Business continuity briefs:
3rd March 2010

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published recently:

Coping with Catastrophe: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning
Airmic has made a video available for download which was presented during a recent breakfast seminar. Presented by Chartis and Crawford & Company it covers major loss crisis planning and contains a detailed case study. View.

Accenture opens cyber security threat analysis center
Accenture has opened a threat analysis center in San Antonio, Texas. The center enhances cyber security services that Accenture has long provided to help government and commercial clients reduce the risk of cyber disruptions, protect against threats of data theft or manipulation, and address requirements for trusted software applications. The company also plans to use the center to provide clients with assistance in areas such as technology infrastructure, identity management, malware analysis, cyber forensics, mission resilience, business continuity, and Federal Desktop Core Configuration compliance. www.accenture.com

US disaster declarations
Major disaster declared for Iowa
Major disaster declared for North Dakota 

Teneros announces DR-as-a-Service for Exchange 2010
Teneros, Inc., has announced Teneros DR-as-a-Service for Exchange 2010, which will make Microsoft Exchange 2010 database, server and site availability affordable and achievable despite significant changes made to Exchange that make disaster recovery more critical - and more difficult - than ever before. Read press release.

Hackers automate in ‘industrial revolution’ threat
Imperva has released a new report warning that hackers have become industrialized and represent an exponentially increased threat to individuals, organizations and Government. Imperva’s report says the emerging industrialization of hacking parallels the way in which the 19th century revolution advanced methods and accelerated assembly from single to mass production. The result is that today’s cybercrime industry has transformed and automated itself to improve efficiency, scalability and profitability. The report, ‘The Industrialization of Hacking’, can be downloaded at: http://www.imperva.com/ld/industrialization.asp (registration required).

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

•Date: 3rd March 2010 • Region: Various