Hi Bob, I think that is similar to the misconception between Disater Revovery and Business Continuity. My stance is that Business Continuity is the ...
John Mayor
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Jun 1, 2004 12:17 pm
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... I agree that ISO 17799 would not be the optimum guide for BCP as it is too narrowly focused on just information security. While PAS 56 is an adequate...
See news piece below from http://www.continuitycentral.com It would be interesting to know if any UK group members already have specific contingency plans in...
Hy all, do you know where I can find good information with regard to the BC section of the ISO 17799 (BS 7799) ? Sincerely, Miguel Albano [Non-text portions of...
Hi Miguel, You could buy the standard to get that information - see http://bsonline.techindex.co.uk/ and search for 7799 It's not very expensive. Kind regards ...
It may not be "very expensive" on a corporate budget - only 94 English pounds - but from a poor planner's pocket, the tariff may cause second thoughts. David,...
John, Here's one for free. If you have an Master's Degree in 'stating the obvious', then you probably qualify for being able to write a standard. 7799 states...
Admin
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Jun 2, 2004 7:03 pm
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One day the value and not the cost will be the main criteria for Business Continuity planning! People that work for companies that don't have budget for...
Dear Miguel Seems you kicked off a debate of which gives you NO answers, what exactly are you looking for, I specialize in 7799/17799 and will assist you in ...
Hi, BS7799 is meant for Information Security standards and definitly from that perspective it a Great standard - ensuring Confidentiality, Integrity and...
I'm currently speaking with a couple of service providers in Milan for a medium sized recovery solution, has anyone had any experiences, recommendations, etc....
Dow, Andrew (London)
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Jun 3, 2004 12:37 pm
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I am from South Africa and just join the group. Who are interested in South Africa? REY [MODERATOR - PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO REY RATHER THAN THE WHOLE GROUP...
Rey Groenewald
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Jun 3, 2004 2:01 pm
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my name is George Ittyerah i am a student and currently pursuing my Masters in Analysis Design and Management of Information Systems at the London School Of...
The threat of immediate fuel protests in the UK appears to be receding. Farmers for Action, seen by many as one of most likely organisations to organise fuel...
I am currently working with a client in the information security industry. They have asked me to come up with practical training session (4 hours) testing...
I have always enjoyed this 86% statistic one of my favourites. It was quoted at the first conference I spoke at in about 1992 and interestingly it has never...
I think I may have given this information years ago. The original statistic was that 80% of companies who did not have a plan or who had not fully tested...
Tim, statistics are of great value, when they're solid and reliable. The point being that there aren't any for business continuity and resillience issues. ...
Hi Miguel, I agree that there is a problem with many of the statistics currently being used to 'promote' BC, such as the 86% you mention. Another I have...
How many businesses would go out of business following a disaster despite having a BCP? In our statistics we don't factor-in the number of organisations with...
Deon Binneman <deonbin@...> wrote that "Between Chernobyl and Union Carbide's Bhopal disaster there were 71 confirmed leaks/deviations, yet nothing was...
I am still not convinced that generally we think broadly enough in our roles as to what our real aim is. A very large number of people in our industry come...
And it "... makes good sense" because statistically and historically we know that the level of risk is high. I feel that we have to make a distinction between...
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics" - Benjamin Disraeli. One of the earlier arguments made is that the source of practitioners in the BC world might...
.or testimonials if you prefer. I apologize to those, like me, who belong to all these lists resulting in cross-posting. There have been discussions about the...
If any of the BCI Forum intends to be in Toronto for the conference do let me know and we can organize getting together at some point to put faces to names. ...
ADRIAN JENKYN
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Jun 11, 2004 5:19 pm
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Folks, I am doing research for the preparation of conducting Testing and Exercising for my company. Does any one have the training material, incident scenario...
