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Terrorism threat demands continuity planning May 2005 Although the threat is genuine, it can be contained, according to speakers at a seminar in London, hosted jointly by AIRMIC and Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) A range of terrorism, government, police, loss adjusting and risk management experts spoke at the half day event in April. All agreed on the need for businesses to be prepared for terrorist risks, at the same time as they rejected the more cataclysmic scenarios described in parts of the press. Simon Sole, managing director of Exclusive Analysis, said there was a real possibility of nuclear weapons getting into the wrong hands. "Much of the nuclear equipment in the former USSR is unaccounted for or insecurely stored," he said. "Nuclear materials are widely available." He went on to reassure the audience that, although the consequences of this and other types of terrorist event could be tragic, they would be on a smaller scale than people might expect. "We can gather intelligence to understand the scope and nature of the risk," he added. Haroona Franklin of the Government Decontamination Service said organisations should develop, test and maintain up-to-date plans to deal with possible terrorist events. Nick Chown, director of risk management at the Metropolitan Police and past AIRMIC chairman, said business continuity planning should be at the heart of any organisation's preparation for terrorism. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
