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Appreciating the invisible – applying service principles to data protection
How to use service level agreements to demonstrate and prove the value of backup and data protection services. By Drake Pruitt.
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•Date: 30th August 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Hibernia Atlantic calls for greater awareness of the importance of submarine cables
A critical infrastructure which seems to be out-of-sight: out-of mind.
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•Date: 30th August 2006• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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AXA survey reviews business continuity planning in UK small businesses
IT problems identified by a quarter of respondents as the most common cause of total business failure.
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•Date: 29th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Let common sense prevail
Mike Osborne, managing director – Business Continuity, ICM Computer Group, gets on his soap box...
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•Date: 18th August 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Deadline looming for comments on new Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management
Send your comments to the British Standards Institution by 31st August.
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•Date: 18th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK government consults on gas supply contingency plans
New proposals could potentially have business continuity implications for larger gas users.
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•Date: 17th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Automata holding BS 25999-1 working meeting
Will discuss new Code of Practice on Business Continuity Management and record output for consultation process.
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•Date: 17th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Civil Contingencies Secretariat tells UK public sector to prepare for national exercise of pandemic preparedness plans
Local plans should be prepared or updated by the end of November and training and local table top exercises carried out in December and January.
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•Date: 15th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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Threat levels reduced to previous levels
UK threat level drops back to 'Severe' and DHS adjusts US threat level from Red to Orange for in-bound flights from the UK.
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•Date: 15th August 2006• Region: UK/US •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on Civil Contingencies Act progress
CCS coordinating the identification of good business continuity practice.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Slicing up the business continuity budget
How do companies determine how much they spend on business continuity measures for low, medium and high likelihood risks of varying threat severities?
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Sensitive information being left on obsolete storage disks
Companies are failing to effectively remove sensitive information when decommissioning computer systems.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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UK threat level increased to Critical
Step-up to highest level of threat from terrorist attack linked to arrest of people alleged to be plotting to attack UK-US flights. UPDATED
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•Date: 10 / 11th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Many UK IT managers concerned about effectiveness of disaster recovery plans
Over-reliance on manual tape-based back-up processes was cited by 29 percent of IT managers as a major factor in their concerns.
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•Date: 10th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Top five steps to limit data loss and information leaks: Gartner
Public exposure of private data is becoming a regular occurrence, but the majority of these incidents can be prevented if companies implement the proper security best practices.
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•Date: 10th August 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Dissidents linked to Northern Ireland retail attacks
Dissident republicans are being blamed for several suspected firebomb attacks on retailers in Newry, County Down. The attacks destroyed JJB Sports and CarpetRight stores, whilst a TK Maxx store and MFI outlet were badly damaged. Read story
•Date: 10th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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Dynamic identity in a disaster situation
In an article aimed at exploring the human dynamic of business continuity, Mike Jacobs looks at how individual identity can be affected by disaster and how that can impact on response teams.
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•Date: 9th August 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Survey looks at business continuity practices in UK education sector
Asset register seems to be the weak link in many plans.
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•Date: 9th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK businesses warned about spate of suspect packages
UK businesses, especially those in the south east, are being warned to be wary when handling mail, after the targeting of a number of businesses with improvised explosive devices contained in Jiffy bags. Businesses receiving any suspicious packages should contact police immediately.
•Date: 9th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Warnings
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UK fraud continues to soar in 2006
Fraud can be a real threat to business continuity and levels are surging, especially when it comes to insider fraud.
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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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SunGard protects mission-critical VoIP for leading law firm
Live test used to confirm functionality of business continuity processes.
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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Single image ghosting with UIU 3.0
UIU 3.0 claimed to revolutionise cloning process efficiency.
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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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FSA consults on MiFID rules for firms and markets
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a consultation paper on implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) for FSA-regulated firms and markets. Go there
•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Operational risk
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Business continuity & risk management: making sure that today’s business continues tomorrow
Download a PDF copy of a supplement about business continuity which was distributed with the Times newspaper recently.
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•Date: 3rd August 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK business continuity take-up explored
New research by Viatel looks at business continuity planning differences between the finance, retail and manufacturing sectors.
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•Date: 3rd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance remains unclear
Marsh offers some advice on how to navigate a potential quagmire…
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•Date: 3rd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Good Practice Guide Outsourcing: Security Governance Framework for IT Managed Service Provision
This new paper provides a guide for UK critical national infrastructure organisations on managing information security when part, or all, of the organisation’s IT provision has been outsourced to a managed service provider. It provides a framework for managing information security throughout the contract lifecycle and also contains a number of illustrative contractual clauses that organisations may wish to refer to when drafting IT outsourcing contractual requirements. Read document.
•Date: 3rd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Assessment frameworks for UK Civil Contingencies Act category one responders published
Responders’ performance will be assessed by existing mainstream frameworks.
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•Date: 2nd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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Secure your fertiliser, says UK National Counter Terrorism Security Office
The UK National Counter Terrorism Security Office has launched a new website on fertiliser security. Aimed at the farming and growing community, it provides information and advice on how to secure fertilisers to prevent terrorists obtaining and misusing them to make explosives. http://www.secureyourfertiliser.gov.uk/
•Date: 2nd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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