news headlines: 18th August 2006

Research identifies an intrinsic benefit of business continuity planning
Hurricane preparedness is good for employee morale finds Florida State University researcher.
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•Date: 22nd August 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Adam Smith and business continuity
Mike Bemis ponders the vagaries of decision making related to capital expenditure for contingency initiatives. UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS
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•Date: 22nd/18th August 2006 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Let common sense prevail
Mike Osborne, managing director – Business Continuity, ICM Computer Group, gets on his soap box...
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•Date: 18th August 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Deadline looming for comments on new Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management
Send your comments to the British Standards Institution by 31st August.
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•Date: 18th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Sandia's Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection System tested
Unobtrusive system designed as a ‘detect-to-warn’ measure for those managing public events.
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•Date: 18th August 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Strohl Systems and Agility Recovery Solutions form partnership
Two of North America’s best known business continuity companies are working together to provide community banks and credit unions with specialist mobile disaster recovery.
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•Date: 18th August 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Quintum launches new VoIP switches and gateways that assure IP telephony network survivability
Provides a complete VoIP branch office solution assuring business continuity in the event of an IP network failure.
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•Date: 18th August 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuiry
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Lessons from SARS may help pandemic ‘flu preparations
• Chinese government allocates 120 million yuan for disaster recovery and relief
• Eta says peace talks failing: raises risk of regional terrorism
• COOP Systems myCOOP BCM software package chosen by leading Australian bank
• EVAULT launches business continuity management practice
• Neverfail General Services Administration Information Technology Schedule Contract
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• Stop banging that drum…Tape is going to be around for some time

• UK government consults on gas supply contingency plans

• ACP announces inaugural Hall of Fame Award winners

• Malaysia's banking regulator consults on new business continuity guidelines

• Paulison to conduct briefing on 'Government After Katrina: Lessons Learned'

• Automata holding BS 25999-1 working meeting

• Tape-based backup: risks to consider

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat tells UK public sector to prepare for national exercise of pandemic preparedness plans

• AT&T publishes New York results from business continuity study

• Threat levels reduced to previous levels

• Intellectual property protection is top risk for companies operating in China

• SteelEye launches solutions for virtual server failover and wide-area data replication for Linux

• SEC offers relief from Section 404 compliance for smaller US public companies and many foreign private issuers

• Business Continuity Institute: local forums

• Crisis communications – the importance of inbound messaging

• Reserve Bank of India provides business continuity instructions to banks

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on Civil Contingencies Act progress

• Slicing up the business continuity budget

• Sensitive information being left on obsolete storage disks

• Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

• HP enhances mission critical support services

• UK threat level increased to Critical

• Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans

• IBM launches new lower-cost high availability technology

• How angry customers get revenge…

• Top five steps to limit data loss and information leaks: Gartner

• Positive Networks launches PositivePRO Workforce Recovery Plan

• Dynamic identity in a disaster situation

• Business continuity quotations: volume two!

• Centre for Disaster Research to be based in New Zealand

• Survey looks at business continuity practices in UK education sector

• NOAA adjusts Atlantic hurricane season forecast

• University of Pennsylvania researcher warns businesses about the dangers of ‘JitterBugs’

• 'Understanding Pandemics: The Human Side of Business Continuity Planning'

• Secure Computing warns of serious BlackBerry hack threat

• NIST consults on changes to key systems security and availability publication

• UK fraud continues to soar in 2006

• US National Council on Disability makes recommendations to improve emergency preparedness, response plans for people with disabilities

• SunGard protects mission-critical VoIP for leading law firm

• Single image ghosting with UIU 3.0

• One Network launches Disaster Management Network

• Business continuity & risk management: making sure that today’s business continues tomorrow

• UK business continuity take-up explored

• Edge Business Continuity Center will provide Iowa businesses with work-area and data recovery services

• Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance remains unclear

• Topio enables data replication to multiple locations with TDPS 3.0

• Basic tips for avoiding heat-related business continuity problems

• Business continuity practices of New Zealand businesses highlighted

• Assessment frameworks for UK Civil Contingencies Act category one responders published

• How prepared are US cities for disaster?

• FEMA launches debris contractor registry

• Federation of American Scientists publishes 'improved version' of Ready.gov website

• Business continuity quotations...

• Why invest in business continuity?

• Successful backups are not enough

• Beyond stored procedures: ‘defense-in-depth’ against SQL injection

• Council of Australian Governments’ meeting report

• Telecommunications Industry Association tells Congress that broadband connections are critical for effective COOP preparedness and post-disaster teleworking

• APACS makes business continuity investment

• Rash of ID theft cases indicates need for increased focus on security policies in Australia: Gartner

• ‘Lessons for London’ report sets out climate change risks

• Iron Mountain London facility fire expected to result in ‘full loss of records contained within the record centre’

• Progeon completes assessment for TR19:2005

• Lloyd’s estimates that a major hurricane hitting New York State would cost insurance industry $65 billion

• Association of British Insurers highlights the need for increased spending on flood defences

• Australian businesses get pandemic business continuity guide

• European integrated risk management solution will enhance coordination and interoperability during crises

• Katrina workshop cites national standards as ‘absolutely critical’ for emergency preparedness

• Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board publishes initial report into the disaster

• September to be third annual National Preparedness Month in the US

• US IT infrastructure not adequately prepared for cyber attacks

• The key importance of understanding Recovery Point Objectives

• Developing business continuity management within a local authority

• Crisis communications: the new economy way!

• Many companies feel more secure when they turn to an outsourcer rather than handling information availability solely in-house

• The essential guide to risk post-IPO

• Telefonica opens South Florida business continuity recovery center

• Metropolitan Police Authority hears from businesses about resilience issues

• Office-Shadow and MissionMode to offer joint crisis management and communications solution

• 2006 Global Information Security Survey results

• UK information assurance market set to double in size by 2010

• Southern Governors meeting has disaster recovery on the agenda

• Concentration risk high on the agenda

• Mumbai bombings: update page

• Continuity Central wins BT IT security journalism award

• Strohl Systems launches LDRPS 10

• ICM announces contract wins for London Essex Business Continuity Centre

• Jersey City’s Exchange Place station will be the venue for US rail security pilot project test

• Mumbai paralysed by coordinated bombing attack

• July 7th 2005: looking back for the future

• Intellectual property theft and business continuity: a case study
Part two

• The Conference Board publishes the results of a comprehensive survey into ‘flu pandemic planning




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