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news headlines: 15th August 2006

Civil Contingencies Secretariat tells UK public sector to prepare for national exercise of pandemic preparedness plans
Local plans should be prepared or updated by the end of November and training and local table top exercises carried out in December and January.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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AT&T publishes New York results from business continuity study
41 percent of businesses impacted by a disaster in New York said it cost them more than $100,000 a day.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: US•Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Threat levels reduced to previous levels
UK threat level drops back to 'Severe' and DHS adjusts US threat level from Red to Orange for in-bound flights from the UK.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: UK/US •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Intellectual property protection is top risk for companies operating in China
According to Manufacturing Insights' survey.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Manufacturing
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SteelEye launches solutions for virtual server failover and wide-area data replication for Linux
LifeKeeper for Linux v6 and SteelEye Data Replication v6.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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SEC offers relief from Section 404 compliance for smaller US public companies and many foreign private issuers
The relief is in furtherance of the "next steps for Sarbanes-Oxley implementation” announced on May 17, 2006, and includes some new initiatives not previously announced.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Business Continuity Institute: local forums
Details of upcoming BCI forum meetings around the world.
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Date: 15th August 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Guangzhou local government to build disaster recovery facility
• RAID 6 seen as strong business continuity aid
• ‘Navigate the Unexpected with Confidence!’
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

Crisis communications – the importance of inbound messaging

Reserve Bank of India provides business continuity instructions to banks

Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on Civil Contingencies Act progress

Slicing up the business continuity budget

Sensitive information being left on obsolete storage disks

Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

HP enhances mission critical support services

UK threat level increased to Critical

Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

IBM launches new lower-cost high availability technology

How angry customers get revenge…

Top five steps to limit data loss and information leaks: Gartner

Positive Networks launches PositivePRO Workforce Recovery Plan

Dynamic identity in a disaster situation

Business continuity quotations: volume two!

Centre for Disaster Research to be based in New Zealand

Survey looks at business continuity practices in UK education sector

NOAA adjusts Atlantic hurricane season forecast

University of Pennsylvania researcher warns businesses about the dangers of ‘JitterBugs’

'Understanding Pandemics: The Human Side of Business Continuity Planning'

Secure Computing warns of serious BlackBerry hack threat

NIST consults on changes to key systems security and availability publication

UK fraud continues to soar in 2006

US National Council on Disability makes recommendations to improve emergency preparedness, response plans for people with disabilities

SunGard protects mission-critical VoIP for leading law firm

Single image ghosting with UIU 3.0

One Network launches Disaster Management Network

Business continuity & risk management: making sure that today’s business continues tomorrow

UK business continuity take-up explored

Edge Business Continuity Center will provide Iowa businesses with work-area and data recovery services

Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance remains unclear

Topio enables data replication to multiple locations with TDPS 3.0

Basic tips for avoiding heat-related business continuity problems

Business continuity practices of New Zealand businesses highlighted

Assessment frameworks for UK Civil Contingencies Act category one responders published

How prepared are US cities for disaster?

FEMA launches debris contractor registry

Federation of American Scientists publishes 'improved version' of Ready.gov website

Business continuity quotations...

Why invest in business continuity?

Successful backups are not enough

Beyond stored procedures: ‘defense-in-depth’ against SQL injection

Council of Australian Governments’ meeting report

Telecommunications Industry Association tells Congress that broadband connections are critical for effective COOP preparedness and post-disaster teleworking

APACS makes business continuity investment

Rash of ID theft cases indicates need for increased focus on security policies in Australia: Gartner

‘Lessons for London’ report sets out climate change risks

Iron Mountain London facility fire expected to result in ‘full loss of records contained within the record centre’

Progeon completes assessment for TR19:2005

Lloyd’s estimates that a major hurricane hitting New York State would cost insurance industry $65 billion

Association of British Insurers highlights the need for increased spending on flood defences

Australian businesses get pandemic business continuity guide

European integrated risk management solution will enhance coordination and interoperability during crises

Katrina workshop cites national standards as ‘absolutely critical’ for emergency preparedness

Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board publishes initial report into the disaster

September to be third annual National Preparedness Month in the US

US IT infrastructure not adequately prepared for cyber attacks

The key importance of understanding Recovery Point Objectives

Developing business continuity management within a local authority

Crisis communications: the new economy way!

Many companies feel more secure when they turn to an outsourcer rather than handling information availability solely in-house

The essential guide to risk post-IPO

Telefonica opens South Florida business continuity recovery center

Metropolitan Police Authority hears from businesses about resilience issues

Office-Shadow and MissionMode to offer joint crisis management and communications solution

2006 Global Information Security Survey results

UK information assurance market set to double in size by 2010

Southern Governors meeting has disaster recovery on the agenda

Concentration risk high on the agenda

Mumbai bombings: update page

Continuity Central wins BT IT security journalism award

Strohl Systems launches LDRPS 10

ICM announces contract wins for London Essex Business Continuity Centre

Jersey City’s Exchange Place station will be the venue for US rail security pilot project test

Mumbai paralysed by coordinated bombing attack

July 7th 2005: looking back for the future

Intellectual property theft and business continuity: a case study
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The Conference Board publishes the results of a comprehensive survey into ‘flu pandemic planning




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