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BCI to launch special interest groups
Virtual SIGs will be supported by face-to-face workshops.
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•Date: 3rd July 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK threat level increased to 'critical' following recent incidents
An update page providing the latest information for businesses.
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•Date: 2nd July 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Is not having a business continuity plan ever an acceptable risk?
Many enterprises, particularly SMEs (SMBs) do not have a business continuity plan. This paper attempts to quantify the risk that these enterprises are taking, and asks if is this an acceptable risk to take.
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•Date: 28th June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK business continuity salary survey report
Continuity Forum finds that the overall average salary for BC professionals is now £45,552.
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•Date: 28th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK gets new crisis communications solution
ContinuumPlus, a new instant notification tool allowing organisations to contact key personnel with a single activation, delivering information simultaneously via mobile phone, PDA, landline, blackberry, pager, e-mail and fax has been launched by Continuum Consultancy. The system can send and receive up to 650,000 SMS responses per hour and up to 1,740 voice calls simultaneously through a network of multi-location resilient servers. Among the other features of the service is a dedicated conference bridge facility that allows all members of a crisis team communicate even if they are not located at one site. www.continuumltd.com
•Date: 28th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Crisis communications
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Met Office warns of more severe weather for England and Wales
Met Office forecasters have issued an early warning of severe weather, with further rain and showers forecast to sweep across parts of the UK later this week and through the weekend. This rainfall is likely to result in further disruption across parts of England and Wales which are already suffering from severe flooding. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk. Flood warnings and advice on flooding in England and Wales is available at the Environment Agency website at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk or on Floodline 0845 9881188.
•Date: 28th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing

BSI to develop BS 25777 ICT Continuity
UK standards body looking for people willing to help write a new IT continuity standard.
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•Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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‘Overview of Financial Sector Pandemic Flu Planning’
New UK Tripartite Authorities report.
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•Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Survey of facilities managers highlights their key role within business continuity management
92 percent of BCPs have FM input.
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•Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC facilities and buildings
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Gateshead gets a workplace recovery centre
Onyx Group has announced that it is to open a new 200-seat workplace recovery centre in Team Valley, Gateshead.
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•Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Storage virtualization: enabling better business continuity
It is important for BCM professionals from both sides of the business-IT divide to understand the benefits of virtualization in the data storage space, says Steve Beck.
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•Date: 22nd June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Virtualization survey identifies new security challenges
52 percent of respondents believe that virtualization systems introduce some new security challenges.
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•Date: 21st June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Jermyn Consulting wins Durham University contract
Durham University has selected Jermyn Consulting to develop a disaster recovery and business continuity strategy. Dr Paul Jones, Head of System Services at Durham University says, “We need to make our academic departments more aware of their reliance on IT. The University also needs to understand the potential impacts of losing key processes or IT services. We selected Jermyn Consulting because of their experience in the Higher Education sector; their flexible approach and their ability to provide independent advice.” Read article
•Date: 21st June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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TelecityRedbus to invest £50m in new London data centre
TelecityRedbus has announced it has begun construction on a new £50m data centre in Central London. The Powergate facility will be one of the highest specification data centres in Europe, with a planned 25 megawatts of resilient power and approximately 50,000sq feet of capacity. The facility is expected to be ready for customers in Q2 2008. www.telecityredbus.com
•Date: 21st June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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The time to act is always now
With Cadbury again in the news over its 2006 food safety failures, Jonathan Hemus looks at how to handle product recalls and the associated crisis communications.
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•Date: 19th June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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New Civil Contingencies Act implementation guidance
Informal guidance helps with implementing the ‘communicating with the public’ duty.
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•Date: 19th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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DTI ‘targets the weakest link’
The UK DTI is spending £4 million on four research projects aimed at reducing the risk that human error plays in computer network security.
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•Date: 19th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Phoenix to develop new recovery centre in Farnborough
100,000 sq ft facility will provide up to 1,450 office and dealing room recovery positions.
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•Date: 15th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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AT&T survey sees high take-up of business continuity amongst London businesses
More than 83 percent of London executives indicate that their company has a business plan in place.
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•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Fuel cells as a business continuity measure
Details of the UK’s first commercial implementation of fuel cells as a power protection measure.
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•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Is IT downtime out of control?
80 percent of all companies admit to having a problem with downtime of their IT systems: UK survey.
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•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Contingency planning for potential UK postal strike
Charlie Maclean-Bristol provides a checklist.
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•Date: 12th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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‘UK Financial Sector Business Continuity Quarterly Summary’ published
Tripartite Standing Committee on Financial Stability highlights upcoming activities.
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•Date: 12th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Risk managers support insurer willingness-to-pay index
Risk managers overwhelmingly support the idea of a willingness-to-pay index for insurers, according to a survey of AIRMIC members.
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•Date: 12th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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The rising tide: climate change and business continuity
This paper considers and discusses in detail the issues relating to climate change from a business continuity perspective, including potential implications and impacts, and recommended planning considerations
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•Date: 8th June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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AIRMIC urges insurers and brokers underwriters to take more notice of clients’ business continuity activities
Premiums should reflect the quality of business continuity investments.
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•Date: 8th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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ICM acquisition latest
Phoenix: offer acceptance received in respect of over 90 percent of shares. Compulsory purchase will be made of the remainder.
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•Date: 7th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Survey shows uncontrolled network access ‘causing CTO's sleepless nights’
Internal security – protection within the local area network – is currently UK organisations’ Achilles heel.
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•Date: 7th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Why virtual machines need virtual storage
The ability to move live running virtual machines between servers presents some interesting new challenges from a storage perspective.
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•Date: 6th June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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BSI asks for comments on BS 25999 part two
Download a draft copy and provide comments by 3rd August…
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•Date: 5th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Standards
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‘Preparing Scotland: Guidance on Business Continuity Management’
The Scottish Executive has published a basic guide to business continuity for companies in the country. ‘Preparing Scotland: Guidance on Business Continuity Management’ is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/178380/0050775.pdf
•Date: 5th June 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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Making business continuity easier to understand
A short comment by Andrew Sinclair.
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•Date: 1st June 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Ernst & Young survey explores fraud risk management
Employers have a great opportunity to reduce the risk of fraud and create a healthy corporate culture but many are missing the trick.
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•Date: 1st June 2007 • Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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UK REACH chemical risk management regulations come into effect
The REACH Regulation on the management and control of chemicals came into force on 1 June. REACH, which stands for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, sets in place measures for industry to provide evidence of any chemical risks and will make sure everyone in the supply chain knows how to handle the chemicals in question safely. A helpline has been set up by the UK Competent Authority for REACH. Businesses can obtain advice on how it will affect them and what they need to do to comply. The helpdesk can be contacted on 0845 4089575 or UKREACHCA@hse.gsi.gov.uk. The UK Government REACH website is at http://www.hse.gov.uk/reach
•Date: 1st June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Manufacturing
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