Intellectual property theft and business continuity: a case study Part one of a two part article in which Allen Johnson shows why intellectual property theft can be a genuine business continuity threat and offers some crisis management lessons from a real-life IP theft situation.
Read article •Date: 30th June 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Continuity Central and BCI to publish journal of record for the business continuity profession The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and Continuity Central are working in partnership to launch the definitive journal for the business continuity profession. The first issue of this quarterly publication will be available in September 2006.
Read article •Date: 30th June 2006• Region: UK/US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Draft version of business continuity British Standard to be released on Monday July 3rd 60 day public consultation period will run until 31st August 2006.
Read article •Date: 29th June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Banking banana skins poll results Regulatory overkill is identified as the greatest risk facing the financial sector.
Read article •Date: 29th June 2006• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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‘Plan for power’, says Datacentre Networking Group UK businesses should be taking steps to help protect their long term energy supplies, concluded industry experts speaking at a recent meeting of the UK Datacentre Networking group. Read article •Date: 29th June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Comment on the Cadbury recall On Friday 23rd June Cadbury announced a major recall of seven of its chocolate products. Chris Woodcock comments on the crisis management aspects of the recall.
Read article •Date: 27th June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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Disaster recovery unwrapped...
North American organizations seem to be sticking with tried and trusted traditional disaster recovery solutions, while Europeans are more willing to push the envelope and implement new technologies.
Read article •Date: 27th June 2006 • Region: UK/N.America/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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CITYSAFE launches Virtual Exercise System Allows businesses to test business continuity plans in collaboration with emergency services and critical service providers.
Read article •Date: 27th June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC testing
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People aspects of business continuity: consider the built environment Changes to the environment in your facilities can have a big impact on staff availability.
Read article •Date: 23rd June 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC buildings and fac.
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Metropolitan Police Authority invites businesses to take part in 'Counter-Terrorism: The London Debate' The consultation event for businesses will take place on Thursday 6 July.
Read article •Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Risk managers told to punch their weight Risk managers were told to put more pressure on insurance service providers to improve contract certainty and transparency by John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), at the recent Association of Insurance Risk Managers (AIRMIC) annual conference.
Read article •Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Op.risk
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Consumer businesses face increasing threat from intellectual property theft A new report from KMPG highlights the threat of intellectual property theft and offers some thoughts on what businesses can do to protect their IP.
Read article Date: 21st June 2006• Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Many companies don't realise they are taking huge risks due to gaps in insurance cover for environmental incidents Many UK businesses believe that their public liability insurance covers them against environmental risks only to discover that it does not.
Read article •Date: 21st June 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Survey: Business continuity one year on from July 7th Almost a year on, Continuity Central is conducting a survey to discover whether the July 7th terrorist attacks had a lasting impact on business continuity practices and, if so, what changes have occurred.
Take part •Date: 20th June 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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How prepared are UK businesses for disaster? New research from Mitel has found that more than two out of three (68 percent) UK businesses with a turnover between £1m and £20m say that it would take them two working days or longer to become operational following a major incident.
Read article •Date: 20th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Continuity Central supporting Times business continuity supplement ‘Business Continuity II’, a Mediaplanet supplement which will be distributed in the Times newspaper on July 26th, is being supported by Continuity Central, Survive, the BCI and Airmic.
Read article •Date: 20th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Buncefield explosion cost local businesses £70 million An economic study of the effects of the Buncefield oil depot explosion indicates that the incident has cost firms on the local Mayland’s estate over £70m.
Read article •Date: 20th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Isolated approach can risk the best laid business continuity plans Businesses planning for disruptive events and crises need to look beyond their own organisations and take responsibility for those around them.
Read article •Date: 16th June 2006• Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Food and drink companies 'dared' to address risk and crisis management needs A new approach to risk and crisis management, designed specifically for food and drink companies, has been unveiled at Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association's (CCFRA) annual open day. Read article •Date: 16th June 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Companies see the risk of removable media but still turn a blind eye A large number of companies have yet to address the problem of removable media.
Read article •Date: 16th June 2006• Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity unwrapped... During the spring of 2006, Continuity Central, in partnership with SteelEye, conducted a detailed survey into business continuity practices across the world. The full results are now available.
Read article •Date: 14th June 2006 • Region: UK/N.America/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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‘List of business issues for firms to consider when planning for a pandemic’ The UK FSA’s Financial Sector Discussion Group on Pandemics has published a useful checklist for firms making pandemic business continuity plans.
Read article •Date: 14th June 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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UK government tests pandemic ‘flu preparations The Department of Health is leading a cross-Government exercise to test preparations for a pandemic influenza outbreak. Exercise ‘Shared Goal’ is a table top exercise designed to test the UK's ability to manage pandemic ‘flu and the decision making processes that would be faced during a national health emergency. Exercise Shared Goal commenced at 0900 hours on 14 June 2006 and will finish at approximately 1700 hours on 15 June 2006. •Date: 14th June 2006• Region: UK• Type: Briefing •Topic: Pandemic planning
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HSE publishes feedback from Buncefield safety alert The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the initial feedback from the safety alert it issued to operators of fuel storage depots in February 2006. The alert was issued to ensure that operators of oil or fuel depot storage installations similar to Buncefield, were complying with current good practice and relevant standards. The full report is available on the HSE website at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/alert.htm •Date: 14th June 2006• Region: UK• Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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Reputational risk assessment They used to say that the first 24 hours of a crisis was critical. Now, it’s the first hour. Read article •Date: 13th June 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Current UK NHS emergency and continuity of operations plans are ‘vastly inadequate’ Claims Loughborough University's Charles Hancock, a leading expert in healthcare risk management. Read article •Date: 13th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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Business Continuity Management British Standard to be available for public review in July The public comment stage will last for 60 days. Read article •Date: 13th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Securing the mail stream Almost five years on, the anthrax attacks of 2001 remain a concern. What protective measures should businesses and governments be taking? Read article •Date: 8th June 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Lords Select Committee publishes review of Government risk management policies and activities The UK Government ‘has developed a sound and potentially useful framework for the assessment of risk. The key issue is whether this framework is applied properly.’ Read article •Date: 7th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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‘London’s emergency plans must be changed’, says London Assembly report into 7th July bombings Emergency plans ‘focused on incidents but not individuals and processes rather than people’. Read article •Date: 5th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Icelandic storage service provider enters UK market SecurStore, Iceland’s leading storage services provider, has announced its launch into the UK backup/recovery market for small to medium business. SecurStore currently backs up data from its Reykjavik data centre for businesses in ten countries spanning four continents and is opening a UK office and data centre to concentrate on developing its presence in a leading European market for the storage industry. www.securstore.com •Date: 5th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Lords Economic Affairs Committee to report on government’s policy on risk On Wednesday 7th June, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will publish a report on Government policy on the management of risk. The report will investigate the Government’s management of risk and assess the framework in place for conducting risk assessments. •Date: 5th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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