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news headlines: 21st January 2005

Determining risk appetite
Mark Carey explores this important aspect of business continuity and risk management programs.

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Date: 21st January 2005•Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Risk assessment
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Building a capable emergency management team
Perhaps the single most important factor in determining the long-term success of an enterprise during a crisis is the performance of the emergency management team. Jim Burtles explains how to go about building an excellent EMT.

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Date: 21st January 2005•Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Beware the ‘evil twin’
Evil twin hotspots are a new menace warns Cranfield University.

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Date: 21st January 2005 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Case study: How high availability can support business continuity
How HA and BC can be complimentary solutions without great expense and complexity.

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Date: 21st January 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: High availability
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Comment: Does the business continuity model start in the wrong place? UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS
Do the standard BC models leave organisations that are developing their first plans vulnerable for too long?

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Date: 21st January 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
Data protection and information security are high priorities for businesses in 2005: Gartner
New MS SQL data replication and failover using Snapshot technology
• CPM 2005 West

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2003 archive

Top headlines from the past four weeks:
Risk outlook for financial sector published by FSA

European IT directors believe that data storage is critical to enterprise business continuity: survey

Symantec and VERITAS announce integration team

Stress testing continuing to evolve as a practical risk management tool

Social continuity – consequential impacts and terrorism

EVault expands operations in the United Kingdom

Voting in Iraq election will take place in the UK, increasing the terror risk

A ‘standards based’ approach to operational risk management under Basel II

The hidden vulnerability of cities to natural disasters: underground spaces

Resilient data centre selection and design

ICM to launch expanded London recovery centre

Caribbean tsunami ‘a matter of when, not if’

Researchers developing crisis management support tool

Japanese government to promote private-sector business continuity

Center of Excellence for Behavioral and Social Research on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism to be established

Nordic IT security overview

US National Response Plan for disasters and terrorist attacks launched

The threat within - why businesses need to manage and monitor employee e-mail usage

Security considerations for Voice over IP systems

How much security is enough?

Report published into UK financial markets business continuity exercise

WAN throughput is limiting factor in many business continuity and disaster recovery plans

Researchers develop new tool to detect bioterrorism agents

SunGard finalises Inflow acquisition

Communicable diseases: business continuity issues

DRI International to promote Global Business Continuity Awareness Week

US Treasury publishes model for regional business continuity coalitions

UK and Ireland spending on IT security expected to double in 2005

The ‘art’ of business continuity – BC recruiting

Business continuity in 2005

Successful business continuity programs: be strategic from the start

IBM helps New York Stock Exchange achieve virtually zero-downtime trading

Technology trends for 2005

Symantec and VERITAS - it's official!

ChicagoFIRST receives Congressional recognition

Majority of UK organisations ignore collaboration risks

AmeriVault launches data replication service

BCM document quality control

Business continuity for beginners

Chartered Management Institute to conduct detailed survey of the UK business continuity market

World Health Organization conference turns the spotlight on pandemic planning

Deloitte releases 2004 global risk management survey results

Cyber-crime: how to fight back

The unexpected benefits of good business continuity

US and UK agree to work together to develop enhanced risk assessment methods for critical infrastructure protection

Public consultation on the UK Civil Contingencies Act regulations and guidance launched

SunGard named Waters Magazine's `2004 Best Business Continuity Planning Provider'

Boardroom changes at the Business Continuity Institute

IBM abandons Schlumberger Ireland acquisition

When the customer might not always be right…

Incident management checklist

NIMS and the Incident Management System

Singapore takes the lead in business continuity supplier certification

Telecommunications resiliency best practices for financial institutions

How effective is mobile telephony in a crisis?

2004 Excellence in Business Continuity Planning Award

Eighth British Academy Lecture focuses on risk

UK Business Continuity Awareness Week 2005

SpyWare becoming a major threat to enterprise environments around the world

Studies show that many businesses ignore the need for succession planning

PAS 56 – defining a standard

FEMA reports record amount of disaster aid distributed for 2004 Hurricane Season response

UK financial markets business continuity test yields ‘encouraging results’

Business continuity on a limited budget: part two

Only a minority of UK companies fully understand e-mail-use compliance

MI5 issues CBRN guidance

UK government sets out way forward for Operating and Financial Review

Planning for extreme events by understanding risk

Poor crisis communications puts reputations at risk

UK companies unprepared for Sarbanes Oxley compliance

New power supply solution could help remote workers’ business continuity

Looking ahead – the real threats to business

Council survey displays need for BC jargon-busting

The most frequently covered crises

Business continuity aspects of the Civil Contingencies Act

UK Civil Contingencies Bill gets Royal Assent




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