news headlines: 15th July 2004

Terror in the US: what are the real threats?
The possibilities of a terror strike against your organisation, and what you can do to prepare. By Michael Keating, Crisis Management International Inc.
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•Date: 15th July 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides more information on how new LA funding will be delivered
Individual UK local authorities will not know how much extra emergency planning cash they will get until the end of 2004.
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•Date: 15th July 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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European Commission publishes Basel II implementation proposals
Tailors the Basel II Accord for the ‘specific features of the EU market’.
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•Date: 15th July 2004 • Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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House overhauls legislative approach to 'reliability, availability, and serviceability' of high performance software
Establishes security standards and practices for critical systems serving critical infrastructures, the national defence, and advanced scientific applications.
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•Date: 15th July 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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NZ leads in disaster recovery
Professor claims that New Zealand leads the way in major disaster response.
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•Date: 15th July 2004 • Region: New Zealand •Type: Link •Topic: DR general
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