news headlines: 12th October 2007

The Business Continuity Journal, Volume Two Issue Three
The latest version of Continuity Central's peer-reviewed journal for the business continuity profession is now available.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Waiting for the auditor
Continuous compliance is the only way to mitigate the huge business risk and escalating costs associated with multiple compliance audits, argues Paul Gostick.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Disaster risk reduction has never been more pressing: UN
“We have a moral, social and economic obligation to act now in building resilient communities and nations,” Ban Ki-moon.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Guidance on the UK Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act published
From a business continuity point of view the Act is significant because it creates a new reputation risk; especially the publicity order aspects of it.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Businesses divided over who poses the biggest threat
Who is more risky? Office-based employees, mobile workers, guests or contractors?
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region:US/ World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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The true extent of UK flood risk is underestimated
According to Risk Management Solutions.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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3n launches Instacom 5.0 mass notification solution
Provides significant enhancements to meet the growing emergency communications demands of organizations worldwide.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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‘Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers’
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a new publication that provides detailed tips on how to make web servers more resistant to potential attacks.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region:US/ World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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UK local authorities failing when it comes to some aspects of disaster recovery planning
Only 8 percent of local authorities interviewed in a new survey have disaster recovery plans that include provisions for denial of access to premises.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Homeshoring will be the next big trend in the contact centre sector: BT
Business continuity managers need to be aware of this trend. UPDATED WITH READER COMMENT
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• New code of practice: ‘Fire Risk Minimisation Guidance for the Food Industry’
• Information Security Spending on the Rise: CompTIA survey
• Focus on Prevention
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Mixed Atlantic Hurricane Season puzzles experts
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