UK sticks to tried, tested tech

Continuity Central reports UK companies are markedly less willing than their US counterparts to seek out and embrace new techniques for managing archived data over the long term, according to new statistics from the second annual BridgeHead Software Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Audit.

Striking national differences are apparent in responses to the value of maintaining long-term archived data. Of US respondents, 62% rate preserving archived data for the long-term on multiple media types such as disc, tape and optical technologies as important or very important, while only 41% of UK respondents feel the same way.

Don't overlook records management when developing business continuity plans, warns Continuity Central. Many organisations are under a legal obligation to keep certain records for a specified period of time.

Good record-keeping is an integral part of transparent corporate governance. Companies with inadequate record keeping will pay a high price.

The Bank of Scotland was fined lb1.25 million for breaching anti-money laundering rules on the identification of customers because it had failed to retain a copy of customer ID or a record of where it was kept.

Firms are more aware of how information security can affect business continuity with a rising number of companies integrating information security with their business continuity management processes, says a new survey by Ernst & Young.

Over 1 200 information security professionals from 350 organisations in 48 countries participated in the survey.

According to the survey, 43% of the respondents integrated information security and risk management programs and processes, compared to 40% in 2005. However, this leaves more than half of the survey participants who have yet to integrate information risk management into their overall risk management activities reports ElectricNews.net.