Business continuity news 15 December 2004

news headlines: 15th December 2004

BCM document quality control
Ray Liepa details what’s required for quality control of business continuity management documents.
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•Date: 15th Dec 2004 •Region: S.Africa / World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity for beginners
An overview of the business continuity management process for those new to the subject.
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•Date: 15th Dec 2004 •Region: UK / World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Chartered Management Institute to conduct detailed survey of the UK business continuity market
In partnership with the Continuity Forum and VERITAS Software.
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•Date: 15th Dec 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Version 2 of Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Resource Kit launched
Includes a threat and vulnerability assessment tool.
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•Date: 15th Dec 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Symantec expected to acquire Veritas
• Industry leaders team with Oracle for ‘Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative’
• Intradyn announces network of disaster recovery service-provider partners in the US and UK
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• World Health Organization conference turns the spotlight on pandemic planning

• Deloitte releases 2004 global risk management survey results

• Cyber-crime: how to fight back

• The unexpected benefits of good business continuity

• US and UK agree to work together to develop enhanced risk assessment methods for critical infrastructure protection

• Public consultation on the UK Civil Contingencies Act regulations and guidance launched

• SunGard named Waters Magazine's `2004 Best Business Continuity Planning Provider'

• US Treasury reports on business continuity best practices in the financial sector

• Boardroom changes at the Business Continuity Institute

• IBM abandons Schlumberger Ireland acquisition

• When the customer might not always be right…

• Incident management checklist

• NIMS and the Incident Management System

• Singapore takes the lead in business continuity supplier certification

• Telecommunications resiliency best practices for financial institutions

• How effective is mobile telephony in a crisis?

• 2004 Excellence in Business Continuity Planning Award

• Eighth British Academy Lecture focuses on risk

• UK Business Continuity Awareness Week 2005

• SpyWare becoming a major threat to enterprise environments around the world

• Studies show that many businesses ignore the need for succession planning

• PAS 56 – defining a standard

• FEMA reports record amount of disaster aid distributed for 2004 Hurricane Season response

• UK financial markets business continuity test yields ‘encouraging results’

• Business continuity on a limited budget: part two

• Only a minority of UK companies fully understand e-mail-use compliance

• MI5 issues CBRN guidance

• UK government sets out way forward for Operating and Financial Review

• Planning for extreme events by understanding risk

• Poor crisis communications puts reputations at risk

• UK companies unprepared for Sarbanes Oxley compliance

• New power supply solution could help remote workers’ business continuity

• Looking ahead – the real threats to business

• Council survey displays need for BC jargon-busting

• The most frequently covered crises

• Business continuity aspects of the Civil Contingencies Act

• UK Civil Contingencies Bill gets Royal Assent

• BIA survey: interim results

• ICM forms logistics partnership with Fraser Eagle

• Business continuity explored...

• UK government to introduce an IT security accreditation scheme

• Business continuity and disaster recovery in the financial services sector

• SunGard Availability Services to acquire Inflow

• Wireless network deployment increasing rapidly but security not keeping up

• New edition of the Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages published

• IBM adds Indigo Stone’s ‘enterprise rapid recovery methodology’ to portfolio

• The ‘tick-a-box’ approach to business continuity

• SBA hurricane disaster recovery support tops $554 million

• EU and US adopt new measures to strengthen maritime container security

• Business continuity on a limited budget

• Reducing computer room risks

• DHS reduces financial service sector terrorist threat level

• FSA calls for improved information security in fight against fraud

• Business Continuity the Risk Management Expo 2005

• 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

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