At 11am today the government published an Independent Review of the UK response to the 2009 influenza (swine flu) pandemic.
The 28 recommendations are summarised as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Voice Recording: Legislation or Rogue Trading The Catalyst?
June 28th, 2010After a chance conversation with a collaegue recently I have begun to question whether it is the threat of legislation that will actually drive organisations to implement voice recording on their traders’ mobile phones, or in fact a more pressing issue… Read the rest of this entry »
Civil Contingencies: Will budget Cuts Affect Conference Enthusiasm?
June 25th, 2010As Govnet plan for another one day conference on Civil Contingencies: Meeting Tomorrow’s threats and challenges today next Tuesday, I wonder whether enthusiasm for addressing resilience will be diminished in light of impending budget cuts across governmental departments.
As the new coalition government has appointed a new National Security Council and a National Security adviser I’m feeling optimistic. In addition The Office for Cyber Security became operational in March 2010.
The identified security threat also underlines the need for resilient and effective telecommunications to allow for a coordinated response to a civil emergency and so it would seem that the drive is still high on the agenda to deliver resilience of IT and Telecoms within the publiuc sector moving forward regradless of any proposed cuts.
Speakers at the conference include:
John Tesh, Deputy Director, Capabilities, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office
Helena Busby, Adaption to Climate Change Programme, Defra
Helen Shirley-Quirk, Director of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Department of Health
John Pooley, Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer and Head of Emergency Preparedness, London Ambulance Service
Dr Nigel Brown, Lead for Resilient Telecommunications, Cabinet Office
Are you going next Tuesday? If you are involved in emergency planning within the public sector it would be great to hear your views on how you think things might change under the new government.
Local Government Budget Cuts: How do You Continue To Protect Your Telecoms?
June 17th, 2010As the new government seeks to make budget cuts across local governmnet, how can business continuity managers and emergency planners continue to protect vital incoming telecoms for public services? Read the rest of this entry »
Telecoms Continuity: Northerners more likely to use desk phone than Southerners
June 16th, 2010A recent study undertaken by Virgin Media Business is showing that those people working in the South of the country are adopting social media for work purposes more than those people working in the North. Read the rest of this entry »
Communicating in a Crisis: DDI Re-routing is Easier Than Suggested
June 14th, 2010Automatic individual DDI re-routing over PSTN has been available in the UK for over 12 years. In the magazine Risk UK this month, one featured article titled ‘Communicating in a Crisis’, was very misleading in its information as to how quickly PSTN calls are re-routed to alternative destination when activated by a national telecoms carrier. Read the rest of this entry »
Explore Telecoms Resilience at the ACPO Annual Police Conference
June 8th, 2010If you are planning to attend the APA – ACPO conference and would like to understand more about how resilient telecoms solutions can enble police forces to continue providing valuable services through business disruptions, come and have a chat with us at stand E6 near the Seminar Theatre by the Delegate Catering. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Voice Recording: Trialling Is The Best Way To Make A Purchasing Decision
June 2nd, 2010As the consultation period defined by the FSA to consider the regulation of imposed mobile phone voice recording nears it’s end (last date for comments is June 14th), regulated financial institutions should not rush into a purchasing decision, but rather should include the trialling of as many solutions as they can. Read the rest of this entry »
BT Strike: What is Your Business Continuity Plan For a Telecoms Outage?
June 1st, 2010As the Union representing BT staff has announced plans to ballot its members on a possible strike over pay, do company business continuity plans include measures to cope with lengthy delays in resuming normal service in the event of a telecoms outage? Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Phone Network Faults: What’s Your Business Continuity Back Up Strategy?
May 28th, 2010What will your mobile workforce do if their principal forms of communication are unavailable? We take it for granted that mobile connectivity and signals are more reliant and available than they have ever been. But how many businesses have a continuity strategy for when the mobile network is disrupted? Read the rest of this entry »
