news headlines: 13th January 2004

The majority of UK companies have inadequate business continuity plans
Many companies are misunderstanding the reasons behind developing BCPs and aren't considering vital aspects, according to Compass.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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Risk resolutions for 2004
ABD Insurance and Financial Services offers a list of New Year’s resolutions for risk managers.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Op. risk
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Many employees are ‘IT security incidents waiting to happen’
People shown once again to be the weak link in the security chain.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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SunGard announces cash generation programme
Agreement to sell $500 million of Senior Notes.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Seminar: Businesses Deal With Global Disease Outbreaks
January 29th, 1.00 – 3.00 pm at Franklin Templeton in San Mateo, US.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Telecommunications vulnerabilities pose significant threat to banking sector
Concludes industry report.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms cont.
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US companies fear costs of new security measures
Industry representatives warned yesterday during a conference on Homeland security that new government regulations risk hurting their competitiveness.
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•Date: 13th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Link •Topic: BC general
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