From http://www.continuitycentral.com : De Nederlandsche Bank publishes business continuity assessment framework *** New guidelines will help firms active in...
I don't disagree with either Messrs Pierpont or Moore. I feel that specific education is valuable but common sense is also valuable. The one is not necessarily...
ADRIAN JENKYN
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Feb 1, 2005 4:45 pm
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Excellent response! Part of my responsibilities in my new IT Audit role is to "leverage my learning’s with others" who haven't been exposed to IT. ...
Some jobs require specific quantifiable skills and as often suggested BCG is such a broad field that common sense, good listening/communication skills and a...
I show them initials because these are the ones I have achieved. My employer does not require any certification, but knowledge of the process. While I now...
Hi, I am very aware that in the UK we have a law coming in, the Civil Contingencies Act, which will legally require certain organisations and companies e.g....
Colin, In South African their is a Disaster Management Act which ensures that
government departments on national and provincial level are prepared
and can...
Hi, The URL for retrieving the Disaster Management Act no 57 of 2002 is www.polity.org.za/pdf/DisasterManagementA57.pdf Regards John Mayor Project Manager :...
John Mayor
MayorJC@...
Feb 3, 2005 12:52 pm
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Has anyone got some up-to-date figures , because I feel these old "Causes of Disasters" may need up dating. #1 45.00% Hardware Failure #2 13.00% Software...
Colin: New Zealand have the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act promulgated in 2003 which governs business continuity and disaster recovery for all ...
Brigitte Theuma
brigitte.theuma@...
Feb 3, 2005 11:33 pm
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Colin, Singapore are in the process of developing law that we place a BC requirement on certain businesses as per the UK CCA04. I believe AUS/NZ have a...
Define "disaster" Seriously; what constitutes a "disaster" in context of your question. To this scrivener's mind, a disaster is anything which results in **...
Hi all, Has anyone had any experience of rolling out Strohl's LDRPS within Systems groups (i.e. supporting the rest of the business) and any pitfalls that can...
Dear fellow, learned BC practitioners, I would like to ask the group your thoughts on the future trends in business continuity management. Any thoughts UK and...
Jagdeep Gogna
JGogna@...
Feb 4, 2005 8:04 pm
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. 16% Power Outage . 13% Hardware . 11% Fire . 10% Flood . 9% Earthquake . 9% Hurricane ....
How are theses statistics substantiated? Where do they come from? (he said ungramatically!) Not disputing them, just interested in how they were collected ......
•Biggest Risk - not knowing all the risks risk that is out of XXXX's control CRISIS •An emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a...
I am going a bit beyond BC Planning but thought someone here might be able to assist. I am developing a questionaire to present to executive and operational...
The use of percentages actually skews the numbers. I contacted the National Sprinkler Association because I had read that the number on e reason for accidental...
I have no idea what is meant by "disaster" as used in the first message of this thread. However, I can add that the primary proximate cause of relocations to...
As a disaster recovery auditor and advisor, the most significant cause of disaster after obvious reasons but by far, and make up the majority of causes is...
Jeff Charlton
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Feb 5, 2005 6:24 pm
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I went to University in Belfast and I was sitting in the cafeteria one day when a strange sounding alarm went off. I waited and waited.... Finally I said to...
I would agree with John's list here but that would then mean the starving millions in Africa is the worlds greatest disaster in the last 30 years but it doesnt...
I have to agree that the tragedy of 9-11 has been `over-exposed', for lack of a better term. While it was an undeniably devastating event, when viewed from a...
Could it be that the original questioner was wanting to know how often BCPs are activated and for what events? This interpretation narrows the scope of ...
Tim , good points but of course BC planning is a commercial application of risk management not social conscience. Follow the money!! Jeff Charlton ... From:...
Jeff Charlton
j-charlton@...
Feb 7, 2005 5:31 pm
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I followed the recent thread on "protecting paper" with interest. There was some reference to the retention of underlying source data and policies governing...
Dear Cyril, It makes for an interesting (if abbreviated) data recoverability test to use some media that is at least 4-5 years old, with data created by and...
