 My aim in this brief introduction to Business Continuity is to give you an insight into creating an effective BC plan using a 5 step process (based around the British standards BS 25999) we use as standard When creating BCP and DRP’s for our clients.
Let me start with a brief introduction to Prosyn Ltd and what relevance we can bring to today’s events.
- We have been trading in the City of London for the past 5 years with very demanding trading companies.
- Our marketing focus is on companies of sizes 5-150 users
- Our core business is the creation and maintenance of IT systems and as a direct result of that we now specialise in the creation of working BCP’s.
- We have a range of products and solutions designed to keep firms up and running.
The reality of creating a BCP is that it is cost overhead that does not directly generate any money. This normally results in it being the last item on the board agenda and by the time it is discussed the board members are looking forward to a drink in the pub.
So where do you start? |
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 When half of IT people think that IT is not responsible for an organisation's CO2 emissions, something is going awry. So where have things gone wrong? Antony Young, director of services, security and networking at Bell Micro discusses. |
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 Business has evolved to embrace the delivery channels of the internet, and we now see a globalised footprint of operations generating vast profits out of online etrade, adding much to the gross national product (GNP) for many countries across all continents. With this in mind Professor John Walker, Secure-Bastion LTD, examines the evolution of ecrime and it's effect on business and postulates on trends to come. |
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 According to recent figures from Ofcom, the communications regulator, British adults are more frequent users of social networking sites than any of their European counterparts. With this in mind David Hobson, MD of Global Secure Systems, provides some good housekeeping rules for staying safe whilst networking.
People seem increasingly obsessed with social networking sites with four in ten Britons now using their internet connection to keep in touch with their friends on networking websites, such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace. The figure compares with 17 per cent in France, 12 per cent in Germany and 22 per cent in Italy.
However, it would seem that most people throw all caution to the wind when they use these sites and forget that what they post onto these sites can be accessed by anyone and everyone, not just their friends.
In fact in a recent survey conducted by The Information Commissioner's Office amongst the 2000 young adults examined (17 to 25 year olds) they found 60 per cent posted their date of birth, a quarter put their job title and almost one in 10 gave their home address and two thirds accepted people on such websites as 'friends' who they did not even know.
Over Christmas and New Year, access to social networking sites spiked higher than ever before, but what are the rules to keeping safe and secure on these sites in 2008? You don't want to give too much away and find that you end up with people stealing your identity or your bosses finding out your inner most secrets.
The first rule to remember is that there is a very real security threat associated with social networking. The US government has recently put out an official warning on their Computer Emergency Readiness Team website - www.us-cert.gov to stress the security pitfalls of these sites, which shows they feel there is a very real risk to social networking.
So here are some good housekeeping rules for playing safe on your social networking site in 2008: |
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