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news headlines: 20th April 2007

The application of statistical tools to business continuity management
Patrick Roberts looks at two powerful statistical techniques that have gained widespread acceptance in other areas of risk management and examines whether they can usefully be applied to BCM.
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Date: 20th April 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Interpreting the results of a vulnerability assessment: how to focus on what’s important in your Web application security testing
By Kevin Beaver, CISSP, and Caleb Sima.
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Date: 20th April 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Power back-up health check
A 10-question checklist from Power4.
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Date: 20th April 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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North America, South America and Australia Business Continuity Awareness Week
Taking place between May 6-12, 2007.
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Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: Various Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business Continuity Management Institute launches six business continuity and disaster recovery certifications in Asia and the Middle East
Complements the existing high-level certifications by providing formal training for the entry and mid-level business continuity professional.
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Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: Various Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Pandemic planning updates…
Recent news in the area of pandemic planning.
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Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Survive closes its doors?
It appears that Survive, the UK-based business continuity membership organisation, has ceased trading.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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BlackBerry’s crown slips
Widespread outage hits BlackBerry’s reputation for crisis communications resiliency.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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MBO team increases its offer for ICM
Now offering 490 pence per share.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Cisco survey finds that information security focus moves from viruses to information theft
Threat profile seems to be changing.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Symantec tests business-critical software as a service platform
Beta program offers security and availability services aimed at small and mid-sized businesses.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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FEMA makes $29.1 million available for national preparedness training initiatives
Public and private sector organizations can apply for funds under the 2007 Competitive Training Grant Program.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: US Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Profile of a fraudster: trusted male manager – and getting away with it for years
International KPMG study shows over half of company fraudsters commit twenty or more frauds.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Brisbane gets new CBD emergency plan
‘Brisbane Secure’, will help emergency services and state and local government officials give the community the best possible protection and advice in the event of an accident, threat or terrorist attack in the CBD.
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Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: Australia Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Vote for the Business Continuity Personality of the Year
• Mastering Business Continuity Practices
• A quarter of organisations fail to enforce a wireless security policy
• ‘The Big Picture in Disaster Recovery’
• SteelEye Technology announces Protection Suite for VMware Infrastructure 3
• TDi unveils secure, reliable disaster recovery solution

• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Sudden sea level surges threaten 1 billion - study
   - India's monsoon rains expected to be near normal
   - Drought-hit Australia to stop irrigating food bowl
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Top headlines from the past few weeks:

North American business continuity and disaster recovery services market tipped to reach $23 billion by 2012

Most companies failing to test IT disaster recovery/failover systems often enough

IBM offers business continuity certification to partner companies

Council of Australian Governments meeting report

Assessing global outsourcing risks

Lost White House e-mails illustrate a common issue for US businesses

Virtual recovery…

Shortlist published for Business Continuity Awards 2007

Business continuity is a collective challenge

PHNS develops ‘disaster-proof’ subterranean data center

ICM launches enhanced hot ship service

Paulison outlines 2007 Hurricane Season preparations

Strohl Systems releases PLANet 3

Gartner warns about the risks of rushing into virtualization

Colorado State University updates 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast

Intellect announces the launch of the Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers Council

Companies still in the dark about their overall health

Rapid response is key to understanding 1918 ‘flu pandemic successes

IBM opens new Autonomic Computing Technology Center in India

Automata to run Business Continuity Masterclass in Hong Kong

New US regulations for securing high risk chemical facilities

UK HSE seeks views on ‘societal risk’

IT and business continuity in higher education

Survey reveals ‘widespread inadequacies’ in e-mail downtime prevention

Global Magnitude launches BCP-Anywhere

New solution simplifies disaster recovery for enterprise e-mail

Identity theft in the corporate world

BCI to launch business continuity ‘trade association’

Virtualization benefits being lost due to lack of holistic approach : CA survey

NFPA issues Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities

BACS software glitch causes huge problems for UK businesses

ICM acquisition activity rumbles on…

Project to map California’s San Andreas Fault may result in early warning system

NASCIO develops DVD to promote benefits of continuity of operations planning

Civil Protection News - Issue 2: Spring 2007

Bandwidth is a limiting factor in improving data recovery times for many companies

MIR3 launches updated ‘Intelligent Notification’ system

On the up…

Vendor community must collaborate to offer more secure future: BT

SBA to present Phoenix Awards for outstanding disaster recovery efforts

IXEurope wins ‘Best Disaster Recovery Service Provider’ award at the Data Centre Europe Awards 2007

Stratus details new ftServer 6200 system

Business continuity: a different perspective

The next great earthquake…

New report finds severe pandemic flu could lead to major US recession

UK local authorities honoured for emergency planning excellence

Economist Intelligence Unit looks into IT security priorities

IBM and Cisco partnership provides new crisis response solutions

NDR adds new mobile unit to its mobile recovery fleet

Many European businesses are not planning for future data centre power requirements

‘Critical Infrastructure: Challenges Remain in Protecting Key Sectors’

Study details nuclear attack scenario

Neverfail announces enhanced server reliability product

Chartered Management Institute publishes its annual survey of UK business continuity practices

UK Department of Health releases draft ‘National framework for responding to an influenza pandemic’

Planning for NPI business continuity

If a pandemic hits, who will turn up?

IBM data retention solution wins Data Protection Summit ‘Best of Show’ award

ICM acquisition update

Virtual benefits

Pandemic planning – a win for everyone

ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel makes recommendations aimed at bolstering US preparedness

Phoenix sets out details of potential bid for ICM

AIRMIC calls for more data on business insurers willingness to pay

GAO reports into potential impact of a terrorist attack on a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas

BSI invites comments on PAS 1188

Business Continuity Awareness Week: Australia

BCI Benchmark

Disaster Recovery Information Exchange calls for Toronto-wide exercise

VaultStor launches highly resilient ‘Disaster Recovery Vault’

Incident or crisis? Why the debate?

New edition of NFPA 1600 published

Global Switch calls for increased scrutiny of IT resilience by company boards

NIST guide helps with facilities risk assessment

FEMA’s 2008 budget request

2ndWave Software acquires Amcom

Building service level management into business continuity planning

Preventing critical data loss

Bank of America to introduce new disaster recovery purchasing card

Marsh and Reed conducting business continuity benchmark survey

Swiss Re study finds below-average catastrophe losses in 2006

SunGard constructs three new UK workplace recovery centres

‘Software as a service’ will have business continuity implications

Clinical studies provide hope for a pre-pandemic influenza vaccine

Investment Dealers Association of Canada gives pandemic planning advice

Asempra granted IT continuity patent

New evidence that global warming fuels stronger Atlantic hurricanes

Profits leap at ICM

Irish businesses get pandemic planning guidance

IDC predicts that the data protection and recovery management market will more than triple by 2011

Oil companies told to address risks holistically

Katrina disaster had its roots in history, politics and engineering

A permanent solution to US terrorism risk insurance is a matter of national economic security: Willis

Assessing your legal vulnerabilities

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