ANSI-HSSP workshop to explore preparedness challenges for small businesses
May 25, 2011: 'Achieving Preparedness through Standards Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Businesses.'
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Events
Shortlist published for 2011 Business Continuity Awards
CIR Magazine has listed the organizations and individuals that have made the shortlist for May 25th’s Business Continuity Awards.
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
New guidance document on UK Local Resilience Forums
‘The role of Local Resilience Forums: A reference document.’
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
US earthquake resilience needs strengthening: report
A false sense of security that the US is already earthquake resilient exists.
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
Evaluating the risks of using social networking in your business
A checklist.
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
New Cloud Backup and Recovery service from Recovery Point
Provides data backup and disaster recovery as a single integrated process.
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•Date: 31st March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
How to measure IT resilience
A new report from the European Network and Information Security Agency.
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•Date: 29th March 2011 • Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
4th Asia Business Continuity Awards launched
Awards are open for entries from 11 April 2011; presentations take place on 12th October in Singapore.
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•Date: 29th March 2011 • Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Initial lessons from exercise Caribe Wave 2011
The first full-scale test of the tsunami warning system in the Caribbean highlighted various system problems, according to UNESCO.
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•Date: 29th March 2011 • Region: Caribbean •Type: Article •Topic: BC testing
Closing the divide between business continuity management and IT disaster recovery
Ron Miller explains how the new ISO 27031 standard may help encourage a closure of the BCM - ITDR divide.
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•Date: 25th March 2011 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article
DHS publishes Internet security and resiliency discussion document
Explores technical options for creating a ‘safer, more secure and resilient network of networks’.
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•Date: 25th March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
Calls made to make business continuity planning mandatory for Caribbean organizations
According to Caribbean360.
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•Date: 25th March 2011 • Region: Caribbean •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
New version of INONI business continuity software released
INONI has announced the release of its 2011Q2 platform, which includes various upgrades to the long-established browser-based business continuity software.
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•Date: 25th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
Management advice for business continuity managers
New research provides insights into getting the most from your business continuity team.
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•Date: 25th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
This issue includes:
• Milton Keynes Business Resilience Forum Workshop
• Jaime Ellertson appointed chairman of the board of directors of Everbridge
• Major disaster declared for Missouri
• Counter Terror Expo
• BS 25999 certification for Petrofac
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
- FEMA daily SITREP
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Attitudes to disaster recovery and downtime
Neverfail has published the results from a survey of 1,473 IT professionals in the US regarding their disaster recovery plans and practices.
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•Date: 23rd March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
Council of the European Union agrees to pan-Europe nuclear plant stress-tests
Will survey the level of protection against floods and other unexpected events.
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•Date: 23rd March 2011 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Testing
Government consults on UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy 2011
The UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy updates the 2007 National Framework to encompass the lessons learnt from the recent H1N1 pandemic.
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•Date: 23rd March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
The Australasian Business Continuity Summit 2011
Sydney, 8th and 9th June 2011.
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•Date: 23rd March 2011 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
Scholarships in disaster management made available
The University of Leicester has announced a series of international scholarships in the fields of risk and disaster management.
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•Date: 23rd March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
This issue includes:
• Oil producing Middle East and North African countries dominate Maplecroft water security risk list
• Data leakage incidents strike 1 in 10 large UK businesses
• BCI Annual Lecture 2011
• ERM and BCM web based multi-user solutions for sale
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
- FEMA daily SITREP
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Unrealistic scenarios? C’mon man!
Unpredictability is fast becoming our new normal; and addressing unpredictability requires that we change how business continuity planning programs operate. By Geary Sikich.
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•Date: 22nd March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
RSA breach: what are the risks?
RSA has announced that it has been the victim of an ‘extremely sophisticated’ hack which managed to breach its security. This page provides an update on the situation and various attempts at analysis of the risks the incident may pose to RSA users.
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UPDATE Sixth Market Wide Exercise: UK financial sector
Dates published.
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Use tape to keep a firm grip on data stored in the cloud
Says Jerome M. Wendt.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
BS ISO/IEC 27031:2011 now available
Replacement standard for BS 25777:2008 can now be purchased from BSI.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
BC24 online incident simulation game now live
Key feature of Business Continuity Awareness Week available for use.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Global supply chains may be disrupted for several months due to Japan earthquake and tsunami
Marsh outlines the continuity of supply issues facing multinational companies.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
The ‘seven deadly sins’ of cloud computing: new Information Security Forum report
A new report from independent information security body, the Information Security Forum, identifies ‘seven deadly sins’ of cloud computing implementation and offers guidance on how to tackle them.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
Virtual Corporation updates Business Continuity Maturity Model
Virtual Corporation has announced the update of its Business Continuity Maturity Model (BCMM).
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
US spring flooding underway: expected to worsen through April
With spring flooding already underway over portions of the US, NOAA forecasters are warning the worst is yet to come.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
UN-backed tsunami warning exercise for Caribbean
Thirty-three countries will participate in the Caribbean region’s first full-scale tsunami warning exercise as part of United Nations-backed efforts to test and strengthen the region’s defences against such disasters.
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•Date: 18th March 2011 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
This issue includes:
• ‘Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness’
• FEMA Region 6 and arkansas to participate in national level catastrophic exercise in May
• President declares major disaster for Illinois
• City of London's Business Continuity Awareness Week initiatives
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
- FEMA daily SITREP
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Supply chain management and business continuity
R. Andrew Fernandes provides a checklist of items to consider in order to effectively introduce business continuity management into a SCM system.
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•Date: 16th March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Canadian CSA Z1600 business continuity standard review underway
Revised standard should be ready for publication in 2012.
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•Date: 16th March 2011 • Region: Canada •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
The definitive list of exercise scenarios
Help requested to add real-life examples to a crowd-sourced list of exercise scenarios.
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•Date: 16th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC exercising
UK commercial insurance ‘not fit for purpose’: Mactavish/PwC report
UK companies are exposing themselves to significant and unnecessary losses due to serious flaws in the way their corporate insurance policies are arranged.
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•Date: 15th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
IPv6 test date set
World IPv6 Day on 8 June, 2011 will provide a chance to test how well Internet-based applications will transition to IPv6.
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•Date: 15th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
Four risks that CIOs should address when contracting for cloud services
Advice from Gartner.
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•Date: 10th March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
The 3rd Annual Alternative UK BANG Awards
April 27th 2011, Old Doctor Butler's Head, Moorgate, London.
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•Date: 10th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Violations cost US disaster recovery company $0.75 million
Beck Disaster Recovery has agreed to pay $754,578 in overtime back wages to 89 current and former temporary field supervisors.
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•Date: 10th March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC companies
Olympic Delivery Authority running business continuity event
23rd March seminar will provide information on how to mitigate any potential disruption to organizations during the 2012 Olympic Games.
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•Date: 10th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
California superstorm would be costliest US disaster
Total property damage and business interruption costs of once-in-200-year event would be nearly $1 trillion.
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•Date: 10th March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
‘Business Interruption Insurance & BCM’
New BCI guide explores the link between business interruption insurance and business continuity management.
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•Date: 10th March 2011 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
UK Internet traffic routing creates resiliency risks
The current pattern of Internet traffic routing in the UK lacks resiliency, warns the Onyx Group.
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•Date: 8th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
United Arab Emirates progresses regional business continuity standard
Draft version of National Business Continuity Capability Management Standard unveiled.
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•Date: 8th March 2011 • Region: M.East •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Gartner survey identifies business continuity as one of the top two priorities for Indian organizations
The 2011 CIO Agenda survey by Gartner Executive Programs has found that Indian organizations see business continuity as a high priority area for future investment.
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•Date: 8th March 2011 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
ICM publishes full listing of 2010 business continuity invocations
IT hardware failure is by far the main cause of invocations.
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•Date: 8th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
Catastrophic preparedness: how ready is FEMA for the next big disaster?
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs schedules a hearing to address this question.
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•Date: 8th March 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
Exercise Watermark underway
10,000 participants makes Exercise Watermark Britain’s biggest ever civil emergency exercise.
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•Date: 7th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC exercises
Review of disaster recovery and business continuity plan activations reveals common failures
Janco Associates has just completed a review of 253 disaster recovery and business continuity plan activations and classified the shortcomings of those plans.
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•Date: 4th March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
House of Commons Committee criticises UK National Risk Assessment process
Government often only seeks scientific advice after events have struck.
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•Date: 4th March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
The business impacts of contagion
Maplecroft has issued a business and political risk briefing for the MENA region.
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•Date: 4th March 2011 • Region: M.East / Africa •Type: Article •Topic: Op risk
February major disasters roundup
Aon Benfield has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disasters that occurred worldwide during February.
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•Date: 4th March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
Enterprise wide backup: a checklist
Data management is entering a new era and Alexander Eiríksson provides some tips on how to make the most of new opportunities.
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•Date: 3rd March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
Smartphones and enterprise systems: don’t let convenience override security considerations
Use your smartphone to log into cloud and secure systems at your peril says Lieberman Software CEO.
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•Date: 3rd March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
New NIST publication offers advice on integrating information security risk planning into mission-critical functions
‘Managing Information Security Risk: Organization, Mission, and Information System View.’
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•Date: 3rd March 2011 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
Consultation on new UK CCTV code of practice
UK government proposes a new ‘checklist of actions’ that organizations that use CCTV systems may have to comply with.
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•Date: 3rd March 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
Christchurch earthquake updates
This page will be updated with business continuity and disaster recovery information related to the above incident.
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•Date: 3rd March 2011 • Region: NZ •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
Business continuity considerations missing from major change programmes
According to new research.
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•Date: 2nd March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
Business Continuity Awareness Week update
This year’s Business Continuity Awareness Week (March 21st to 25th) will include ‘the BC24 online incident simulation game’.
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•Date: 1st March 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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