Business continuity news 24th September 2004

news headlines: 24 September 2004

Accounting for staff following an evacuation
A risk assessment of methodologies, by Alan Lloyd.
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•Date: 24th Sept 2004 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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EC Working Time Directive changes proposed
New approaches aimed at preventing abuse may impact upon business continuity teams.
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•Date: 24th September 2004 • Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New business continuity association launched in Australian / New Zealand market
Continuity Forum Pty Ltd will provide training, conferencing and other member services.
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•Date: 24th September 2004 • Region: Australasia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Security becomes key concern in global sourcing: Gartner
Gartner uses IT Security Summit to explain how to mitigate global sourcing risks.
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•Date: 24th Sept 2004 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Department of Homeland Security launches Ready Business
Campaign aimed at promoting business continuity to US enterprises.
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•Date: 24th September 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Automata's Business Continuity Masterclass accredited by the BCI
International training course officially endorsed by The Business Continuity Institute.
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•Date: 24th September 2004 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• 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

• Jamaica prepares for Ivan

• Gartner offers free disaster recovery advice for organisations affected by Hurricanes Charley and Frances

• Guidelines on business continuity planning issued by the State Bank of Pakistan

• New head of UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat appointed

• Update on HP purchase of Synstar

• Business continuity planning - how long should it take?

• It's time to stop the excuses

• Vulnerabilities of US power grid identified

• Where do I start in business continuity?

• US organisations gearing up for National Preparedness Month

• BCP testing under the spotlight

• SunGard invests in new Luxembourg recovery centre

• Hurricane Frances threatens East Coast US businesses

• A layered approach to IP SANs…

• 10 candidates for 2004 Business Continuity Institute board elections

• New modelling techniques could lead to better flood forecasting

• Putting the case for tape…

• The brand – estimating its vulnerability

• US Department of Health & Human Services issues national Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan

• 2004 Waters Rankings gives US market leadership position to IBM

• FSTC publishes detailed analysis of technology recovery in the financial services industry

• Isle of Man aims to become centre for disaster recovery services

• HP’s proposed acquisition of Synstar - more of the same?

• Financial institutions see reputational risk as the greatest threat

• Winternals Recovery Manager helps minimise the risks of deploying Windows XP Service Pack 2

• Achieving resilience – best practices in business continuity

• Surviving unplanned downtime…

• New version of RecoveryPAC Web to be launched in September

• US regional differences in business continuity planning identified

• Viewing the continuity development process with 20/20 vision

• UK businesses complacent about communications disaster planning

• The highs and lows of continuity software

• Colour co-ordinated…

• Recovery centre location is top concern for UK business continuity managers

• Northeast America blackout anniversary offers reminder of importance of emergency backup power

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