Business continuity news 20th September 2005

news headlines: 20th September 2005

BCI and DRII undertaking joint business continuity Professional Practices review
Revised Professional Practices document to be published in March 2006.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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What we learned from Hurricane Katrina and what we should do next to improve emergency planning
Dr. Jim Kennedy offers his thoughts.
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•Date: 20th Sept 2005 •Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Keeping an eye on Rita…
A tropical storm with the potential to become a major hurricane is advancing on the Gulf of Mexico.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Strohl Systems launches new corporate identity and Web seminar program
Highlighting the most essential aspects of continuity planning, “Plan. Practice. Prevail.” is Strohl’s new tagline.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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New suite of ‘on-net’ business continuity services from TelCove
Telcove launches E-Vaulting, Remote Shared Storage, and IP Storage Transport services.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Businesses affected by disasters must act to prevent a 'crisis within a crisis'
Chubb provides businesses with crisis guidance and resources.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: Salvage
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Former FEMA director James Lee Witt to lead ‘catastrophe coalition’
ProtectingNewYork.org to focus on private-public response.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• New chapters for Association of Contingency Planners
• Revivio announces general availability of CPS 1200 replication module
• FFIEC forms working group to address financial industry issues after Katrina
• Virtual PBX announces PBX Parachute Plus! Hot-standby backup phone system service
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Friday 16th September / Monday 19th
Thursday 15th September
Tuesday 13th Sept / Weds 14th

Friday 9th September / Monday 12th
Thursday 8th September
Tuesday 6th Sept / Weds 7th

Friday 2nd September / Monday 5th
Thursday 1st September
Wednesday 31st August

Friday 26th - Tuesday 30th August
Thursday 25th August
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Operational risk management: the difference between risk management and compliance

• Is it time to revisit the issue of distances to recovery sites?

• North America Business Continuity Awareness Week

• Bush orders emergency planning review

• Many of Britain’s SMEs still ignoring business continuity

• Lack of awareness of the Enterprise Act undermines UK business rescue culture

• FSTC leading US financial sector business continuity benchmarking project

• Coping with the emotional effects of major disasters

• Hurricane Ophelia: DHS outlines disaster preparations

• Financial Times and Symantec publish business continuity survey results

• Financial losses due to information security attacks increasing

• Fuel protests: business continuity lessons from 2000

• Mike Brown resigns from FEMA post

• London’s SMEs must develop business continuity plans NOW…

• Survey finds that almost 40 percent of US businesses still say that business continuity planning is not a priority

• Financial Stability Forum holds its fourteenth meeting, in London

• Earthquake briefing on Capitol Hill

• Hurricane Katrina: initial impacts on business continuity thinking

• Can removable disk technology supersede tape, fixed disk and hybrid solutions?

• New research offers clues to the way we can expect employees to react to different crises

• Bharti and IBM to offer joint business continuity services to Indian market

• Gartner evaluates the progress of Linux

• Scottish businesses not doing enough to guard against terrorist attacks

• FSSCC issues status report on the financial services sector’s business continuity response to Hurricane Katrina

• Fire, virus and human error are the three biggest threats to corporate data

• GemaTech and COLT sign business continuity partnership

• HP’s worldwide investment in business continuity and recovery facilities reaches US$100 million

• UK faces threat of fuel protests

• What can we learn from Katrina?

• Fraud risk being ignored by middle market UK companies: KPMG

• NASD provides guidance to members affected by Hurricane Katrina

• Regulators say insurance industry is prepared for Hurricane Katrina's cost

• Al-Qaida threatens more attacks on London

• Researchers project Hurricane Katrina effects on oil and gas production

• National Preparedness Month 2005 underway

• Department of Homeland Security Hurricane Katrina response update

• Katrina: offers of disaster recovery assistance

• The Center for Continuity Leadership launches two advanced level business continuity workshops

• President Bush sets out Hurricane Katrina disaster recovery priorities

• Be careful when hiring contractors for disaster repairs, warns FEMA

• Katrina disaster recovery response update

• Three other flooding disasters taking place

• United Nations issues avian influenza warning

• BSI publishes new UK biometrics standards

• Katrina: America starts to count the cost of a nightmare

• Hurricane Katrina: initial salvage, recovery and insurance advice

• Men more likely to fall prey to online scams, spam and viruses

• US National Preparedness Month 2005 to kick off with emergency preparedness fair

• New NIST program aims to foster better security checklists

• A second Andrew?

• How will multicore processing affect IT continuity?

• Avian influenza a real and growing pandemic threat

• Managing the risks of counterfeiting in the information technology industry

• Companies at risk from employees’ risky use of USB keys

• Maintaining thriving businesses amid the threat of terrorism

• Confusion between archiving and backup exists in many UK companies

• SunGard Availability Services launches new Managed Services Portal

• Lack of investment in e-mail systems opening companies up to various threats

• San Francisco area business recovery vendor fair

• Business continuity provides insurance discounts (for some…)

• New business continuity software helps manage multiple plans

• Australian Government announces new grant for local authority emergency planning activities

• New Asigra ‘Autonomic Healing’ process results in zero corruption backups

• September to be ‘Backup Awareness Month’ in the UK

• MessageOne launches enterprise emergency notification and escalation solution

• A check-list for dealing with a fatality involving anyone you have a ‘duty of care’ over

• Less than half of all UK businesses have a business continuity plan in place

• Bare media exposed

• Business continuity buy in...

• MCI expands business continuity and disaster recovery solutions

• Ohio businesses falling short

• Chertoff sets out US transit sector terrorism risk status

• Emotion rules: ignoring it won’t change anything…

• Building a truly resilient society requires a change of attitude

• SunGard acquisition completed

• Comprehensive database of computer vulnerabilities now available

• International SOS launches new services to help businesses prepare for influenza pandemic

• City of London Police commissioner criticises levels of financial sector business continuity planning

• Spotlight: business continuity in the UK’s insurance industry

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