news headlines: 30th July 2007

Registration now open for US pandemic 'flu exercise
SIFMA has announced that registration for the multi-week, US financial services sector pandemic exercise is now open.
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•Date: 30th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning US
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New risk for UK organisations: corporate manslaughter
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act gets Royal Assent.
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•Date: 30th July 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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SHARE user group publishes ‘Top five strategies to employ to ensure business continuity’
Checklist of the top five strategies that enterprise-class IT users should employ.
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•Date: 30th July 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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GAO report finds that Federal Agencies have ‘persistent weaknesses’ in information security
Almost all of the major federal agencies had weaknesses in one or more areas of information security controls.
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•Date: 30th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Frequency of Atlantic hurricanes doubled over last century: researchers
Study concludes that warmer sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and altered wind patterns associated with global climate change are fueling much of the increase.
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•Date: 30th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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MarquisNet opens new co-location and disaster recovery facility
At Riverside, California.
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•Date: 30th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Tailoring computer security for industrial controls
• European Commission provides €18M for disaster preparedness
• Cisco unveils plans to transform the data center
• President declares major disaster for Nebraska
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
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