http://www.contingencytoday.com/articles.php RSS Article feed for Contingency Today http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/A Compelling Argument for Automated Code Testing/1341 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Professor Howard A Schmidt, Director of Fortify Software, argues the golden age of hackers and cybercriminals driven by a desire... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/The Poynter report/1342 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Dr Chris Pounder, a data protection specialist with Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM and editor of Data Protection... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Protecting employees from terrorist attack abroad/1332 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Employees who are travelling abroad are more vulnerable to terrorist attack. The Anvil Group\'s Matthew Judge sets out good business... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Harnessing voice talent /1333 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST VeCommerce\'s Brett Feldon explains why the unique characteristics of voice biometrics can help in the fight against fraud, money... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/The real cost of a security breach /1334 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Global Secure Systems\' David Hobson examines the hidden expense of a data breach, both the tangible and intangible costs. Information... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Re-establishing communications in a disaster/1320 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Doug Umbers, Managing Director of VTC Communications, unveils a new combination of capabilities to help re-establish communications infrastructures inside disaster... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Mapping London's unexploded bombs/1313 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST East London recently saw a controlled explosion of the biggest World War II bomb to be found in the city... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Energy futures/1310 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST The Scientific Alliance says the UK is coming to a crunch time where politicians will have to make hard decisions... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/42 days may not be enough/1302 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST 42 days may not be enough to build a case against suspected terrorists. The complex web of IT and the... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Obama aide accuses UK of bio defence failure/1285 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Senator Tom Daschle, a close personal adviser to Barack Obama, warns that the world is woefully unprepared for biological terrorism... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Thomas Cook implements business continuity technology/1291 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST Thomas Cook Group plc is one of the world\'s leading leisure travel groups with over 19 million customers, 30,000 employees,... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Chinese hackers may have caused US blackouts/1275 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST According to US magazine, National Journal, computer hackers in China, including those working on behalf of the Chinese government and... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Defence of the Realm/1268 Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Tony Boobier, Strategic Industry Manager for Insurance at Pitney Bowes MapInfo outlines the findings of the interim flood report by... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Cybercrime and internet security/1269 Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Ken Munro, Managing Director, SecureTest says the best means of assessing threats is to carry out a system penetration test.... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/SMEs neglecting business continuity plans /1253 Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Bert van der Zwan of WebEx explains why SMEs need to give more thought to their business continuity plans and... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/How the UK civil service could have protected itself against the recent wave of web attacks/1236 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Nick Galea, CEO, Acunetix describes how major organisations, including the UK Civil Service and the US Department of Homeland Security,... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/British anti-terrorist strategy failing /1230 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 BST A new report from the RAND Corporation, Rethinking Counter Insurgency, states the global war against terrorism has become a stalemate.... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Irrawaddy delta closed to foreign aid workers /1228 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Burrmese dissident magazine, The Irrawaddy, says Burma\'s reclusive military government is keeping most foreign aid workers away from the devastated... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/15 ways to lose your database/1221 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Peter Mitteregger, European Vice President, Credant Technologies, says the statement \'do not leave your valuables on show\' is a simple... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Cybercrime and internet security/1210 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 BST SecureTest\'s managing director, Ken Munro, argues that Cybercrime is likely to become even more of an issue in the future... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/UK still unprepared for flooding/1214 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 BST In a report published today, Flooding, the UK Parliament\'s Select Committee for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said UK... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Doctors should let accident victims die in a pandemic/1204 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 BST A group of leading US physicians has drafted a list of patients who, during a pandemic, should not be treated.... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Adding up the benefits of end point security/1208 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 BST The growing use of removable media in the workplace is becoming an ever more urgent business issue according to Colin... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Business Continuity at Somerfield/1202 Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 BST Laura Pearson, who manages Business Continuity Planning at Somerfield says few businesses have the resource to recover every element of... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Lifeboats take to the Lakes/1197 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 BST RNLI lifeboatmen and women from across the UK and Ireland spent the last three days perfecting specialist flood rescue techniques... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Train the Trainers/1191 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST As the biometrics industry comes of age our focus must switch from perfecting the technology to training users, and training... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Crisis? What Crisis?/1185 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST Cambridge-based The Scientific Alliance dismisses \"scary\" claims by the Global Footprint Network that the world is becoming ecologically bankrupt. An... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Former MI6 chief warns on 42 day detention/1179 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST The former head of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, warns that the UK will regret not adopting... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/Anglo Scots turf war delayed Glasgow bomb investigation/1182 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST Keynote speaker at BAPCO - London\'s annual policing and emergency services conference - was Strathclyde\'s recently-retired Assistant Chief Constable, Richard... http://www.contingencytoday.com/online_article/EU Gazprom clause needed/1166 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST A reciprocity clause in trade and investment is necessary to prevent a massive sell-out of strategic EU energy assets to...