Business continuity news 23rd September 2005

news headlines: 23rd September 2005

Hurricane Rita updates
This page will be updated regularly to track Hurricane Rita related business continuity and disaster recovery issues.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: US• Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Selling business continuity to finance directors
Nick Sutton discusses how business continuity professionals can gain more budget allocation for their departments.
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•Date: 23rd Sept 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Selling to board
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Singapore Technical Reference for business continuity
UPDATED New business continuity guidelines launched in Singapore.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: SE Asia • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Data overload puts UK retail sector under pressure
Half of retail companies cite complex technology as the major barrier to implementing a data storage strategy.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Federal Reserve: ‘We have no plans to conduct special investigations of business continuity and disaster recovery plans post Katrina’
The Federal Reserve has issued a statement to deny claims that it about to increase scrutiny of banking organisations' business continuity and disaster recovery plans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: US• Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Avian influenza: no need to panic over situation in Indonesia, says WHO
Contrary to some speculation in the regional press, current investigations in Indonesia have produced no evidence that avian influenza is reaching epidemic status in the country.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: Asia Pacific • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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RMS assesses United States terrorism threat outlook
Overall US threat level reduced but risk of ‘extreme’ attacks increased.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Irish government business continuity plans criticised
• Telewest Business powers British Energy's business continuity strategy
• Asigra survey highlights tape backup failures
• Inteligy launches telecoms continuity solution
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Success of 7th July business continuity measures must not lead to complacency…

• Impact on employees is biggest long-term Katrina-related business disruption worry

• Continuity, Katrina and the Fed

• Pharmaceutical companies need to improve their risk management framework: KPMG

• Keeping an eye on Rita…

• What we learned from Hurricane Katrina and what we should do next to improve emergency planning

• BCI and DRII undertaking joint business continuity Professional Practices review

• Strohl Systems launches new corporate identity and Web seminar program

• New suite of ‘on-net’ business continuity services from TelCove

• Businesses affected by disasters must act to prevent a 'crisis within a crisis'

• Former FEMA director James Lee Witt to lead ‘catastrophe coalition’

• 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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