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news headlines: 17 September 2004

Comment: making the case for business continuity advocacy
The European Commission should take a lead role in promoting business continuity, says David Honour.
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Date: 17th Sept 2004 •Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Most terrorism response plans will fail, new study finds
Existing terrorism plans don't account for how people would behave during an incident.

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Date: 17th September 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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The dangers of employee peer to peer gambling
New peer-to-peer betting services pose increased security, legal and productivity risks.

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Date: 17th September 2004 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Twelfth Financial Stability Forum meeting report
Members discussed risks and vulnerabilities in the international financial system.

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Date: 17th September 2004 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Inflow offers simple IT continuity service package
New package aims to help companies quickly set up a data recovery environment.

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Date: 17th September 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Civil Contingencies Bill ignoring the voluntary sector

• Hurricane preparedness checklist

• Recently discovered JPEG vulnerability requires urgent action

• ‘Survivable’ emergency telephone system back-up network developed

• European companies risk non-compliance in area of business process auditing

• IT disaster recovery plan invocations increasing in frequency

• Software vulnerabilities are an increasing cause of downtime

• European Commission clears the acquisition of Synstar by HP

• GAO issues report on the US Postal Service’s response to anthrax incidents

• Limited software use by business continuity managers

• Examining data replication and data mirroring technologies as part of a disaster recovery plan

• Business continuity and medium size enterprises

• UK insurance companies may demand evidence of business continuity planning before offering terrorism cover

• Jamaica prepares for Ivan

• Gartner offers free disaster recovery advice for organisations affected by Hurricanes Charley and Frances

• Guidelines on business continuity planning issued by the State Bank of Pakistan

• New head of UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat appointed

• Update on HP purchase of Synstar

• Business continuity planning - how long should it take?

• It's time to stop the excuses

• Vulnerabilities of US power grid identified

• Where do I start in business continuity?

• US organisations gearing up for National Preparedness Month

• BCP testing under the spotlight

• SunGard invests in new Luxembourg recovery centre

• Hurricane Frances threatens East Coast US businesses

• A layered approach to IP SANs…

• 10 candidates for 2004 Business Continuity Institute board elections

• New modelling techniques could lead to better flood forecasting

• Putting the case for tape…

• The brand – estimating its vulnerability

• US Department of Health & Human Services issues national Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan

• 2004 Waters Rankings gives US market leadership position to IBM

• FSTC publishes detailed analysis of technology recovery in the financial services industry

• Isle of Man aims to become centre for disaster recovery services

• HP’s proposed acquisition of Synstar - more of the same?

• Financial institutions see reputational risk as the greatest threat

• Winternals Recovery Manager helps minimise the risks of deploying Windows XP Service Pack 2

• Achieving resilience – best practices in business continuity

• Surviving unplanned downtime…

• New version of RecoveryPAC Web to be launched in September

• US regional differences in business continuity planning identified

• Viewing the continuity development process with 20/20 vision

• UK businesses complacent about communications disaster planning

• The highs and lows of continuity software

• Colour co-ordinated…

• Recovery centre location is top concern for UK business continuity managers

• Northeast America blackout anniversary offers reminder of importance of emergency backup power




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