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news headlines: 22nd February 2005

Avian Flu a ‘very ominous’ threat
Further mutation could precipitate the worst pandemic in human history, warns CDC's chief influenza scientist.

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Date: 22nd February 2005 • Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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IDA has big plans for BC/DR supplier certification standard
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore would like to see its standard adopted worldwide.

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Date: 22nd February 2005 • Region: SE Asia Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Crisis communications case study: Deloitte
Following a fire at the Deloitte Office Tower in Madrid , Deloitte issued the following crisis communications media statement...

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Date: 22nd February 2005 • Region: W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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MessageOne launches ‘first fully automated high availability failover service for Windows applications’
Provides the controls to initiate failover and failback at the push of a button.

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Date: 22nd February 2005 • Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Interim National Infrastructure Protection Plan published
• Symantec launches enterprise-class anti-spyware solutions
• Is your supply chain your weakest link?
• LiveVault unveils solution for automated end-to-end data backup and recovery
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
Institute of Directors urges UK companies to draw up business continuity plans

Business Continuity Institute publishes Awareness Week support tools

Joint Forum releases outsourcing guidance for financial services

ICM opens new recovery centre

2004 figures show healthy growth at SunGard

The perils of scenario-based planning

How to handle change better than the rest

Business security trends for 2005

European countries launch joint drive to combat spam

Maryland court decision sets precedent on emergency evacuations for people with disabilities

Businesses threatened by upcoming IT workforce shortage

7 percent budget increase requested for US Department of Homeland Security in 2006

EU sets out global climate change mitigation agenda

McKesson and SunGard Availability Services to offer specialist disaster recovery solution for hospitals

Houston selected for AT&T network disaster recovery exercise

SIA publishes Critical Infrastructure Guide

New research programme aims to increase EU-wide resilience

Basel II will be the focus of IT investments for Western European Banks in 2006 and 2007

The ins and outs of workplace recovery

When activists attack

Is your business interruption insurance as comprehensive as you think?

Information security attack summary: January

New research uncovers security and audit risks exposed in business documents

Climate change cards put on the table

New product aims to eliminate computer system crashes and software security flaws

De Nederlandsche Bank publishes business continuity assessment framework

Business continuity management slowly gaining ground

Fraudsters an increasing continuity threat to UK businesses

FSA sets out 2005 business continuity goals

Business Continuity Awareness Week confusion looms

World Economic Forum warned about ‘boiling frog’ syndrome

FSSCC annual report details progress on sector-wide business continuity preparedness

Don’t ignore the bigger picture

Crisis management - the known, the unknown, and the unknowable

UK government to set up CBRN decontamination service

NIST and NSA develop common specification language for writing security checklists and related documents

M15 publishes bomb threat procedures for businesses

Singapore’s Standard for Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Service Providers explored

Survey finds that employee laptop risks still not being addressed

Strohl Systems launches PLANet 2.0

New board of directors for the Association of Contingency Planners

Determining risk appetite

Building a capable emergency management team

Beware the ‘evil twin’

Case study: How high availability can support business continuity

Comment: Does the business continuity model start in the wrong place? UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS

Risk outlook for financial sector published by FSA




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