news headlines: 17th February 2006

Separating fear from risk…
Is there a temptation to make business continuity decisions based on the fear of a threat, rather than the real risk involved? David Honour comments.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006 • Region: UK/US/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Coping with a major security breach? What’s your contingency plan?
Legal pressures, not to mention your moral obligation to assist unwitting victims, means that you should never delay when disclosing IT security incidents.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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BCI publishes resources for UK and Europe Business Continuity Awareness Week 2006
13th to 19th March 2006 is being promoted as Business Continuity Awareness Week in the UK and Europe.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Bird flu: overview and economic considerations
A detailed report on the impacts of a ‘flu pandemic on businesses, by Bradford Frank.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Last chance to take part in the Business Continuity Index survey
The survey will close in the next few days, so if you haven’t yet taken part, please do so ASAP.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006• Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Council of Australian Governments’ holds February meeting
Amongst various things discussed, COAG looked at the subjects of ‘flu pandemic preparedness and counter terrorism.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006• Region: Australia • Type: Article •Topic: Terror / BC general
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SEC and PCAOB announce roundtable on internal control reporting requirements
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board have announced that they will sponsor a roundtable on May 10th, 2006 to discuss second-year experiences with the reporting and auditing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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•Date: 17th Feb 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• A failure of initiative
• Supply Chain Continuity Conference and Workshops
• Bomb cuts gas supplies to major Pakistan cities
• Five-day Business Continuity Planning course
• Bill introduced to separate FEMA from DHS
• US government to survey businesses on cybercrime
• BNET announces new ‘critical service provider’ enhancement program for the Corporate Emergency Access System
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