news headlines: 27th Oct 2006

Continuous data protection comes of age
Mark Ferelli explains how continuous data protection helps businesses meet their recovery time and recovery point objectives.
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Dealing with people after disasters
The UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport has published a report it commissioned looking into the above topic.
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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New ISO/PAS helps supply chain continuity
ISO/PAS 28003 gives requirements for auditing and certification of supply chain security management systems.
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Whitney National Bank learns business continuity lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Spends $2.1 million on measures to ensure that problems experienced during last year’s storms do not happen again.
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New research shows the growing threat posed by drought
Areas under extreme drought could increase to 30 percent from today's figure of 3 percent.
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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China industrial development resulting in increasing exposure to earthquakes
There is an urgent need to evaluate hazard and vulnerability and to build a comprehensive picture of seismic risk across the nation.
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Action list for developing a computer security incident response team
CERT has published a checklist style document which provides a high-level overview of actions to take and topics to address when planning and implementing a computer security incident response team (CSIRT).
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•Date: 27th October 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Call centres infiltrated by gangs to steal ID information
• Business Continuity Seminar and Resilience Exhibition
• continuous availability summit 2007
• EC provides more funds for enhancing European prevention, preparedness and response to terrorism
• India terrorism assessment, 2006
• Solcara Crisis Control Centre version 1.5
• Joint Critical Infrastructure Conference
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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