news headlines: 15th September 2005

FSTC leading US financial sector business continuity benchmarking project
15 major financial institutions and technology companies have taken part in FSTC’s Resiliency Maturity Model Project.
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•Date: 15th September 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Coping with the emotional effects of major disasters
What are the possible psychological effects of trauma? Menninger Clinic trauma experts provide advice for those impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
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•Date: 15th September 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Hurricane Ophelia: DHS outlines disaster preparations
The US Department of Homeland Security has outlined the preparations it has made for the possible impacts of Hurricane Ophelia.
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•Date: 15th September 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Financial Times and Symantec publish business continuity survey results
Reviews the current state of business continuity in the banking, financial services and telecommunications industries.
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•Date: 15th September 2005 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Financial losses due to information security attacks increasing
According to CIO Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers survey.
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•Date: 15th September 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Fuel protests: business continuity lessons from 2000

• Mike Brown resigns from FEMA post

• London’s SMEs must develop business continuity plans NOW…

• Survey finds that almost 40 percent of US businesses still say that business continuity planning is not a priority

• Financial Stability Forum holds its fourteenth meeting, in London

• Earthquake briefing on Capitol Hill

• Hurricane Katrina: initial impacts on business continuity thinking

• Can removable disk technology supersede tape, fixed disk and hybrid solutions?

• New research offers clues to the way we can expect employees to react to different crises

• Bharti and IBM to offer joint business continuity services to Indian market

• Gartner evaluates the progress of Linux

• Scottish businesses not doing enough to guard against terrorist attacks

• FSSCC issues status report on the financial services sector’s business continuity response to Hurricane Katrina

• Fire, virus and human error are the three biggest threats to corporate data

• GemaTech and COLT sign business continuity partnership

• HP’s worldwide investment in business continuity and recovery facilities reaches US$100 million

• UK faces threat of fuel protests

• What can we learn from Katrina?

• Fraud risk being ignored by middle market UK companies: KPMG

• NASD provides guidance to members affected by Hurricane Katrina

• Regulators say insurance industry is prepared for Hurricane Katrina's cost

• Al-Qaida threatens more attacks on London

• Researchers project Hurricane Katrina effects on oil and gas production

• National Preparedness Month 2005 underway

• Department of Homeland Security Hurricane Katrina response update

• Katrina: offers of disaster recovery assistance

• The Center for Continuity Leadership launches two advanced level business continuity workshops

• President Bush sets out Hurricane Katrina disaster recovery priorities

• Be careful when hiring contractors for disaster repairs, warns FEMA

• Katrina disaster recovery response update

• Three other flooding disasters taking place

• United Nations issues avian influenza warning

• BSI publishes new UK biometrics standards

• Katrina: America starts to count the cost of a nightmare

• Hurricane Katrina: initial salvage, recovery and insurance advice

• Men more likely to fall prey to online scams, spam and viruses

• US National Preparedness Month 2005 to kick off with emergency preparedness fair

• New NIST program aims to foster better security checklists

• A second Andrew?

• How will multicore processing affect IT continuity?

• Avian influenza a real and growing pandemic threat

• Managing the risks of counterfeiting in the information technology industry

• Companies at risk from employees’ risky use of USB keys

• Maintaining thriving businesses amid the threat of terrorism

• Confusion between archiving and backup exists in many UK companies

• SunGard Availability Services launches new Managed Services Portal

• Lack of investment in e-mail systems opening companies up to various threats

• San Francisco area business recovery vendor fair

• Business continuity provides insurance discounts (for some…)

• New business continuity software helps manage multiple plans

• Australian Government announces new grant for local authority emergency planning activities

• New Asigra ‘Autonomic Healing’ process results in zero corruption backups

• September to be ‘Backup Awareness Month’ in the UK

• MessageOne launches enterprise emergency notification and escalation solution

• A check-list for dealing with a fatality involving anyone you have a ‘duty of care’ over

• Less than half of all UK businesses have a business continuity plan in place

• Bare media exposed

• Business continuity buy in...

• MCI expands business continuity and disaster recovery solutions

• Ohio businesses falling short

• Chertoff sets out US transit sector terrorism risk status

• Emotion rules: ignoring it won’t change anything…

• Building a truly resilient society requires a change of attitude

• SunGard acquisition completed

• Comprehensive database of computer vulnerabilities now available

• International SOS launches new services to help businesses prepare for influenza pandemic

• City of London Police commissioner criticises levels of financial sector business continuity planning

• Spotlight: business continuity in the UK’s insurance industry

• DHS announces briefing on two new IT support initiatives

• Report published into information and communications aspects of the 7/7 attacks

• Community and business involvement is crucial to successful anti-terrorism measures

• NOAA reviews 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season predictions

• European Commission outlines new anti-terrorism research initiatives

• Business continuity and disaster recovery drive the UK archiving markets

• Self-healing portable wireless communications network developed

• IBM reviews the information security landscape

• Risk management: What should be, what is and what could be

• Six Sigma and business continuity

• Power protection checklist




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