NEWS : uK June 2005

Complacency – the biggest business continuity threat to SMEs
Many smaller companies mistakenly view business continuity management as only relevant to large enterprises. Brooks Wallace attacks such thinking.
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•Date: 29th June 2005 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Technology failures increasingly damaging to reputation
A new survey highlights the dangers of waning customer loyalty as big businesses are blamed for technology-based service failures.
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•Date: 29th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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The future of enterprise data back-up and recovery
A new approach is required to protect business critical data often stored outside the reach of conventional enterprise back-up mechanisms.
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•Date: 29th June 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Exercise Triton report published
The UK Environment Agency's has published its full report into Exercise Triton, commissioned by Defra and carried out last summer. Triton, the largest emergency planning exercise carried out in the UK, involved some 1,000 people and simulated a large sea flooding event in several regions of England and Wales. The Environment Agency report contains a number of recommendations which Defra and its partners at central, regional and local government levels will take forward in a new Flood Emergencies Capabilities Programme. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/?lang=_e
•Date: 29th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Emergency planning
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Report into UK tsunami risk published
A new report commissioned by Defra has confirmed that a tsunami threat to the UK exists, but is very low.
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•Date: 28th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Adam Continuity launches short term disaster recovery contracts
UK-based Adam Continuity has launched what it calls a ‘ground-breaking range of fresh-faced services’ including one, two and three month contracts designed specifically for clients with short-term risk issues. Tim Allaston, new business director says “Many clients have specific risk issues which are not suited to one or even three year disaster recovery contracts. With short-term, high level projects that have tight deadlines, a PC and server quick-ship service provides an ideal level of cover for high-risk strategic work”. For more information call 0870 224 0303.
•Date: 23rd June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Small firms waste two weeks a year waiting for server reboots
Survey finds that a typical UK SME requires an average of 16 hardware resets every 12 months, taking four hours per incident to resolve.
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•Date: 20th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Designing today’s SANs
Storage networking has undergone rapid change with new technologies constantly being introduced. Tom Clark provides a SAN roadmap.
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•Date: 17th June 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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ABK offers UK business continuity managers new disaster communications options
Fully equipped mobile unit provides wireless network, broadband and Internet connectivity and all the necessary hardware to deliver complete communications in a disaster recovery environment.
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•Date: 17th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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NISCC warns businesses about increase in targeted Trojan e-mail attacks
A series of ‘Trojanised’ e-mail attacks are targeting UK government and companies.
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•Date: 17th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Increased reliance on IT driving business continuity purchases
The ‘9/11 factor’ no longer being considered by UK organisations.
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•Date: 16th June 2005 • Region:UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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AIRMIC and CBI launch workplace rehabilitation campaign
Aims to get sick or injured staff back to work as quickly as possible.
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•Date: 16th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Date set for introduction of revised UK COMAH major accident hazards regulations
New regulations broaden the scope of COMAH to take into account recent industrial accidents and new research.
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•Date: 14th June 2005 • Region:UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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IT profession sees risk of removable media: but turns a blind eye
Lack of security and control found by Pointsec survey.
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•Date: 14th June 2005 • Region:UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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UK government consults on NHS emergency planning guidance
The government has published details of emergency planning guidance within the National Health Service and has invited public comments. The purpose of the guidance is to describe a set of general principles to guide all NHS organisations in developing their ability to respond to a major incident or incidents and to manage recovery whether the incident or incidents has effects locally, regionally, or nationally, within the context of the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.The consultation closes on 8 September, 2005. Go there
•Date: 14th June 2005 • Region:UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Emergency planning
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The testing conundrum…
A consistent result of business continuity research is a general lack of commitment to testing and exercising plans. Why is this the case? David Honour explores.
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•Date: 10th June 2005 •Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Testing and exercising
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Building true business continuity solutions over IP
Dante Malagrino details the technologies that can be used.
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•Date: 10th June 2005 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK government backs proposals to establish natural disaster scientific panel
To provide disaster mitigation and recovery advice and to coordinate research in these areas.
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•Date: 10th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Disaster recovery: general
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The intrinsic benefits of business continuity management
Understanding the full benefits of a business continuity management programme is key to obtaining board-level support, appropriate funding and to ‘selling’ the concept to stakeholders.
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•Date: 9th June 2005 •Region UK /World •Type: Article •Topic: Selling to the board
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UK government consults on ways of increasing the resilience of the power supply network
Draft legislation will lead to the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity (Amendment) Regulations 2005.
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•Date: 9th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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FSA sets out a good practice model for financial sector stress testing
Invites comments from firms.
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•Date: 8th June 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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