NOAA to provide more specific warning information for severe weather Will begin issuing more geographically specific warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, floods, and marine hazards starting October 1. Read article •Date: 28th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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‘Preparing the National Capital Region for a Pandemic’ On October 2, the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia will hold a hearing with the above title. More details •Date: 28th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Is the likelihood of an influenza pandemic over-played? A comment article by Continuity Central’s editor, David Honour. Read article •Date: 27th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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‘Influenza Pandemic: Opportunities Exist to Clarify Federal Leadership Roles and Improve Pandemic Planning’ New GAO testimony published. Read article •Date: 27th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Major disaster declared for Illinois FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Illinois to help people and communities recover from the effects of severe storms and flooding during the period of August 20-31, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=41070 •Date: 27th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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TOPOFF 4 to take place in Arizona, Oregon and Guam October 15-19 sees the largest TOPOFF counterterrorism exercise to date; private sector participation welcomed. Read article •Date: 25th Sept 2007• Region: US•Type: Article •Topic: Testing and exercising
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US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs schedules pandemic planning hearing ‘The Role of Federal Executive Boards in Pandemic Preparedness’:28 September. Read article •Date: 25th Sept 2007• Region: US•Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Business Roundtable and the American Red Cross announce a new disaster recovery collaboration The partnership includes several activities to help the private and non-profit sectors work together to strengthen the US disaster response system Read article •Date: 25th Sept 2007• Region: US•Type: Article •Topic: Disaster recovery
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FSTC launches next phase of Resiliency Model project The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) has announced that its project team has begun work on the next phase of the Resiliency Model project. This initiative is the result of an ongoing collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERT Program to look for innovations in improving and benchmarking operational risk management and business continuity practices. “With this important phase of our on-going efforts to help organizations deal with business continuity and security issues, we will use the framework to validate and refine the methodology of resiliency engineering,” said Charles Wallen, managing executive of FSTC’s Business Continuity Standing Committee. “Over the next several months, we plan to conduct pilots at a variety of organizations and industries that will help us develop a process improvement guide that can accompany the resulting model.” www.fstc.org •Date: 25th Sept 2007• Region: US•Type: Briefing
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US financial services sector gears up for pandemic planning exercise From September 24 through October 12, 2725 US-based financial sector organizations will take part in a large scale pandemic planning exercise. Read article •Date: 21st Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC testing & exercising
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Testimony of Paul A. Schneider, DHS Under Secretary for Management, before the US House Committee on Homeland Security The DHS’s Paul Schneider has appeared before the US House Committee on Homeland Security to discuss where the Department of Homeland Security stands after its first four years. In particular, Mr. Schneider focussed on the GAO report ‘Department of Homeland Security, Progress Report on Implementation of Mission and Management Functions.’ Read the testimony. •Date: 21st Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing
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Survey details top priorities of evolving data centers 42 percent of respondents to a Brocade survey rated business continuity and disaster recovery as current top priorities. Read article •Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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The impact of power outages on data center cooling systems and server equipment A typical data center will experience an automatic and thermal shutdown within three minutes and nine seconds during a power outage: study. Read article •Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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CAPS plans new recovery facilities New sites to be developed in Shelton, CT and Duluth, GA. Read article •Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Pacific Ocean countries take part in UN meeting on tsunami preparations Four-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will hear reports from participating nations about what they are doing to be ready for a potential tsunami. Read article •Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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‘Guide to Secure Web Services’ New NIST guide provides a blueprint for safer Web 2.0 operations. Read article •Date: 18th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Strohl Systems releases new LDRPS version Features tighter integration with the NotiFind emergency notification system. Read article •Date: 18th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Major disaster declared for Iowa FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Iowa to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the period of August 17 to September 5, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=40350 •Date: 18th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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DHS publishes National Preparedness Guidelines Establishes a vision for national preparedness and provides a systematic approach for prioritizing preparedness efforts across the US. Read article •Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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SunGard launches new version of Paragon business continuity management software Adds tools to keep up with organizational and infrastructure changes so plans are always current. Read article •Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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IBM unveils pandemic scenario simulation service Will help companies test their crisis management strategies. Read article •Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Majority of US small businesses are unprepared for disasters According to new survey by American Red Cross and FedEx Corp. Read article •Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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FEMA responds to Tropical Storm Humberto impacts Damage assessments are underway in Texas. Read article •Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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COOP Systems adds new capabilities to myCOOP business continuity management software Includes a premium Software as a Service hosting option, with 99.9 percent SLAs, IP-filtering, forms-based authentication, and a dedicated SQL instance. Read article •Date: 13th Sept 2007• Region: US/Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Draft National Response Framework released in US for public comment The Framework has taken into account requests for a streamlined document that is shorter, less bureaucratic and more user-friendly. Read article •Date: 11th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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SAVVIS opens new data center in Atlanta Metro Area SAVVIS, Inc. has announced that it has completed construction and officially opened a new data center in Atlanta to meet growing demand for integrated hosting and network services. The new facility delivers IT ‘Infrastructure as a Service’ and provides key disaster recovery services for companies in Hurricane Corridor. The Atlanta facility offers approximately 30,000 square feet of raised floor space and provides customers with up to 165 watts/square foot of conditioned power delivered by a five bus electrical system and backed up with uninterruptible power supplies and diesel generators. www.savvis.net •Date: 11th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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NFPA to publish new handbook on the NFPA 1600 Standard ‘Implementing NFPA 1600, National Preparedness Standard’ will be available from October 1 2007. Read article •Date: 11th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Disaster preparedness still lacking in businesses: Info-Tech Research Group Almost 60 percent of North American businesses do not have a disaster recovery plan in place to resume IT services in case of crisis, a survey conducted by Info-Tech has found. 1136 IT personnel in companies throughout the US and Canada were polled. Of the 475 companies which had implemented DR plans, just over one-quarter have had occasion to use them. •Date: 11th Sept 2007• Region: N.America •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC statistics
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Major disaster declared for North Dakota FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for North Dakota to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and tornadoes during the period of July 15, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=39895 •Date: 11th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Strohl Systems adds pandemic planning module to PLANet software tool Also announces pandemic planning webinar, to take place on September 12. Read article •Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Double-Take Software launches ‘Recovery Consulting Services’ Includes ‘staff augmentation’ service. Read article •Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11 The US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is to convene a hearing with the above title on September 10. Read article •Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Robert D. Jamison nominated as new Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Robert D. Jamison as Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Jamison has been a key member of the senior management team as Deputy Under Secretary and acting Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate. •Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing
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SunGard Availability Services adds VMWare ESX Server support to Operating Systems Management Services SunGard Availability Services has announced that it is now offering support of VMware ESX Server 3.x and the distributed services that are part of VMware Infrastructure through its Operating System Management Service. The service includes a VMware VirtualCenter management server to monitor and manage a customer’s virtual machines, as well as complete monitoring, management and reporting of the physical servers. www.availability.sungard.com •Date: 6th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Jefferson Parish launches the ‘Business Continuity Network’ Designed as a main point of contact for businesses in the event of a disaster. Read article •Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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More Than 1,700 organizations sign-up to take part in Fourth Annual Homeland Security National Preparedness Month Second week of National Preparedness Month (September 9-15) will focus on businesses. Read article •Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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US disaster recovery spending flat An IDG survey has found that six per cent of six per cent of IT budgets are being spent on disaster recovery and business continuity planning; and 72 per cent expect this will remain the same over the next year. Read the story. •Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing
Major disaster For New York FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of New York to help people and communities recover from the effects of severe storms, flooding, and tornado on August 8, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=39571 •Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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