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news headlines: 20th October 2004

US smaller businesses adopting more advanced disaster recovery solutions
But more need to. The Information Technology Solution Providers Alliance has issued DR advice for SMBs.
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Date: 20th October 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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FURTHER RESPONSES: Are we making business continuity too complex?
New additions to this ongoing conversation.
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Date: 20th October 2004 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Space science technology takes airport security onto new level
New scanner will provide automatic threat differentiation.
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Date: 20th October 2004 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Phishing attacks could soon get a lot nastier
"Context-aware" phishing attacks could have success rates as high as 50 percent.
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Date: 20th October 2004 • Region: N.America/World Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
* TimeSpring ships file-based continuous data protection software for the Microsoft Windows platform
* Continuity Shop offers free help in finding UK business continuity suppliers
* The International (Telecommunications) Disaster Recovery Association 15th annual conference
* Inflow acquires managed services provider i-bridge
* LiveVault wins Network Computing Editor's Choice Award for online backup services
* Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
* European Commission creates forum to promote corporate governance convergence in Europe

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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
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Data quality found to be key risk management issue in banking sector

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act signed

IDC expects security solutions investment to more than double by 2008 in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan)

‘Futureproofing’ - the process of active analysis

Businesses showing increased awareness of threats

NIST-led forum releases a new draft set of cyber security requirements for industrial control systems

VERITAS survey explores the current state of UK disaster recovery planning

Study finds that improving business continuity management is third highest priority for US businesses

Governing for enterprise security

Major exercise to test business continuity procedures in UK financial markets

US company relocates staff due to possible sick building syndrome

SANS Institute publishes new list of ‘Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities’

Dealing with downtime

Disk-based backup and restore: reaching the next level

SunGard Availability Services launches ‘fastest mobile recovery service’

What to look for when buying an uninterruptible power system

Crisis communications lessons…

New survey reveals serious deficiencies in disaster preparation in Fortune 1000 companies

Ontrack publishes Data Disaster Scale

Which came first? Business continuity or disaster recovery?

UK businesses ignoring USB plug and play device threats

Virtual Corporation announces updated version of its public domain Business Continuity Maturity Model

Basel Committee highlights the importance of ‘know-your-customer’ standards

SunGard plans to spin-off its Availability Services business

Response: Are we making business continuity too complex?

EMC launches new enterprise replication and data mobility tools

New foundation helps small businesses avoid disaster

Comment: Are we making business continuity too complex?

Is Six Sigma a useful business continuity aid?

Landmark month for Continuity Central

HP confirms that Synstar acquisition has taken place

Europe strengthens its epidemic defences

Asia/Pacific companies making IT security the ‘centrepiece of their business continuity plans’

Majority of Middle East companies planning to implement biometric security

Global banking supervisors pledge deeper cooperation

• President Bush declares fourth major disaster for Florida

• Rebels raise the stakes in Nigeria

• Majority of Irish businesses have a business continuity programme

• HP provides an update on the status of its Synstar acquisition offer

• Accounting for staff following an evacuation

• EC Working Time Directive changes proposed: New approaches aimed at preventing abuse may impact upon business continuity teams.

• New business continuity association launched in Australian / New Zealand marke

• Department of Homeland Security launches Ready Business

• Automata's Business Continuity Masterclass accredited by the BCI

• Official opening for SunGard Availability Services’ Bristol recovery centre

• Strong interest shown in National Fire Protection Association business continuity standard

• Islamic banking – managing liquidity risk

• Case study: KPMG Cayman Islands press release

• Telecommunications services – risk and vulnerability indicators

• ‘Ready Business’ to launch in the United States

• Microsoft introduces Data Protection Server

• Comment: making the case for business continuity advocacy

• Most terrorism response plans will fail, new study finds

• The dangers of employee peer to peer gambling

• Twelfth Financial Stability Forum meeting report

• 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




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