news headlines: 29th Nov 2006

BS 25999-1:2006 available
Part one of the Business Continuity Management British Standard can now be purchased from BSI.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: UK standards
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New post-disaster preservative for electronic equipment introduced
Corrosion inhibitor increases the likelihood that electronic equipment and associated data can be restored following water or smoke damage.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Intellectual property theft by employees is an ignored risk
According to part two of Prefix security report.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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No room for complacency on Atlantic hurricane threat
As the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season draws to a close, Risk Management Solutions has reaffirmed its forecast of increased hurricane activity over the next five years.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Medical Journal of Australia warns of weaknesses in Australian pandemic planning
Warning contained in special supplement on ‘Preparing for an influenza pandemic’.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Call for papers: Business Continuity Journal
Following the successful launch by Continuity Central of the Business Continuity Journal, the peer-reviewed journal for the business continuity profession, we are now issuing a call for papers for the next couple of issues.
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•Date: 29th Nov 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• New ‘global highway’ to disseminate environmental disaster information
• 65 percent of financial services firms yet to identify or plan MiFID budgets
• Fighting spam, spyware and malicious software: European Member States should do better, says EC
• China issues alert about bird ‘flu outbreak in Republic of Korea
• Lakeview launches continuous data protection solutions for IBM System p
• Symantec picks up Revivio
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications
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