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news headlines: 20th October 2006

Business Continuity Journal now available
The first issue of Continuity Central’s new high level Business Continuity Journal has been published.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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A supervisory perspective on enterprise risk management
Susan Schmidt Bies, Member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, used the American Bankers Association Annual Convention as a forum to present her views on enterprise risk management in the banking sector.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Op. risk
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Remote working has risks as well as business continuity benefits
Remote and home working has been touted as one of the more effective business continuity measures that can be taken to ensure that business operations can continue through any future influenza pandemic. But as well as being a potential panacea, it also brings with it substantial new risks, as well as hidden financial costs.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Teleworking and BC
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Queensland Government publishes pandemic-related business continuity resources
‘Action Plan for Pandemic Influenza’ and associated ‘Business Continuity Planning Notes’ released by Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Risk management is essential to every business
Lord Levene, Chairman of Lloyd’s, has called for all businesses to make risk management a key priority.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business Continuity Strategies: Protecting Against Unplanned Disasters, 3rd Edition
Research and Markets has announced the addition of ‘Business Continuity Strategies: Protecting Against Unplanned Disasters, 3rd Edition’ to their range of business books.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Plan development
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NOAA issues US winter forecast update
NOAA's heating degree day forecast for December, January and February projects a two percent warmer winter than the 30-year average but about eight percent cooler than last year.
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•Date: 20th October 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• NDR in VAR recruitment drive
• Tyler Technologies wins City of Lowell , Massachusetts, disaster recovery contract
• Marsh expands business continuity management team
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:

• UK tests ‘intelligent sensors’ for real-time flood warning system

• Citrix survey looks at business continuity take-up in various European countries

• Outlook for the Queensland Tropical Cyclone Season 2006-07

• Financial Services Authority reports on thematic review of stress testing

• Compellent’s Thin Replication solution aims to make multi-site replication easier and cheaper

• Netstore to make bid for ICM?

• BSI launches PAS 77 IT Service Continuity Management framework

• UK critical infrastructure risks examined

• SunGard launches ‘Enhanced Recovery’

• Hawaii earthquake disaster recovery update

• BakBone survey predicts increased adoption of replication and disaster recovery solutions in North America

• WAN requirements for successful disaster recovery

• Buncefield Joint Task Group calls for immediate action

• UK financial sector Annual Market-wide Exercise gets underway

• US securities industry gears up for business continuity test

• NIST issues new computer security guidance documents

• Huge fire destroys over 100 factories in Bangladesh

• BSI Business Continuity Management Conference

• Results of the BCI Board elections

• World Bank calls for governments to increase their focus on disaster risks

• Companies failing to provide enough resources for risk management

• Australian financial sector gets pandemic planning guidance

• Business continuity and disaster recovery driving archiving activities

• ‘After-action report’ for 2005 hurricane season response published

• It’s Disaster Awareness Week in New Zealand…

• As business continuity complexity increases, don’t forget the basics…

• The reinvention of backup and disaster recovery

• Corporate crime – the need for prevention and cure

• One anti-virus engine is not enough to protect your business, warns GFI

• New group CEO for SunGard Availability Services

• EU business survey identifies target countries in fight against counterfeiting

• European businesses struggle to manage security labyrinth

• MarquisNet opens 125-seat Disaster Recovery Service Center near Las Vegas airport

• Iron Mountain publishes white paper on changing US electronic discovery rules and e-records management implications

• Business resiliency on tour

• BIS releases various Basel II and operational risk documents

• New technologies tackle remote office backup

• European Commission to focus business continuity activities

• ‘Continuity Program Auditor’ launched

• UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat develops Civil Contingencies Act information dissemination portal

• Chertoff welcomes passage of FY2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill by the US House of Representatives

• Revive BCM Toolkit version 7.4 released

• Defining business continuity

• Crisis management: how to plan for the unknown

• Report reveals alarming attitudes to data theft in the UK workplace

• Majority of Canadian executives tell survey that their company has no business continuity plan

• Wake up to IT's energy crisis, urges Gartner

• Satyam stages cross-border business continuity exercise in Singapore and India

• Study shows Internet to be resilient against terror attack

• IBM and Avokia set new record for long-range database clustering

• GPS Receivers at serious risk from solar flares

• Pandemic ‘flu preparedness going slowly in the US

• TelstraClear conducts successful disaster recovery simulation

• Pandemic Response Planning Services launched by Sungard Availability Services

• ICM releases financial results

• Hazard & Risk Science Review 2006 published

• FTC announces acquisition of United Recovery Services

• DHS awards $399m critical infrastructure security grants

• New Zealand businesses warned to 'prepare for the worst'

• How to choose a business continuity consultant

• Communicating in a crisis – which technologies can be relied on?

• Two new reports into 7th July London attacks published

• Attention COMAH operators…

• Edge Business Continuity Center opens its doors

• Over a third of the UK’s admit their e-mail management system is in ‘complete chaos’

• Post disaster worries highlight lack of business continuity awareness raising

• Companies failing to keep up with brand and reputation threats linked to information security issues

• Gartner highlights five high impact IT security risks

• IAEM comments on FEMA reform

• New self-healing software diagnoses IT problems based on symptoms

• Trends in data recovery management

• Details of Annual Market-wide Exercise 2006 published

• Disaster recovery is a weak link in US insurance sector business continuity planning

• Strohl Systems launches Incident Manager 3.0

• The Global State of Information Security 2006

• List of riskiest US cities published

• Understanding personalities is key to effective business continuity planning

• Intelligent data protection in today's enterprise

• DHS publishes Cyber Storm exercise report

• Every business needs an emergency supply kit: FEMA

• Water added to model of Australia’s critical infrastructure

• Aerospace and defence sector uniquely at risk from fraud

• Wireless users: beware of ‘fingerprinting’

• IBM introduces breakthrough technology to ensure data privacy

• DHL uses National Preparedness Month 2006 to focus on human resource continuity

• Framework for Pandemic Influenza Planning published

• Business Continuity – the Risk Management Expo 2007

• US water industry praised for addressing the 'very complex beast' of terrorism, natural disasters

• Financial Stability Forum meets in Paris

• UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat gives Civil Contingencies Act updates

• 9/11 anniversary roundup

• How to choose a business continuity consultant…

• Getting to grips with mobilising crisis teams

• GAO issues reports into major disaster response

• Researchers aim to tackle the ultimate continuity challenge…

• Anti-Phishing Working Group reports 40 percent rise in crimeware sites

• E-Crime incidents are declining yet their impact is increasing

• Study shows the long term impacts of disasters

• ISO publishes best practice guidelines for implementing supply chain security

• IBM takes control of Brazilian provider of business continuity and recovery services

• The majority of securities firms cannot prevent e-mails that may violate corporate and regulatory standards

• Are executive boards ready to make room for a Chief Continuity Officer?

• UK SMEs relying on mobile ‘phones for telecoms continuity

• One to watch: Tropical Storm Florence

• KLG Systel Ltd forms partnership with Strohl Systems to service Indian market

• Australia's data centre professionals discuss power supply and other risks

• European heat waves set to become more severe: new research

• BS 25999 certification survey

• Is London really prepared for the flood threat?



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