Interdependency lessons from the AWS outage
Amazon’s recent AWS outage affected a surprisingly large number of sites. What can we learn about cloud resiliency and how can we minimize these outages in the future? By Beth Cohen.
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•Date: 29th April 2011 • Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Cloud computing
US tornado disaster could be of Katrina proportions
As damage assessments commence, one aid agency says that it expects response needs to be at the level of Hurricane Katrina.
PS-Prep ‘Request for Information’ published
Input requested into ‘private sector management of self declaration of conformity’.
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•Date: 29th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: PS-Prep
The BCI Asia Business Continuity Awards
The Business Continuity Institute has announced a partnership with BCPAsia to manage the 2011 BCI Asia Business Continuity Awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on 12th October in Singapore.
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•Date: 29th April 2011 • Region: Asia Pacific •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Alarming rise in information security attacks against industrial control systems
Idappcom warns that this could be an indicator of a new attack trend.
PlayStation Network: will this be the largest online corporate disaster ever?
The crisis at Sony’s PlayStation Network has moved on from being an availability incident to a full scale corporate disaster.
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•Date: 27th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
New ASTM Standard provides general guidelines for the development of emergency operation centers
ASTM E2668 aimed at emergency managers and business continuity managers.
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•Date: 27th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
New research finds that organizations face growing pressure to keep BlackBerry services up and running.
A snapshot of UK technology continuity practices
Neverfail survey finds that many organizations don’t know the hourly cost of downtime; and many have yet to be convinced that cloud platforms offer a reliable disaster recovery option.
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•Date: 21st April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
Cloud computing security risks make UK organizations cautious
Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of IT managers state that concerns about security are an obstacle to cloud adoption.
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•Date: 21st April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
Implementation of US National Terrorism Advisory System announced
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has announced the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS).
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•Date: 21st April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Terrorism
New insurance product offers ‘Enterprise Disruption Contingency Insurance’
Helps companies insure areas which are otherwise difficult to cover: such as inability to manufacture or distribute a product because of another organization's product recall, regulatory risks, and information technology network disruptions or suspensions.
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•Date: 21st April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Operational risk
London 2012 transport plans on track, but huge risks remain
Business continuity requirements of local businesses considered in new report by the London Assembly Transport Committee.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
New agreement improves global preparedness for influenza pandemics
After a week of negotiations, an open-ended working-group has successfully agreed upon a framework to enhance response measures to future pandemics.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: World • Topic: Pandemic planning
ENISA issues final report on Cyber Europe 2010
Summary of lessons learned during the first pan-European cyber security exercise.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: Europe / UK •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Presidential Policy Directive gives 60-day deadline for US national preparedness goal and national preparedness system implementation plan
President Obama has signed a new Presidential Policy Directive: PPD-8.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
2011 India monsoon forecast
India will have a normal monsoon this year.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: Asia •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Case study: Britvic
Maximising resilience in the world of soft drink production: the Britvic continuity programme.
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•Date: 19th April 2011 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC plan development
The rise of APT
Defining Advanced Persistent Threats, by Amichai Shulman, CTO of Imperva.
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•Date: 19th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Survey finds that many enterprises have a poor understanding of IT risk
One-third of IT administrators do not have an accurate picture of IT risk facing their organizations.
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•Date: 13th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
Volcanic ash disruption: one year on and European Commission issues crisis preparedness update
Highlights measures taken to prepare for a similar event in future.
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•Date: 13th April 2011 • Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article • Topic: Transport & Logistics BC
SunGard Availability Services publishes 2010 UK invocation analysis
Communications failures and power outages top list of business disruptions.
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•Date: 12th April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC statistics
Social Media: Both Friend and Foe to Business Continuity Management
Watch the playback of Continuity Central's recent webinar on the above subject.
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•Date: 12th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Events
Maturity model for information security management released
Enables the creation of information security management systems that are fully aligned with any organization's business mission and compliance needs.
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•Date: 12th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
First UK corporate manslaughter conviction shows that the issue could be a real business continuity threat
Company fined 115 percent of its annual turnover.
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•Date: 8th April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Another above-average 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast
Colorado State University predicts nine hurricanes, with five developing into major hurricanes.
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•Date: 8th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
Cloud Standards Customer Council launched
Aims to capture best practices and take cloud standards forward.
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•Date: 8th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
UK government asked to review 2012 Olympics business continuity advice
Work-from-home contingency plans aren’t the only answer; government action needed.
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•Date: 8th April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Climate change risks for cities examined
The locations and dense construction patterns of cities often place their populations at greater risk from natural disasters, including those expected to worsen with climate change.
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•Date: 8th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
This issue includes:
• Public Safety Canada issues warning: ‘Social Media / Webmail / Smartphones: Networking with Risk’
• Phoenix IT Group issues trading update
• New DRI International training course aimed at insurance professionals
• SunGard Availability Services expands Business Partner Program with Enterprise Cloud Services
• NEDRIX and BCI joint event
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
- FEMA daily SITREP
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Information protection is a growing headache for enterprises
Study finds that 70 percent of organizations lack a holistic approach to managing business-critical information.
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•Date: 6th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
Don’t forget to submit comments for the 2013 edition of NFPA 1600
May 23, 2011, is the deadline.
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•Date: 6th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Servo and ICM Business Continuity Services complete merger
Servo and ICM Business Continuity Services have completed a merger which was announced at the end of 2010.
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•Date: 6th April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
Continuity Insights sold
Advantage Business Media buys the Continuity Insights publishing and events portfolio.
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•Date: 6th April 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
Are cloud computing standards essential for assuring availability?
Justin Pirie takes a look at the ongoing debate around cloud standards.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Coud computing
Top technology trends
Martin Kuppinger overviews the trends that business continuity managers need to be aware of.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
Bank stress testing: is PR undermining the work of business continuity professionals?
Jim Preen comments.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
10-point RFP checklist for enterprises planning storage technology refresh initiatives
Integrating these ten steps into the storage migration vendor proposal request process should help reduce operational risks.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
European Commission reviews Member States' protection against cyber attacks
Report published to take stock of progress made in implementing the EU-wide 2009 action plan.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
EAC Partner States' heads of disaster management hold inaugural meeting in Dar Es Salaam
Co-operation in disaster management is essential, as no single EAC state has the capacity to individually deal with major disasters.
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•Date: 5th April 2011 • Region: Africa •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
This issue includes:
• US federal business continuity and disaster recovery IT market to reach $5 billion in 2015
• Wife and husband both short-listed for the Business Continuity Awards 2011
• BAA proposes £50m investment plan in response to Heathrow Winter Resilience Enquiry report
• XIOTECH announces ISE Continuous Availability
• Major US disaster declarations
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
- FEMA daily SITREP
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