news headlines: 23rd June 2006

People aspects of business continuity: consider the built environment
Changes to the environment in your facilities can have a big impact on staff availability.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC buildings and fac.
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Striking the balance between storage security and availability
Any good strategy for data storage protection includes a strategic balance between information availability and information security.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Technology, media and telecoms companies are business continuity laggards
According to ‘Protecting the Digital Assets,’ a new survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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2005 Hurricane Season WAS enhanced by global warming: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research implies that the increase in hurricane threat may be here to stay.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Metropolitan Police Authority invites businesses to take part in 'Counter-Terrorism: The London Debate'
The consultation event for businesses will take place on Thursday 6 July.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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TOPOFF 4 and Forward Challenge 2006 exercise completed
Included a test of Federal continuity of operations plans.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Testing and Exercising
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Risk managers told to punch their weight
Risk managers were told to put more pressure on insurance service providers to improve contract certainty and transparency by John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), at the recent Association of Insurance Risk Managers (AIRMIC) annual conference.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Op.risk
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• 2nd Business Continuity Management Forum
• BCI Symposium 2006
• What are examiners looking for when they examine banks for compliance?
• Government of Saskatchewa publishes business continuity guide
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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