news headlines: 31st August 2005

Katrina: America starts to count the cost of a nightmare
UPDATED The situation is still far from clear, but the cost in human lives, destroyed buildings and damaged infrastructure appears to be huge.
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•Date: 30th and 31st August 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Hurricane Katrina: initial salvage, recovery and insurance advice
Information from the Institute for Business & Home Safety and the Food Marketing Institute.
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•Date: 31st August 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Salvage
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Men more likely to fall prey to online scams, spam and viruses
New research reveals difference in Internet risk depending on whether the user is male or female.
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•Date: 31st August 2005 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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US National Preparedness Month 2005 to kick off with emergency preparedness fair
Will take place at Union Station, West Hall, Washington D.C.
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•Date: 31st August 2005 • Region: N.America • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New NIST program aims to foster better security checklists
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a program to facilitate the development and sharing of security configuration checklists.
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•Date: 31st August 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Screening for security
• European Commission approves acquisition of StorageTek by Sun Microsystems
• DRI International now has its own monthly radio program
• Sainsbury's starts supplier business continuity vetting
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