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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
12 June, London, Barber-Surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Square, Wood Street.
This conference will bring together leading experts to comment on both the global as well as the localised risks to British organisations. The overall aim of the conference is to provide solutions to curtail key risks and illustrate disaster recovery options with relevant case studies. To register contact Kirsten Rix, Document SOS on + 44 (0)20 7498 8080 or email marketing@documentsos.com. www.documentsos.com/events.pl
The US Department of Homeland Security and Alabama state officials has unveiled the National Computer Forensic Institute in Hoover, Ala., that will assist in the field of computer forensics and digital evidence analysis. The institute will be developed by the US Secret Service and is partially funded by the department’s National Cyber Security Division. It will serve as a national cyber crimes training facility. Training will be based on the current US Secret Service curriculum and include: basic electronic crimes investigation, network intrusion investigation and computer forensics. The US Secret Service is responsible for protecting America’s financial infrastructure. The Secret Service electronic crimes program is an integral part of the agency’s efforts in combating high-tech electronic and computer crimes.
Regions Financial Corp. has announced that it will develop a new $30.5 million disaster recovery center in Nashville to support its Birmingham (US) facility.The disaster recovery center will be an expansion of Region’s existing Nashville data center, located on Metroplex Drive. The expanded center, to be operable by July, will enable a rapid recovery from any disaster, while adding more security and protection for Regions’ customers and the company itself. Read the Nashville City Paper story.
FEMA daily SITREP
World weather impacts
Recent US major disaster declarations:
- Iowa
- California
- Indiana
Smoke thickens in choking Thai North
•Date: 15th March 2007• Region: Various
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