news headlines: 9th August 2005

NOAA reviews 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season predictions
Nine to eleven hurricanes forecast, with five to seven becoming major hurricanes.
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•Date: 9th August 2005 • Region: US• Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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European Commission outlines new anti-terrorism research initiatives
Thirteen new security research projects outlined. Anti-terrorism research funding to increase from 15m euro in 2006 to 250m euro in 2007.
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•Date: 9th August 2005 • Region: W.Europe/UK• Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Business continuity and disaster recovery drive the UK archiving markets
BC and DR are by far the strongest factors causing UK companies to initiate archival projects.
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•Date: 9th August 2005 • Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Self-healing portable wireless communications network developed
Provides the ability to establish secure temporary LANs in disaster situations.
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•Date: 9th August 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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IBM reviews the information security landscape
One in every 28 e-mails infected by some sort of malicious security threat.
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•Date: 9th August 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Indian Banks’ Association to review regional banks’ business continuity measures
• UK financial authorities review the contingency functionality of the UK Financial Sector Continuity website
• Basel Committee publishes corporate governance advice for banking organisations
• Business Resilience: Risk Strategies for Organisational Strength
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