Marsh launches business insurance product to address windstorm exposures
Marsh has announced it has launched a parametric insurance product to address financial exposures faced by businesses due to hurricane-force winds. Read article •Date: 31st March 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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US National Response Framework comes into effect FEMA has issued a statement to advise stakeholders and partners that the National Response Framework (NRF), successor to the National Response Plan came into effect on Saturday, March 22, 2008. Read article •Date: 31st March 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Major disaster declared for Arkansas FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Arkansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on March 18, 2008, and continuing. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9566 •Date: 31st March 2008• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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FFIEC publishes updated business continuity planning guidance
New version of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s ‘Business Continuity Planning Booklet’ available. Read article •Date: 20th March 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Strohl presents third annual business continuity awards Most Effective BCP Organization Award and BCP Achievement Award. Read article •Date: 20th March 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Major disaster declared for Missouri FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Missouri to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding beginning on March 17, 2008, and continuing. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9548 •Date: 20th March 2008• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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CERT Resiliency Engineering Framework available for download
The primary purpose of releasing this version of the framework is to begin gathering feedback and suggestions. Read article •Date: 18th March 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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3n and SDI join forces to deliver complete crisis and incident management solution 3n and SDI Intelligent Solutions have worked in partnership to provide a crisis and incident management solution for the business continuity market. Read article •Date: 18th March 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Companies worry about the growing data security risk from remote workers and network ‘outsiders’ There is a bigger risk of sensitive data being exposed to ‘unauthorised eyes’ when networks are made accessible to remote workers and external users. Read article •Date: 18th March 2008• Region: US/UK •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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SBA National Small Business Week includes disaster recovery awards The US SBA is running the annual Small Business Week from April 21-25, 2008. The week will begin with three days of events in Washington, D.C., at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where more than 100 outstanding business owners from across the country will be recognized. Presentations will include the Phoenix Awards, recognizing a public official, a business owner and a volunteer whose efforts have helped their businesses or communities recover successfully from a disaster. www.sba.gov/sbw •Date: 18th March 2008• Region: US•Type: Briefing
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Scientists simulate pandemic influenza outbreak in Chicago
Model shows which mitigation measures are successful. Read article •Date: 13th March 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Major disaster declared for Missouri FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Missouri to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and flooding during the period of February 10-14, 2008. The action makes federal funding available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storms and flooding in Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Madison, Mississippi, Ozark, Reynolds, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Texas, Wayne, Webster, and Wright Counties. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9506 •Date: 13th March 2008• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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NOAA launches final two buoys to complete US tsunami warning system NOAA has deployed the final two tsunami detection buoys in the South Pacific this week, completing the buoy network and bolstering the US tsunami warning system. This network of 39 stations provides coastal communities in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico with faster and more accurate tsunami warnings. Read NOAA press release. •Date: 13th March 2008• Region: US •Type: Briefing
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Overcoming preparedness fatigue
In the absence of an event or other external mandate, how do you keep management engaged and willing to continuously invest in organizational preparedness? Read article •Date: 11th March 2008• Region US/:World •Type: Article •Topic: Selling to the board
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Cyber Storm II exercise underway US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom taking part. Read article •Date: 11th March 2008• Region:US/Various•Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Covad launches business continuity service Covad Wireless, a subsidiary of Covad Communications Group, Inc., a leading US provider of integrated voice and data communications, announced at the Spring 2008 Channel Partners Conference & Expo that it has expanded its portfolio of business continuity solutions by combining fixed broadband wireless Super-T with Backup DSL service. This service provides business customers in California with a powerful alternative to standalone cable, DSL or T1 services, by including a backup connection to help ensure continuation of service in the event of a manmade or natural disaster. www.covadwireless.com •Date: 11th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Briefing •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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New York Bankers Service Corporation selects Strohl Systems to provide business continuity planning software for members The New York Bankers Service Corporation, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York Bankers Association, has announced that Strohl Systems’s PLANet software has been selected as an NYBSCO endorsed vendor. PLANet is the only online business continuity and disaster recovery planning tool designed specifically for community banks. “We are very pleased with the endorsement from NYBSCO,” said Eric Strohl, president of Strohl Systems. “PLANet is used by over 1,200 financial institutions and has been the solution of choice for many community banks in New York already. This agreement frees the way for New York community banks to have easier access to the product.” www.strohlsystems.com/Software/PLANet4Banks •Date: 11th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Major disaster declared for Illinois FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Illinois to help people and communities recover from the effects of severe storms and flooding during the period of January 7, 2008 and continuing. FEMA Director David Paulison said the assistance was authorized under a major disaster declaration issued for the state of Illinois by President Bush. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Iroquois and Livingston counties. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9486 •Date: 11th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Report examines global supply chain risk management
Looks at the importance of hardening the supply chain with a view to ‘strengthening America’s resilience’. Read article •Date: 7th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Economic impacts of fires in the US NFPA has published a report ‘The Total Cost of Fire in the United States’
which states that for 2005, the total cost of fires to the US economy is estimated at $267-294 billion, or roughly 2 to 2.5% of US gross domestic product. Property loss – reported or unreported, direct or indirect – represents only $12.7 billion of this total. Get the report •Date: 7th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Briefing
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Economic downturn must not tempt companies to scale-down disaster preparedness
SunGard Availability Services provides tips for staying on top of discovery recovery plans during budgetary belt-tightening. Read article •Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Survey highlights trends and risks of data protection in large enterprises Enterprises are still relying heavily on physical tape systems for their data protection and disaster recovery. Read article •Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Lieberman calls on FEMA to improve programs for responding to psychological consequences of disasters US Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has endorsed the findings of a Government Accountability Office report released last Friday which determined that FEMA must improve its crisis counseling program for victims of catastrophic disasters. Read article •Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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FEMA Disaster Operations Division director announced for Pacific NW Federal Emergency Management Agency regional administrator Susan Reinertson has announced the appointment of Lon Biasco as the new Disaster Operations Division director for FEMA Region X, a jurisdiction which includes the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. According to Reinertson, the new position supports field elements in directing the delivery of federal assistance supporting state and local response and recovery efforts. •Date: 4th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Briefing
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Amended FRCP rocks the data center
Dave Hunt explains why changes made in 2006 are evolving into a real business risk that must be addressed. Read article •Date: 29th February 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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FIRST and CERT looking for submissions of system and network security best practices Submissions will be judged, with cash awards for the top two. Read article •Date: 29th February 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Survey identifies IT continuity skills gap
New IT graduates aren't up to speed on business continuity and disaster recovery. Read article •Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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2008 CCEP Awards: call for nominations made Deadline: April 30, 2008. Read article •Date: 28th February 2008• Region:Canada •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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DHS names academic institutions to lead new Centers of Excellence Five new Centers of Excellence will study: border security and immigration; explosives detection, mitigation, and response; maritime, island and port security; natural disasters, coastal infrastructure and emergency management; and transportation security. Read article •Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Supercomputer models 9.0 megaquake in Pacific Northwest Seattle shown to be the city most at risk from any future Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust earthquake. Read article •Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Understanding Earthquakes: From Research to Resilience This year, Seattle plays host to the 22-26 April 2008 National Earthquake Conference. According to Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) Executive Director Bob Freitag, the five-day Seattle conference enjoys one of the most ambitious agendas to date. The program contains over 100 nationally and internationally renowned speakers, and features an evening forum webcast on applying the lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. www.earthquakeconference.org •Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US •Type: Briefing •Topic: Events
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