Welcome to a new yahoo group on business continuity. Unlike some other business continuity groups this one is not controlled or moderated by a commercial...
The UK Government has published a Bill which will give authorities major new powers to cope with civil emergencies, including terrorist attacks. The Civil...
Keith Have you done any work with companies who are putting in place shelter plans for the situation where they are unable to leave their buildings due to an ...
Take a look at www.linussafe.com This is a subscription based service we offer and given the price structure (ie client s/w is free and storage fee starts at...
I am working to "formalize" my BC Program Managment Policies and Procedures by documenting areas such as: Roles/responsibilities Testing & maintenance Change...
Hello, I am from American Express. I can help...Call me on 9271-2509 or e-mail me with specific requirements and I can help. Regards, John American Express...
John G Sequeira
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Jan 13, 2004 3:11 am
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A range of business continuity policies, procedures, templates and checklists is available at www.plan-it-control-it.com. These can be purchased on-line or via...
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Jan 13, 2004 7:58 am
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In a message dated 14/01/2004 01:18:55 GMT Standard Time, ... We have built a model and tested an evacuation for a BCP plan for one company and a major...
Great to see proactive (cause) contingency planning incentives. I totally agree with Keith and have been preaching cbrn invacuation since 911. The logic of...
We seem to be getting an anti-virus alert on the postings - this will add a LOT to reading the digests. From: "Jeff Charlton" <j-charlton@...> Subject:...
Hello all, I am posed with a situation whereby the company wants us to interview all managers and understand what important files they have at their desktops...
Several years ago, I had a similar problem and solved it this way. I had all employees leave their PCs turned on and performed network backups on all PC...
Fattah, this is a very common situation in organisations that have no history or culture of managing risk and IT security. Quite simply, if a file belongs to...
Thanks Mel and James (previous response). Yes the culture over here is unfortunately one of acting only when the problem is real. There is a great challenge...
That is why it is important to make it something desirable for them to do on their own. You can quote policy all day, but unless you make all systems diskless...
The best way to manage security of corporate files is to remove access to the local PC disk drive using native policies in operating systems. This with a...
Richard Heron and Zoe...
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Jan 26, 2004 10:40 am
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Fattah, All user drives & shared areas reside on file/print servers, which are backed up daily. To prevent users having files on the desktops, we have...
ARMSTRONGSMITH Sarah ...
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Jan 26, 2004 10:47 am
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Could you expand your comment regarding Companies act please? Jeff Charlton ... From: ARMSTRONGSMITH Sarah (AXA-TECH-UK) ...
The Companies Act 1989 includes various subsections relating to power to obtain information, disclosure and keeping and inspecting company records. Whilst it...
ARMSTRONGSMITH Sarah ...
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Jan 26, 2004 12:53 pm
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The problem with such a policy is that it alienates the IT Department from the users of the IT Systems. I know of a company where they had severe server...
I disagree, it is working well, and the users are confident that data is being backed up, and that we can restore. Users are completly aware of policies and ...
richardh1@...
Jan 27, 2004 1:51 am
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It really boils down to what you are trying to accomplish, what level of executive sponsorship you have for your goals, and what level of intrusiveness your...
Previously we have used the Apollo 13 movie to show an example of how a team should react given a crisis situation. I am looking for other types of movies or...
I was IBM UK's lead consultant on business continuity until 2001 and worked with lots of clients helping to define objectives and developing justifiable...
In a message dated 30/01/2004 05:16:58 GMT Standard Time, ... "Volcano" had Tommy Lee Jones deal with the situation of a Volcano in the middle of a city - sci...
There is so much technology that is affordable. Clustering provides us with continuous network availability. Centrally managing was the best solution for the...
Richard Heron and Zoe...
richardh1@...
Jan 30, 2004 10:55 am
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Dear All, I think it's clear that different organisations probably look at this subject in different ways. Unfortunately we now live in an era where security...
ARMSTRONGSMITH Sarah ...
sarah.armstrongsmith@...
Jan 30, 2004 12:30 pm
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I have an underground Atlas E Missile Site that we converted into our home. I am looking for companies that might be interested in setting up their computer...
