Business continuity briefs:
7th June 2007

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published in the last 24 hours.

APRA releases Basel II market disclosure proposals
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a discussion paper and draft prudential standard setting out its proposed approach to market disclosure under the new Basel II capital adequacy regime. The approach applies to all locally incorporated authorised deposit-taking institutions in Australia. The proposals aim to enhance transparency and market discipline in Australian financial markets through high quality and timely market disclosure on the risk management practices and capital adequacy of ADIs. Both the discussion paper and the draft prudential standard are available on APRA's web site at http://www.apra.gov.au/ADI/Basel-II-implementation-in-Australia.cfm

Stonesoft upgrades security platform with new disaster recovery features
Stonesoft Corporation, a provider of integrated network security and resilient connectivity solutions, has announced the availability of StoneGate Management Center and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 4.0. The new versions, which are part of the latest StoneGate Secure Connectivity Solution, provide disaster recovery capabilities for backup security systems control in the event of a network failure and smarter detection features to prevent encoded data attacks. www.stonesoft.com

Teneros' Application Continuity appliances Selected as CRN '2007 Emerging Tech Dynamo'
Teneros has announced today that Computer Reseller News has named Teneros as an ‘Emerging Tech Dynamo’ for its application continuity appliances for high availability and disaster recovery of Microsoft Exchange. CRN's Emerging Tech list captures companies that are delivering high channel partner margins with innovative and easy-to-use technology unavailable from industry giants. http://www.teneros.com

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

Major disaster declared for Nebraska
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Nebraska to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes during the period of May 4-19, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=36810

•Date: 7th June 2007• Region: Various