Business continuity news 19 May 2006

news headlines: 19th May 2006

Business continuity plan development
Don’t use ‘scenario-based’ planning and don’t let the IT-tail wag the business continuity dog, says Chris Bakowski.
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•Date: 19th May 2006 • Region: Australia/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC plan dev.
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The anatomy of Business Process–specific Key Operational Risk Indicators : Part two
The second part of Jee Meng Chen’s review of the use of Business Process–specific Key Operational Risk Indicators explores the various approaches and the intricacies in developing BP KRIs.
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•Date: 19th May 2006 • Region: SE Asia/World • Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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In their own words…
What various winners of the recent Business Continuity Awards have to say for themselves….
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•Date: 19th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity / wireless gateway solution for enterprises launched
Will help enterprises cost-effectively backup and recover their wireline network.
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•Date: 19th May 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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SNIA Europe end user survey looks at current data storage practices
Recovery, continuity and reliability are identified as key requirements by most respondents.
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•Date: 19th May 2006• Region: W.Europe / UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Pacific Wave 06
Earlier this week various Pacific nations conducted a desktop exercise to test communication networks in the event of a tsunami occurring in the Pacific Ocean.
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•Date: 19th May 2006• Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: Testing and ex.
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UPDATED New England flooding: FEMA sitrep
FEMA has issued the following up-date on the flooding situation in New England...
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•Date: 19th May 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Annan names UN Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Coordinator
• Where do business continuity responsibilities lie?
• eHosting DataFort partners with EJADA to deliver business continuity solutions
• Iron Mountain expands into India
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• ‘Business Checklist for Pandemic Flu Planning’

• Last minute actions to protect your business from storm damage

• ‘Array Business Continuity Flex Plan’ aims to help companies deal with emergency surges in remote access

• Web@Work survey highlights keylogging threat

• Typhoon Chanchu impacts SE Asia

• New England flooding: FEMA sitrep

• Comprehensive survey into business continuity activities of UK organisations published

• Business Continuity Awareness Week – the journey

• ICM opens 1700 seat Romford recovery centre

• Federal workforce not ready to telework during influenza pandemic

• UK government starts making contingency plans for potential energy shortages in 2006/2007 winter

• GAO reports on the military response to Katrina and the lessons learned for future disasters

• CapRock expands disaster recovery satellite services in preparation for 2006 Hurricane Season

• Business Continuity Award winners...

• VoIP: business continuity thoughts

• Survey explores status of pandemic ‘flu continuity of operations planning in US Federal government

• IBM brings autonomic computing to grid environments

• SunGard announces first quarter 2006 results

• ‘Preparing for a pandemic: strategies for business continuity when a crisis hits home’

• Business continuity program management – a critical and often overlooked aspect

• Tune-up your business continuity plan

• Report into the London terrorist attacks on 7 July 2005 published

• Singapore financial sector conducts large-scale industry-wide business continuity exercise

• Is your business ready for disaster?

• WANdisco launches new high availability disaster recovery solution for Linux

• New Unisys IT continuity solutions and server platform

• Third Buncefield progress report points to failures of safety systems

• Americas & Australasia Business Continuity Awareness Week 2006 underway

• Observations of an industry newbie

• ‘Pacific Peril’

• Businesses attacked in Athens

• Asia Pacific ministers agree joint avian influenza action plan

• New business continuity company launched to target Asia Pacific market

• SSL VPNs on the rise, says new study

• Crisis communications and disaster response

• 11 September five years later: where to from here?

• Optimising data protection in Linux environments

• DHS starts hurricane preparedness exercises

• Independent US commission concludes first hearing on roles of National Guard and Reserves in homeland security and disaster response

• La Niña not expected to affect 2006 hurricane season

• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan

• Non-US companies struggle with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

• US businesses failing to include voice communications in business continuity plans

• Survey finds 52 percent of N.American organizations have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan

• Coyote Crisis Campaign disaster drill tests bioterrorism and dirty bomb response

• Harvard Business Review Report says that a ‘flu pandemic would be single biggest threat to business continuity

• ISO workshop meeting explores standardization for international emergency preparedness

• Magnitude 8.0 near Tonga: tsunami potential

• CBI and KPMG survey business continuity take-up in London’s businesses

• 20 percent probability of next influenza pandemic being worse than 1918 outbreak: RMS

• Interagency report to Congress on financial system resilience

• Nationalisation risk rears its head in South America

• Letter to the editor…

• Basel II: many banks are behind schedule

• Assistance for flood affected businesses in Australia

• New software protects confidentiality of data while enabling access and sharing

• Pandemic simulation exercise reveals potential strains on telecommunications infrastructures

• Defining crisis management team competence

• Safety first – scenario analysis under Basel II

• ‘Dissolve FEMA, clear the table, and begin anew’ : Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Securities Industry Association publishes details of October industry-wide business continuity test

• New Zealand survey looks at pandemic planning in regional businesses

• DHS predesignates 2006 hurricane season response teams

• Data centre development: what makes a perfect raised floor?

• Why reputation is a major factor in business continuity and crisis management

• Take the ‘compliance self-diagnosis test’…

• FRC report critical of preparedness levels in eight hurricane prone US states

• Security investments starting to show return on investment for UK companies

• 3n launches Instacom 4.0, featuring enhanced GIS-enabled notification tools

• Many North American life insurers still in planning stage for ‘flu pandemic preparations

• Telstra Europe successfully completes ‘black building’ power failure simulation test

• You're on your own!

• Emerging threats: climate change

• Shortlist for UK Business Continuity Awards

• CCEP launches Canadian Emergency Management and Business Continuity Awards

• The Association of Contingency Planners announces new board positions

• Identity management practices now mission critical for businesses

• Pandemic planning guidelines published by New Zealand government

• NFPA 1600 seminar series

• Buncefield Investigation Board publishes second report

• BOWE BELL + HOWELL to offer print and mail business continuity services

• Interactive doubles capacity of Sydney business recovery centre

• Alternate communications during times of disaster

• Strategic pandemic planning for business: one size does not fit all

• One business continuity plan or many minis?

• Pulling the plug on telecoms business continuity

• How organizations can improve disaster preparedness for hurricane season…

• Inaugural Strohl Systems User Group Awards presented

• Webinar series available on ‘building a business and financial case for mass notification’

• MasterCard Small Business Week survey shows that 84% of US small business owners believe natural disasters won't happen to them

• AmeriVault helps to bring online backup to the Chinese market

• Lessons from UK Financial Sector Market-wide Exercise published

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