Scale of Olympics-related business continuity issues highlighted
London-based organizations cannot expect business-as-usual during the Olympic period.
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•Date: 31st August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Case study: an interesting example of social media crisis communications
FEMA made effective use of social media during the Hurricane Irene incident over the weekend of 27th and 28th August 2011 and the organization’s messaging makes an interesting case study for business continuity professionals considering the best ways to use social media as part of a crisis communications response.
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•Date: 31st August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis communications
Two cloud standards adopted by ISO/IEC
DMTF has announced that its Open Virtualization Format and Server Management Command Line Protocol specifications have been adopted as international standards.
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•Date: 31st August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
SunGard Availability Services launches Recover2Cloud
Cloud-based managed recovery offerings backed by contractual service levels.
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•Date: 31st August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations issues H5N1 warning
‘Preparedness and surveillance remain essential.’
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•Date: 30th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Pandemic Planning
CIO views on cloud computing surveyed
Only 10 percent of UK CIOs are 'completely confident' in the security and resilience of third party cloud solutions.
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•Date: 30th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud Computing
Six tips for disaster preparation
Advice for business continuity newbies from IBM.
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•Date: 30th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Upcoming BCI workshops
Business continuity workshops scheduled for India, Abu Dhabi, Malaysia, Australia and the UK.
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•Date: 30th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Events
Are we fear-mongers? Business continuity and the boy who cried wolf
Nick Johnson discusses the pros and cons of using a ‘fear-based’ approach to getting business continuity buy-in.
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•Date: 25th August 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC General
Developing scenarios
Jim Preen provides some advice on how to set up convincing business continuity exercise scenarios.
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•Date: 25th August 2011 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC Exercising
Final report from ANSI-HSSP small business preparedness workshop now available
Details recommendations and findings for small business preparedness.
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•Date: 24th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: BC in Small Businesses
Role of the telecommunications industry in emergency planning
New Cabinet Office resource provides useful background information for business continuity managers.
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•Date: 24th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC General
Is SSD/Flash as reliable as users think?
Data storage technology is trending toward SSD/Flash both on an enterprise and consumer level; however more than 50 percent of respondents to a Kroll Ontrack have experienced data loss with SSD/Flash devices.
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•Date: 24th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
National Preparedness Goal: comments requested by FEMA
Deadline is Sept. 2, 2011.
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•Date: 24th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
Critical infrastructure: time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change
Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep critical infrastructure running in the face of the adverse impacts that seem increasingly likely to occur.
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•Date: 23rd August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Cybercrime rises up the boardroom agenda
High profile corporate cybercrime is putting information security on boardroom agendas around the world, a global survey has revealed.
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•Date: 19th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
EU funds new research project to respond to novel disease threats
New and virulent diseases pose significant future business continuity threats; a new ANTIGONE project will focus on ways to prevent future epidemics and deal with such outbreaks.
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•Date: 19th August 2011 • Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article • Topic: Pandemic planning
Onyx strengthens business continuity offering
Onyx Group, a UK technology solutions provider, has bolstered its business continuity services after striking a new deal with MWB, the UK’s second largest provider of serviced office space.
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•Date: 19th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC markets & companies
Supply chain continuity insights
Robin Gaddum shares his experiences of supply chain business continuity management.
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister announces national business continuity logo scheme
When fully implemented in January 2012, BCM-certified businesses will be able to feature the new BCM logo alongside existing BCM certification marks as an easily recognisable symbol of their BCM-readiness.
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•Date: 18th August 2011 • Region: Singapore •Type: Article • Topic: BC Standards
New advice resources for riot-hit English businesses
The Home Office has announced that it has opened new website and phone support services for businesses impacted by the recent riots and looting.
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•Date: 18th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC General
Is business continuity management a misnomer?
This paper discusses why business continuity management, as a discipline and as perceived by many today, is at the crossroads of direction and focus. By Luc P. Klein.
Business continuity and disaster recovery: making a start
Dr. Jim Kennedy provides some helpful thoughts for those new to the profession.
Is business continuity management a misnomer?
This paper discusses why business continuity management, as a discipline and as perceived by many today, is at the crossroads of direction and focus. By Luc P. Klein.
Data protection and disaster recovery in Australian businesses
Survey finds that 23 percent don’t achieve their recovery time and recovery point objectives during disaster recovery tests.
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•Date: 16th August 2011 • Region: Australia •Type: Article • Topic: Business Continuity Statistics
Business restoration: advice and help for riot-hit English companies
Government provides advice and sets up a central helpline.
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•Date: 15th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Measures for Managing Operational Resilience
A new technical report has been published by the CERT Resilient Enterprise Management team.
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•Date: 15th August 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
ISO 28002 Standard for Resilience in the Supply Chain approved by ISO
Based on the ANSI/ASIS Organizational Resilience Standard, ISO 28002 offers organizations a holistic approach to managing supply chain risks.
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•Date: 15th August 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article • Topic: Business Continuity Standards
‘Preparedness: A Principled Approach to Return on Investment’
IAEM-USA seeks feedback on a framework to measure return on preparedness investments.
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•Date: 15th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency Planning
English riots: advice for businesses
How to protect your business and when ‘defensive’ action is lawful.
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•Date: 10th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
NOAA updates Atlantic hurricane season forecast
High hurricane activity expected during August through October.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
Emerging mobile culture threatening UK businesses
Workplace systems over-run by unsecure devices; widespread failure to comply with security measures.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Government of Canada announces significant investment for emergency preparedness projects across the country
Over 300 projects will benefit from funding in fiscal year 2011-2012.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: Canada •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
ISO/IEC 27005:2011 standard now available
Provides a framework for implementing a risk management approach to managing threats to information security management systems.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Enterprise risk management
BCI invites entries for 2011 Gifted Grades and Awards
Awards will be presented at the Business Continuity Institute’s Gala Dinner on 9th November 2011.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
HP publishes ‘Second Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study’
56 percent rise in cost of cybercrime; average cost to a large organization is $5.9 million per year.
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•Date: 5th August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
APEC countries agree the need to promote business continuity to the private sector
A recent meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries resulted in agreement to promote business continuity to private sector companies in the region.
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•Date: 4th August 2011 • Region: Asia Pacific •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
ICM releases half-year business continuity invocation statistics
ICM’s half-year business continuity invocation statistics ‘reveal that UK businesses need to reprioritise what they consider are risks to their organization’.
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•Date: 4th August 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC statistics
MIR3 highlights the threat of US wildfires this fall and advises organizations to include response strategies in business continuity plans
With drought conditions expected to fuel above average wildfires through the fall, MIR3 is urging employers to review their current business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
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•Date: 4th August 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
‘IT Control Objectives for Cloud Computing: Controls and Assurance in the Cloud’
How to manage continuity and risk in cloud computing operations.
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•Date: 3rd August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
EU cyber-security agency flags urgent security fixes for new web standards/HTML5
ENISA has identified 50 security threats and proposed how they should be addressed.
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•Date: 3rd August 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
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