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Increasing challenges to corporate networks and data requires a new risk management approach.
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•Date: 30th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Open invitation to retirement party issued; Counting House pub, Cornhill, City of London on Thursday 6th December – 12 noon.
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•Date: 30th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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The Central Office of Information's Government News Network, in conjunction with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, scooped first place in the Issues and Crisis Management category at the PR Week Awards 2007 ceremony - beating off competition from companies such as Tesco and British Airways.
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•Date: 26th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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A new report ‘The Energy Markets Outlook’ released by the UK government’s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform provides details on how security and continuity of energy supply will be achieved over the next 15 years. Welcoming the report, Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks said: "Security of energy supply is one of the fundamental challenges this country faces.” The report and further online resources can be found at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/energymarketsoutlook/page41839.html
•Date: 25th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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New Vocal contract provides London-based businesses with enhanced crisis communications.
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•Date: 23rd October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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Managing risk is a priority, but less than a third of banks take an integrated approach to information management.
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•Date: 23rd October 2007• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Finance BC
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Instant Messaging, P2P, VoIP are increasing information security threats.
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•Date: 19th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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18th October saw the official opening of SunGard Availability Services’ latest workplace recovery centre, in Leatherhead, Surrey.
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•Date: 19th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Fraud is a real, and growing, business risk according to the 4th biennial Global Economic Crime Survey.
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•Date: 18th October 2007• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Backup volumes in many organisations have grown so large they are causing business disruption by tying up systems, storage, and network capacity and hogging valuable IT resources according to new research.
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•Date: 18th October 2007• Region:UK/N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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A seminar organised by Internet solutions company Scotland Online in partnership with SunGard Availability Services has given Scottish organisations a business continuity wake-up call.
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•Date: 16th October 2007• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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From a business continuity point of view the Act is significant because it creates a new reputation risk; especially the publicity order aspects of it.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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According to Risk Management Solutions.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Only 8 percent of local authorities interviewed in a new survey have disaster recovery plans that include provisions for denial of access to premises.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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The Insurers’ Fire Research Strategy Scheme, in association with AIRMIC and the Food Industry Panels Group has issued a revised code of practice for the Food Industry. ‘Fire Risk Minimisation Guidance for the Food Industry’ is designed to provide advice across all the various sectors of the food industry, the guidance:
- Aims to establish a generic property loss control standard that companies can aspire to in the expectation that damage caused by fire will be kept to a minimum;
- Provides a Code a Practice that has the support of the UK insurance industry.
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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Comprehensive Spending Review gives more information on the breakdown of flood protection cash but amount stays the same.
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•Date: 11th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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'Humanitarian Assistance in the UK: Current Capability and the Development of Best Practice.’
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•Date: 11th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Urban Wimax believes that it has the solution to the problem of the ‘last mile’.
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•Date: 9th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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A letter to the editor.
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•Date: 9th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Business continuity management and green strategies should be integrated, says Steve Beck.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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UK-based business continuity consultancy Steelhenge has appointed Michael Gilbert, formerly head of emergency planning for National Grid and subsequently responsible for energy resilience at the UK Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR), to head up its Energy & Utility Resilience Services practice. www.steelhenge.co.uk
•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Lorna Anderson reflects on lessons learned from taking part in the British Red Cross Disaster Response Challenge.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Urges ministers to bring forward the planned increased spending on flood defences and flood management, currently promised for 2010-11.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Business continuity managers need to be aware of this trend.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Date of first meeting of Telecommunications Sub-Groups should be determined by the end of October.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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