Aon launches insurance cover for pandemic building closure Companies can now insure themselves for costs incurred if their building or the vicinity is officially closed due to a pandemic. Read article •Date: 29th Oct 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Quality control in business continuity management The final results of Continuity Central’s recent survey. Read article •Date: 28th October 2009• Region: UK/US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Swine Flu: Guidance for planners Peak absence rate expectation reduced from 12 percent to 5 percent according to new UK DH document. Read article •Date: 27th Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Onyx continues on the acquisition trail Takes-over London-based Disaster Recovery Solutions. Read article •Date: 27th Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets and companies
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IRM announces Business Continuity and Crisis Management Student Award Claire Betteridge from Blackpool Borough Council wins IRM award. Read article •Date: 23rd Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Chloride makes UPS technology advance New Trinergy is the most energy efficient UPS ever... Read article •Date: 23rd Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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UK starts pandemic vaccination programme NHS Hospitals will begin vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and their patients who fall into at risk categories against swine flu from today (Wednesday 21st October). The vaccination programme will be rolled out over the next few weeks with GP surgeries receiving deliveries from Monday 26th October. Around two million frontline health and social care workers will be offered the vaccine. This group is at increased risk of infection and of transmitting that infection to susceptible patients. Protecting these people will help the NHS workforce to remain resilient and able to treat sick patients. •Date: 21st Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The human resource and business continuity management In this article, Mike Jacobs considers whether we are in danger of forgetting the most important aspect of recovery – the people. Read article •Date: 20th October 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Don’t ignore corporate social media risks: manage them Research shows “it's no longer enough just to block employee access to certain sites”. Read article •Date: 20th Oct 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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UK falling behind on information security According to PricewaterhouseCoopers ‘Global State of Information Security Survey’. Read article •Date: 16th Oct 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM News
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SunGard Availability Services launches ‘SunGard-as-a-Service’ ‘Private cloud’ infrastructure service offers highly resilient cloud computing. Read article •Date: 15th Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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New recovery centre for Milton Keynes November 1st sees the launch of 50-seat facility by UK Business Continuity. Read article •Date: 15th Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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SNIA announces ‘Cloud Storage Initiative’ New initiative aimed at education and collaboration for cloud storage and standards. Read article •Date: 15th Oct 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Ofgem reviews Britain’s energy supply risks Report uses four energy scenarios to assess the energy security risks over the next 10-15 years. Read article •Date: 14th Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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EU health ministers meet to discuss pandemic planning On 12th October the EU’s health ministers met in Luxembourg for an extra Council meeting to discuss H1N1. Read article •Date: 13th Oct 2009• Region: Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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BS 25999: key issues to address for certification Malcolm Cornish details the management system and business impact analysis requirements of BS 25999. Read article •Date: 9th October 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Virtualization and ‘the new availability’ Long established techniques addressing application resilience, data availability and disaster recovery are being challenged by server virtualization technologies from companies such as VMware, Citrix and Microsoft. Where do we go from here? John Abbott gives his views. Read article •Date: 9th October 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Between a rock and a hard place: making the difficult decisions in a crisis situation
Gordon Reidford highlights the crisis management lessons that can be learnt from the recent release of ‘the Lockerbie Bomber’. Read article •Date: 6th October 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Understanding cloud recovery
Ian Masters clarifies what is and isn’t ‘cloud recovery’. Read article •Date: 6th October 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Embedding business continuity management in the organization’s culture
This paper seeks to explore the requirements of BS 25999, and discusses various ways to ‘embed BCM within your organization’s culture’. Read article •Date: 2nd October 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Disaster recovery heads down the virtualization route
Vast majority of organizations see moving to a virtualized IT environment as a means of improving their disaster recovery options. Read article •Date: 2nd Oct 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business Continuity Awareness Week 2010
Preparations have started for BCAW 2010 which will be held between 22nd to 26th March. Read article •Date: 2nd Oct 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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AIRMIC and insurers complete claims speed-of-settlement agreement
AIRMIC (the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers) has reached final agreement with seven of the UK’s largest commercial insurers on a scheme to promote the prompt settlement of big claims, so that companies avoid the cashflow problems that would otherwise arise. The Statement of Principles applies to all property and business interruption claims above £2.5 million on UK-issued policies. It sets out a framework for such losses to be compensated. More details. •Date: 2nd Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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UK gets more highly resilient data centre space
SunGard Availability Services adds 10,000ft² of data centre space to meet increased demand for managed services. Read article •Date: 2nd Oct 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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European risk managers ‘lulled into false sense of security over environmental risk’
Companies need to wake-up to the compliance risks associated with the EU Environmental Liability Directive. Read article •Date: 1st Oct 2009• Region: Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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EU completes CCAEX09 exercise
The fourth Emergency and Crisis Coordination Arrangements Exercise. Read article •Date: 1st Oct 2009• Region: Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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UK financial sector Market-wide Exercise 2009
Business continuity exercise will take place on 17th and 20th November 2009. Read article •Date: 30th Sept 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Avoiding risk from software non-compliance
Over 60 percent of IT managers perceive a business risk to the organization they work for because of unmanageable IT estates. Read article •Date: 29th Sept 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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UK police discuss pandemic planning
Police North West Region Business Continuity Managers Group meeting roundup. Read article •Date: 29th Sept 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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Changing times
David Ting discusses how enterprise security is changing and outlines how businesses can use single sign-on solutions to protect themselves. Read article •Date: 25th Sept 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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