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news headlines: 30th April 2004

The changing face of business continuity
David Honour overviews the new generation technologies that will influence business continuity planning in the future.

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Date: 30th April 2004 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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9-11 Commission presented with business continuity recommendations
American National Standards Institute asking Commission to accept a voluntary national preparedness standard based on NFPA 1600.

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Date: 30th April 2004 •Region: N.America•Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Bank failures in mature economies
New Basel Committee report helps shed light on the frequency of failure by risk type.

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Date: 30th April 2004 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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‘Patterns of Global Terrorism’ annual report published
Overall terrorist attacks lowest since 1969, but attacks on US targets increase compared to 2002 level.

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Date: 30th April 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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MI5 launches business security website
Aimed at providing businesses with up to date terrorist threat assessments and advice.

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Date: 30th April 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Automata offering special training deals for UK health service
Large discounts offered off Business Continuity Masterclass.

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Date: 30th April 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
DEFRA makes commitment to business continuity Go

Banning Instant Messaging does not reduce business risks Go

Synstar opens Luxembourg business recovery centre Go

NASDAQ reports that it has successfully completed market-wide disaster recovery tests Go

Emergency notification methods: what are the risks? Go

Building a continuity culture: the importance of measuring attitudes to risk Go

Banks may benefit from delaying advanced compliance to Basel Go

Risk management must be a board issue: Lloyd’s chairman Go

Taking business continuity training and education forward Go

IBM introduces ‘world's fastest global business continuity technology’ Go

ICM doubles its City of London business recovery capacity Go

Business continuity training is generally inadequate Go

Business resilience – the next step forward for business continuity Go

Business Continuity Institute advertises for senior executive Go

55 percent of industrial companies addressing supply chain contingency planning issues Go

IBM acquires Schlumberger Business Continuity Services unit Go

SIA publishes updated information on ‘Unexpected Market Close’ procedures and implications Go

Dependency unlimited Go

BCI outlines its succession plan Go

Secretariat issues Civil Contingencies Bill update Go

Business continuity training survey Go

From disappearing boundaries to security governance Go

Checklist: protecting employees on new overseas assignments Go

Further lessons from Manchester Go

Classic Blue opens Adelaide business recovery centre Go

Manchester incident displays telecoms dependencies Go




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