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news headlines: 28th May 2004

Off-shoring – a risky business?
John Monks highlights areas for the business continuity professional to consider when deciding to move mission-critical functions overseas.

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Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Selecting a business continuity planner
Consultant or staff; generalist or specialist. The choice is yours. John Glenn provides some help.

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Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Survivable functional units: balancing an enterprise’s mission and technology
Lawrence R. Rogers explains how this concept can help IT technicians understand their contribution to enterprise continuity.
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Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Huge increase seen in successful information security attacks
According to Deloitte & Touche Global Financial Services Survey.

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Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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BankThai deploys Cisco Optical Network for IT continuity
Enables real-time data replication to BankThai's disaster recovery centre.

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Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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‘Handling a crisis: lead government departments' areas of responsibility’
The UK government has published guidance which will enable business continuity planners to understand which government department will take the lead in any particular type of major crisis.

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Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
Civil Contingencies Bill amendment clears the way for a UK department of homeland security Go

Survive outlines new strategy Go

Security budgets fail to keep pace with the increasing threat Go

New risk-based approach considered for US homeland security funding Go

How to prioritise the BCP effort with recovery timeframe objectives Go

Supply chain often neglected during business continuity planning Go

NISCC publishes ‘Good Practice Guide to Telecommunications Resilience’ Go

Synstar wins two prestigious titles at Business Continuity Awards ceremony Go

Crunch time for the BCI? Further responses… Go

Financial institutions struggling to fend-off escalating security threats Go

Crunch time for the BCI? Your responses… Go

Crunch time for the Business Continuity Institute? Go

A review of UK and London resilience Go

Federal Government tests continuity of operations plans Go

Is ‘incident’ a better term to use rather than ‘emergency’ and ‘crisis’ within BCM? Go

Basel II takes major step forward Go

Risk of electricity blackouts increasing: survey Go

Gartner highlights the importance of risk assessment in outsourcing contracts Go

Get out of jail free? Go

NASD publishes notice to members on business continuity planning regulations... Go

Continuing the training debate... Go

Australian government publishes terrorism advice leaflet Go

Small businesses understand the importance of disaster recovery but fail to act Go

Canada outlines new critical infrastructure framework Go

The changing face of business continuity Go

9-11 Commission presented with business continuity recommendations Go

Emergency notification methods: what are the risks? Go




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