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news headlines: 20th June 2005

Business continuity for small businesses
Dr. Robert F. Hester offers some thoughts and inspiration for small businesses attempting to develop business continuity plans.
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Date: 20th June 2005 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Boring, boring business continuity…
UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS Pareto’s Principle and business continuity management. A comment by David Honour.
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Date: 20th June 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Classic Blue acquires Securix Australia’s IT security business
Signals the next phase in Classic Blue's strategy to be the preferred risk mitigation partner for enterprises where information technology is a vital part of normal business operations.
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Date: 20th June 2005 • Region: Australia Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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EMC Expands Consulting Services
New consulting offerings and capabilities include ‘Information Protection Services’.
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Date: 20th June 2005 • Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Small firms waste two weeks a year waiting for server reboots
Survey finds that a typical UK SME requires an average of 16 hardware resets every 12 months, taking four hours per incident to resolve.
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Date: 20th June 2005 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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CapRock launches communications disaster recovery service
Aimed at disaster relief agencies, public utilities, hospitals and businesses, the self contained ‘DR-250’ communications package includes all the equipment and service needed to get back online with both telephone and broadband data services
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Date: 20th June 2005 • Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Lightning Awareness Week
• Security is not the problem of business alone: The Australian
• Crisis in Continuity: Financial Markets Firms Tackle the 100km Question
• Pandemic could cause food shortages, expert warns
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Designing today’s SANs

Hurricanes will intensify as the earth warms: NCAR climate expert

ABK offers UK business continuity managers new disaster communications options

NISCC warns businesses about increase in targeted Trojan e-mail attacks

SunGard Availability Services launches ‘Information Availability for Small and Midsize Business' program

FSTC project results in comprehensive inventory of global business continuity regulations

Increased reliance on IT driving business continuity purchases

Combined audit preparation and IT continuity planning software package now available

AIRMIC and CBI launch workplace rehabilitation campaign

Gartner survey ranks viruses and worms as top IT security threats

New survey explores business continuity trends

Date set for introduction of revised UK COMAH major accident hazards regulations

Confidence lacking in reliability and restorability of backups

IT profession sees risk of removable media: but turns a blind eye

IBM, SunGard, and GoldenSource launch EDM Council

Building true business continuity solutions over IP

UK government backs proposals to establish natural disaster scientific panel

Dubai’s day without power

The five most over-hyped IT security threats

The intrinsic benefits of business continuity management

Department of Homeland Security launches Listo Negocios

New risk assessment software addresses building threats

BCI launches Pakistan Business Continuity Forum

UK government consults on ways of increasing the resilience of the power supply network

Top ten tips for 2005 hurricane season planning

Changing IT landscape presents new business continuity challenges

FSA sets out a good practice model for financial sector stress testing

TelCove enters the disaster recovery and business continuity market

Permanent deep-sea sensors set-up to monitor seismic activities

Dragging operational risk management into the 21st century

North America Business Continuity Awareness Week agenda set out

Gartner issues supply chain continuity warning

Work-related ill health causing huge problems for UK businesses

Companies still failing to make succession plans

Confessions of a CTO

The seven laws of information risk management

Little known Puente Hills fault could cause the US’s costliest ever earthquake

Business continuity: Tampa-St. Petersburg survey paints a mixed picture

Crisis communications case study: BellSouth

FSA to lead detailed benchmarking project to assess the resilience of the UK financial sector

Telework as a business continuity strategy

Revised draft Civil Contingencies Act regulations, guidance and implementation timetable published

NIST to release more recommendations from World Trade Center investigation

Agreement aims to forge stronger global defences against epidemics

The future of high availability

It’s a funny business…

BSI publishes new fire prevention standards for businesses

HP launches new portfolio for SMB business continuity market

The business continuity message is getting through…

EU and US hold high-level meeting on border and transport security

FAIA establishes disaster recovery service for members

HSE makes the case for sensible risk management

Examining the insider threat

Batten down the hatches…

Protecting the bottom line

One year of SOX…

Lack of awareness is increasing the phishing threat

UK Business Continuity Awards winners

Medium sized UK businesses plan large business continuity and security investments in 2005

Online Business Continuity Planning Starter Kit launched

Small and medium-sized businesses facing increasing security and regulatory challenges

Business Roundtable announces initiative to expand relief and recovery in response to global natural disasters

An alternate space review checklist

UK Accounting Standards Board issues Operating and Financial Review standard

The rise and rise of the chief risk officer

‘Getting Serious About Cybersecurity’

FSA publishes report into off-shore outsourcers’ business continuity arrangements

FEMA sets out the need for long-term disaster recovery committees

‘Assured Recovery’ software launched by XOsoft

Finance sector struggles with e-mail compliance management and security

Grenada situation provides wide-area disaster recovery lessons

Telstra Europe puts business continuity plans to the test




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