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January 2008

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Business Continuity Journal Volume Two, Issue Four now available
Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication.
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Date: 31st January 2008• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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ICM Business Continuity Services appoints new Service Director
John Mills joins ICM from Capgemini.
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Date: 31st January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Sharp steps down from Continuity Forum
After three and a half years John Sharp is stepping down as policy and development director of the UK’s Continuity Forum to pursue other interests in the business continuity arena.
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Date: 29th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Corporate Manslaughter Act enforcement should move business continuity ‘human factors’ up the agenda in the UK
Human resources: where business continuity and health & safety meet.
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Date: 25th January 2008• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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BCI workshop aims to align ICT continuity with corporate BCM
21st February 2008, The Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Manchester.
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Date: 25th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Network emulation for business continuity testing
Sameer Gupta explains how to test network business continuity plans in the lab environment rather than on the live network.
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Date: 24th January 2008• Region:UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Federation of Small Businesses help available for flood-affected UK small businesses
Disaster recovery finance is available.
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Date: 23rd January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Bayesian Belief Networks in business continuity management
Bayesian Belief Networks provide a method for integrating beliefs and hard facts in a logically consistent manner. Patrick Roberts explores the potential for applying them in business continuity management.
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Date: 18th January 2008• Region:UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Steelhenge’s Michael Gilbert awarded OBE in News Year’s Honours
Michael Gilbert, director of Steelhenge’s Energy & Utilities Resilience practice, was awarded an OBE for exceptional service to the electricity and gas industries in the UK New Year’s Honours list.
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Date: 18th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article
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European Commission funds series of emergency response exercises
Exercises will involve earthquake and flooding simulations, and will be led by organisations from five European countries.
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Date: 17th January 2008• Region: W.Europe/ UK •Type: Article •Topic: Exercising
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UK gets new Risk and Regulatory Advisory Council
Aims to improve the way risk is understood and managed by government.
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Date: 17th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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UK companies’ data security at risk due to lack of employee compliance
Many employees do not follow corporate policies on data and computer security: survey.
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Date: 15th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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New business continuity software launched
CrisisPro software aimed at enabling insurance brokers to develop business continuity income stream.
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Date: 15th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Evidence-based business continuity management
Can the BCM profession learn from ‘evidence-based medicine’? By Patrick Roberts.
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Date: 11th January 2008• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Elland recovery centre open day
7th February 2008, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Date: 11th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Majority of organisations are not prepared for a business outage lasting longer than seven days
According to a Gartner survey.
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Date: 10th January 2008• Region: UK/N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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Voting opens for Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year
Who will be your choice?
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Date: 10th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Chair appointed for UK Pandemic Influenza Advisory Group
Appointment aimed at making Scientific Advisory Group on Pandemic Influenza more flexible and independent.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Spectra launches SHADE for telecoms continuity
Self-contained rapid deployment network infrastructure.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Business continuity in 2008
What changes and challenges does the new year hold for the business continuity profession? David Honour speculates.
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Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Putting the business back in business continuity
Ian Charters responds to a recent article ‘Business continuity - are we still missing the point?’
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Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Norfolk students given business continuity challenge
School and college students in Norfolk (England) are being encouraged to take part
in the annual Eastern Daily Press Young Enterprise Business Awards. This year the awards will focus on business continuity, with teams of students being asked to draw up business continuity plans for a notional company. Read the story.
Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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