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news headlines: 31st March 2009

iconResilience in recession
When times are tough business continuity management becomes even more important, says John Matthews.
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•Date: 31st March 2009• Region:UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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iconThe role of HR in business continuity management
The Business Continuity Institute has released the results of a survey which looked at the role of human resource departments in BCM.
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•Date:31st March 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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iconDHS releases its own worm detection tool
Can be used by the federal government, commercial vendors, state and local governments, and critical infrastructure owners and operators to scan their networks for the Conficker/Downadup computer worm.
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•Date:31st March 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
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iconICM launches new ‘Replication as a Service’ solution
Ensures that users have the fastest possible access to their data during times of business interruption.
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•Date:31st March 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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iconFraud can tip you over the edge...
There are big risks in treating fraud as a low priority in the recession, small businesses are being warned by the Fraud Advisory Panel (FAP).
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•Date:31st March 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Today's issue includes:
• EU publishes update on critical information infrastructures protection
• Emergency declaration for Minnesota
Appointment of President of the BCI Australasian Chapter
• Chertoff to lead security and risk management advisory firm
• Sydney experiences widearea power blackout
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts

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Top headlines from the past few weeks:

ASIS International releases organizational resilience standard

Tripartite Authorities reiterate London protests warning

New online self-assessment tool from BSI British Standards

BCI briefs MPs about business continuity management

Data storage practices are not in line with data storage policies: survey

The BANGs 2009

Advance made in intruder detection

NIST stairwell evacuation study published

Service levels vs. recovery times

SunGard Availability Services launches new partner program

UK economy loses £11.1 billion a year to major disruptions, claims the BCI

Business Continuity Benchmarking Survey 2009

RIMS publishes paper on ERM technology solutions

UK Home Office launches new counter terrorism strategy

‘Corporate Defense Insights: Dispatches from the Front Line’

Chartered Management Institute issues its tenth annual report into business continuity in the UK

New ISO standard for building escape and evacuation plans published

Overcoming silos seen as biggest challenge to effective enterprise risk management programs

ENISA publishes IT continuity resources

Alarm developing competency guidance for UK public sector risk managers

Online backup gaining ground in UK companies

iJET issues pandemic preparedness report

Will al-Qaeda’s next attack on America be a cyber attack?

Business ‘Survival Guide’ launched by the Business Continuity Institute

Main US federal disaster relief law has fallen behind modern threat levels, NYU professor finds

Continuity Software introduces RecoverGuard v4.0

Natural disaster risks for 2009 assessed

Gearing up for Global Business Continuity Awareness Week

City of London Corporation to brief firms on April anti-capitalist protest

Risk trends in the global life sciences industry examined

Gartner makes identity and access management predictions

Lack of end user training is a large and growing threat to IT security

Latest issue of the Business Continuity Journal available

Fire damage stats show the importance of ‘every day’ threats

US to get new Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention American National Standard

Civil Contingencies Secretariat publishes Emergency Response and Recovery consultation draft

RFID resilience

Texas companies get new business continuity options

Cloud Computing is more than just hype: IDC

Head in the cloud?

Standards Australia cancels business continuity standard consultation process

Selection of Fugate to lead FEMA welcomed

Security implications of the virtualized data centre

INTERPOL Secretary General warns against complacency over Al Qaeda

UK local authorities given high marks for business continuity

London flood risks examined

Association of State Floodplain Managers adds its voice to the call for an independent FEMA

Crisis communications: how to slow or stop negative news

Flexible working and business continuity

A tailored diagnostic tool

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure leaders introduce FEMA Independence Bill

BSI looking for reviewers

Standards Australia releases three-part draft business continuity standard

You cannot outsource your responsibilities...

Worldwide survey of VMware users finds that business continuity is the main implementation driver

VMware brings high availability to virtualization management

Updated recommendations for protecting wireless, remote access data

FEMA grants $5 million for sea level rise study in North Carolina

Asset management and disaster recovery

IRS business continuity measures investigated

COSO releases ‘Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems’

Data storage industry on the verge of a miniaturization leap

2009 National Infrastructure Protection Plan

The impacts of the current economic environment on organizational security

BSI launches BS 25777

Deadline extended for Business Continuity Awards nominations

Supplier instability emerging as a key operational risk factor

Secretary Napolitano launches DHS ‘efficiency review’

Cloud computing driving information security budget increases

Support for keeping FEMA in DHS grows

Five critical recovery flaws your last DR test might have missed

First major update to SP 800-53 is available for public comment

Leading organizations unveil new interoperability specification

UK business continuity roadshow

ENISA publishes ‘Country Reports’

NFPA 1600 committee seeks comments on new version

IT risk management framework developed by IT Governance Institute

Study looks into crisis communications processes

iJET forecasts an increase in operational risk in coming year

US SMBs taking backup to new levels

Business Continuity Institute launches ‘BCM World Conference and Exhibition’

Survey looks into e-mail downtime

IDC reports on China's disaster recovery market

Mauritius puts itself forward as a ‘global disaster recovery and business continuity centre’

New satellite tracked panic alarm has many human resource business continuity uses

FEMA awards Accenture $58 million contract to help manage flood risk mapping, assessment and planning program

The human side of business continuity planning

Clustering is not enough...

Crisis prevention: how to do it, how to make it work

Spending on managed services increasing despite recession

Fighting tomorrow's hackers

Date set for next PS-Prep consultation meeting

Twittering about business continuity

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European Parliament calls for mandatory gas supply emergency action plans

Each lost customer record costs UK enterprises £60

Computer games can play an important role in evacuation planning and training

Five golden rules of business continuity management

Business Continuity Institute updates Good Practice Guidelines

Corporations are inadvertently becoming the no. 1 security threat to their own customers

Trusted Computing Group Storage Work Group publishes final versions of three data storage specifications

UN report gives 2008 disasters summary

FSA publishes feedback statement on resilience benchmarking

UK to double pandemic flu drug stockpiles

SunGard Availability Services completes a refresh of recovery facility desktop PCs in North America

Lessons learned from the Mumbai attacks

New US business continuity management standard committee meets for first time

Phoenix IT, ICM’s parent company, issues interim management statement

Aon publishes political risk map 2009

Security for tall buildings: new report

RIMS executive report outlines next steps for enterprise risk management

Double-Take extends GeoCluster

Successful video communication

Secretary Napolitano issues action directives on FEMA state and local integration and national planning

What to avoid...

The short and sweet of proprietary systems with backup/restore utilities

Golden rules for the crisis spokesperson

Research identifies risk factors that affected World Trade Center evacuation

Moving on up...

Penetration testing is dead; long live penetration testing

New business continuity training company launched in the UK

Exploring the link between organisational resilience and crisis management

Global Risks 2009

ENISA survey looks into resilience of communication networks

COOP Systems to launch enhanced version of myCOOP

An IT continuity snapshot

Webinar: Continuity in recession

DHS Secretary Napolitano sets out priorities

Nominations open for UK Business Continuity Awards

Banks need to agree global risk management standards: PM

EU committee sets out energy security blueprint

BCI ICT Resilience Workshop

Singapore Exchange introduces new business continuity rules

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announces enhancements to Basel II

BCI Partnership publishes 2009 campaigning activities update

New CDC report highlights challenges in preparing for public health emergencies in era of declining funding

Reed cancels BC Expo 2009

The 2009 challenge: risk awareness

EMC to open first ‘Center of Excellence’

Scotland to fall behind on flood risk management?

Senate committee holds nomination hearing for Napolitano

eBRP launches SaaS-based business continuity software

Global financial crisis: enterprise risk management was not to blame


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