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news headlines: 30th June 2006

A perfect storm – why are some operational losses larger than others?
Basel II’s Loss Distribution Approach makes the assumption that all loss events are drawn from the same underlying ‘model’, and can be grouped using ‘Loss Event Types’. This paper by Patrick McConnell challenges these assumptions.
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Date: 30th June 2006 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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When the writing’s on the wall…
How can you tell when a business continuity plan is doomed before it is even written? John Glenn highlights a couple of tell-tale signs.
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Date: 30th June 2006 • Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Intellectual property theft and business continuity: a case study
Part one of a two part article in which Allen Johnson shows why intellectual property theft can be a genuine business continuity threat and offers some crisis management lessons from a real-life IP theft situation.
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Date: 30th June 2006 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Continuity Central and BCI to publish journal of record for the business continuity profession
The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and Continuity Central are working in partnership to launch the definitive journal for the business continuity profession. The first issue of this quarterly publication will be available in September 2006.
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Date: 30th June 2006• Region: UK/US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New ISO/IEC standard developed to help businesses detect IT intruders
A framework for the detection of intrusions in computer systems is contained in a new standard from ISO and IEC.
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Date: 30th June 2006• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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New research challenges current US disaster and terrorism response strategies
New homeland security research findings that challenge some current government strategies have been published and discussed before an audience that included a large contingent from the federal policy community.
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Date: 30th June 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Flooding in North-East United States: update page
This page provides an update on the current situation and access to disaster management information and resources. UPDATED
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Date: 30th June 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Strohl Systems and ESi partner to develop disaster recovery management tool
• Auckland to remain vulnerable to major power outages for next two years
• XOsoft and AmeriVault offer fast-track program to help organizations prepare for hurricane season
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications

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Survey: Business continuity one year on from July 7th TAKE PART

Draft version of business continuity British Standard to be released on Monday July 3rd

Flooding in North-East United States: update page

Banking banana skins poll results

‘Plan for power’, says Datacentre Networking Group

ACP initiative to help US small and medium-sized businesses develop business continuity plans

New e-book published: ‘101 uses for emergency notification’

Disaster recovery unwrapped...

Report warns of lack of preparation to recover the Internet following a catastrophic cyber disruption

Comment on the Cadbury recall

‘Is Net neutrality bad for national preparedness?’

Ensuring the availability of America's power grid

CITYSAFE launches Virtual Exercise System

People aspects of business continuity: consider the built environment

Striking the balance between storage security and availability

Technology, media and telecoms companies are business continuity laggards

2005 Hurricane Season WAS enhanced by global warming: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Metropolitan Police Authority invites businesses to take part in 'Counter-Terrorism: The London Debate'

TOPOFF 4 and Forward Challenge 2006 exercise completed

Risk managers told to punch their weight

Data leakage: a real business continuity issue

AT&T's 2006 business continuity study

Consumer businesses face increasing threat from intellectual property theft

Auckland major power outage: the business continuity impacts

Many companies don't realise they are taking huge risks due to gaps in insurance cover for environmental incidents

Tek-Tools releases Backup Policy Auditor

Five application integration trends to watch

Department of Homeland Security publishes review of catastrophic event preparedness

How prepared are UK businesses for disaster?

Continuity Central supporting Times business continuity supplement

Buncefield explosion cost local businesses £70 million

Business continuity a priority for the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Reliability is not availability

Business continuity and disaster recovery in customer services

Isolated approach can risk the best laid business continuity plans

International Oracle Users Group survey on high availability trends

US agencies provide financial institutions with hurricane-related business continuity advice

Food and drink companies 'dared' to address risk and crisis management needs

Companies see the risk of removable media but still turn a blind eye

Business continuity unwrapped...

‘The Risk Intelligent Enterprise ERM Done Right’

NIST releases report on Katrina-Rita impacts on structures

‘List of business issues for firms to consider when planning for a pandemic’

Factoring climate change into risk assessment and management processes

Reputational risk assessment

Current UK NHS emergency and continuity of operations plans are ‘vastly inadequate’

Business Continuity Management British Standard to be available for public review in July

‘Business continuity oversight expectations for systemically important payment systems (SIPS)’

Auckland businesses suffer wide-area power outage

APEC Pandemic Response Exercise report

Florida prepares for Alberto

Securing the mail stream

Standardization for enterprise power security and continuity

Testing still the business continuity weak link

Counter terrorism and business

Continuity Central shortlisted for BT IT security journalism awards

Automata International Business Continuity Summer School

European Commission helps to establish $70 million avian ‘flu facility at the World Bank

Significant differences exist between how directors understand risk and how their companies manage risk

Lords Select Committee publishes review of Government risk management policies and activities

BCI publishes Italian version of Business Continuity Good Practice Guidelines

Instant Messaging attacks jump 500 percent in May

GAO reports on US tsunami preparedness

IBM to launch pandemic preparedness consulting service

‘London’s emergency plans must be changed’, says London Assembly report into 7th July bombings

International Facility Management Association provides view of current state of pandemic planning

University of Illinois at Chicago launches online ‘Emergency Management and Continuity Planning Campus Certificate’ course

Australia to lead APEC pandemic response exercise

BT launches ‘Risk Cockpit’

Disaster planning guidelines for gulf coast businesses

Business continuity training: a snapshot

Pandemic planning: a review of respirator and mask protection levels

DHS launches Ready Business Mentoring Initiative

Contingency Planning Exchange’s Washington DC Chapter launch meeting

IBM introduces ‘next-generation storage virtualization software’

Securing software

UCF, Georgia researchers: New Orleans is the US city most at risk of hurricane damage in 2006

CD available to help businesses in Eastern England deal with business crime and make terrorism preparations

WHO concerned about cluster of human H5N1 deaths in Indonesia

New ISO standard aims to ensure the security of financial transactions on the Internet

DHS outlines Hurricane Season preparations

‘Learning from disasters’

Terrorists hiding computer files in plain sight: steganography less observable than encryption

Hurricane season: there’s good news and there’s bad news




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