Business continuity news headlines: 22 October 2004

news headlines: 22nd October 2004

Integrating business continuity criteria into your supply chain
Geary Sikich takes a detailed look at strategies for supply chain business continuity management.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 •Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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The myths of business continuity and disaster recovery
Belinda Wilson explodes the top five myths about business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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European Commission announces new anti-terrorism measures
Focussed on consequence management of terrorist attacks and increasing critical infrastructure protection.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 • Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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MessageOne acquires Evergreen Assurance technology
Deal aimed at expanding MessageOne’s business continuity offerings.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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SunGard announces results for third quarter 2004
Net income increased 66 percent compared to same period in 2003.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 • Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Peak 10 launches ‘Recovery Express’
New disaster recovery solution aimed at small and mid-sized businesses.
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•Date: 22nd October 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
* Sector and Eagle Rock to offer disaster recovery
* KASHYA reveals the ‘next generation of cost-effective, long distance data protection’
* Internet copyright chaos undermines top brands
* ICM notches up eight consecutive years of Lloyd’s accreditation
* EVault introduces high availability data protection solutions
* Business continuity dictionary published
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More news:
Weds 20th October / Thurs 21st
Tuesday 19th October

Friday 15th October/ Monday 18th
Thursday 14th October
Wednesday 13th October

Friday 8th October - Tues 12th Oct
Thursday 7th October
Wednesday 6th October
Tuesday 5th October

Friday 1st October/ Monday 4th
Wednesday 29th Sept and Thurs 30th
Tuesday 28th September

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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• TAKE PART: Business impact analysis survey

• Phishing attacks could soon get a lot nastier

• US smaller businesses adopting more advanced disaster recovery solutions

• 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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