staff in financial companies to commit crime, particularly identity theft and to provide inside information.
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Date: 12th Nov 2004 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Business Continuity the Risk Management Expo 2005
16-17 March 2005, ExCel, London.
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Date: 12th Nov 2004 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
* US-CERT issues two vulnerability alerts
* New software improves database security
* Civil Contingencies Bill update letter sent to stakeholders
* Managing Reputational Risk: the new business imperative
* Enterprise Wide Risk Management Australia 2005
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2003 archive

Top headlines from the past four weeks:
Governance rules ‘neglect key areas of risk management’

Business Continuity Institute annual general meeting

New generation of business security solutions uses RFID

MI5 director-general tells companies to invest in business continuity

UK government should be more open with business on security issues – CBI

Synstar survey reveals high levels of downtime

American Power Conversion unveils state of the art thermal test lab

Civil Contingencies Bill amendment tabled to extend commercial provisions to charity sector

Making the case for business continuity

Fixing the backup and recovery problem

Major hazard industries - improving leadership to reduce risk

Embedding business continuity management into your organisation

Business continuity British Standard will be published by mid-2006

Implementation of Basel II in Australia

Weak links in the communications network chain remain a serious challenge

Financial Sector Business Continuity Progress Report

US industrial facilities’ preparedness to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks still inadequate

New UK corporate governance law receive Royal Assent

New psychometric test may help in business continuity team development

Business continuity software survey results

Comment: How to avert disaster in the midst of a crisis

Irish Competition Authority blocks IBM’s acquisition of Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Ireland) Limited

New report urges financial institutions to tackle human rights issues and risks

GAO publishes report into preparedness of US financial markets

The tape debate … part two

Continuity Central launches RSS newsfeed

UK financial authorities plan resilience benchmarking project

SunGard Availability Services to launch e-mail recovery service

Symantec turns its attention to IT continuity

The tape debate

One in four medium-sized firms report loss of backup data: survey

IBM sees surge in network attacks directed toward critical infrastructure providers

Integrating business continuity criteria into your supply chain

The myths of business continuity and disaster recovery

European Commission announces new anti-terrorism measures

MessageOne acquires Evergreen Assurance technology

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Phishing attacks could soon get a lot nastier

US smaller businesses adopting more advanced disaster recovery solutions

Data quality found to be key risk management issue in banking sector

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act signed

IDC expects security solutions investment to more than double by 2008 in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan)

‘Futureproofing’ - the process of active analysis

Businesses showing increased awareness of threats

NIST-led forum releases a new draft set of cyber security requirements for industrial control systems

VERITAS survey explores the current state of UK disaster recovery planning

Study finds that improving business continuity management is third highest priority for US businesses

Governing for enterprise security

Major exercise to test business continuity procedures in UK financial markets

US company relocates staff due to possible sick building syndrome

SANS Institute publishes new list of ‘Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities’

Dealing with downtime

Disk-based backup and restore: reaching the next level

SunGard Availability Services launches ‘fastest mobile recovery service’

What to look for when buying an uninterruptible power system

Crisis communications lessons…

New survey reveals serious deficiencies in disaster preparation in Fortune 1000 companies

Ontrack publishes Data Disaster Scale

Which came first? Business continuity or disaster recovery?




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