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Every business owner or manager knows they need to address business continuity – some day – after putting out day-to-day fires, paying the bills, taking care of customers, and catching their breath. Most small to medium businesses don’t have a person dedicated to Business Continuity, and it is often bolted on to someone else’s job role.

Business Continuity Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide is perfect for those companies who know they need to address business continuity, but don’t necessarily have the resources to do it. This book provides a clear and easy-to-use resource for business continuity; a step-by-step tool which isn’t going to overwhelm you nor break the bank, yet which will provide you with a sound foundation for beginning on the path to effective business continuity.

This book is:

• Clear and easy-to-use resource for business continuity
• Endorsed by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII)
• Provides you with a sound foundation for achieving effective business continuity
• Sound structure which you can continue to build on as your business changes and evolves

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	Business Continuity Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide by Kenneth Fulmer Price: €82.95

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Business Continuity Management: In Practice

Coping with Unplanned Absences

Learn how to maximise the IT contribution during a downturn.

If you’re suffering a downturn in your business, think of looking to IT in terms of stretching the budget, whilst saving money.

Managing IT in a Downturn will provide IT executives with useful knowledge in terms of stretching your budget by using a reliable network of IT services, and examine where new technologies, free software and licence renegotiation can make budgets work harder.

This book gives you practical, hard-hitting advice on the best ways to make your money go further. The book shows a solid grasp of the issues surrounding IT for business, and is written in a jargon-free style that will be easy for you to follow.

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	Managing IT in a Downturn by Stewart Mitchell Price: €23.95

Running IT like a Business: Accenture’s Step-by-Step Guide

IT Governance to Drive High Performance

IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors

As mentioned on Tuesday, we now have a range of Information Security training courses available on www.itgovernance.eu.

Led by experienced and qualified trainers, we provide a practical, hands-on approach which will ensure you get the best out of each course.

The unique ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor Training Course, jointly developed by IT Governance and Certification Europe, will prepare you to plan and execute audits of information security management systems in line with the international standard, ISO/IEC 27001

	ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor Training Course Price: €1,369.00

If you downloaded our guide last week, titled IT Service Management & ITIL® Complete Beginner’s Guide, and have had a chance to read through it, then you should now have a basic overview to what IT Service Management and ITIL is all about.

Although daunting subjects from the outset, both these topics are based on simple principles and are easier to digest when broken down.

The ITIL Foundation Handbook (Little ITIL) – 2011 Edition is the perfect accompaniment to those who found reading our guide useful. This handbook goes the next step in explaining IT Service Management and ITIL, breaking down the methodology and the framework so it is easily digestible.

	ITIL Foundation Handbook (Little ITIL) – 2011 Edition (Single Copies) Price: €12.50

ITIL (2011) Lifecycle Publication Suite

Creating and Driving Service Excellence: An Executive’s Guide to IT Service Management

A Dictionary of IT Service Management Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations – ITIL 2011 Edition

With Social Media Week (SMW) drawing to a close, have you had time to reflect on your social media activities?

Many organisations use social media as an effective tool to talk to their customers, which can bring surprising benefits to the company. Websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have transformed the way we use the Internet. These social networking and file-sharing sites are known as Web 2.0 technologies, and many people now spend several hours a day on such sites, enabling greater online cooperation and stimulated creativity. However, Web 2.0 technologies have also led to increased security risks.

How to Use Web 2.0 and Social Networking Sites Securely tells you the steps your organisation should take to ensure that your employees are using Web 2.0 sites in a secure manner, and that your confidential corporate data is protected.

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	How to Use Web 2.0 and Social Networking Sites Securely (eBook) RRP: £19.95 Price: £16.95 You Save: £3.00

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With Social Media Week (SMW) drawing to a close, have you had time to reflect on your social media activities?

Many organisations use social media as an effective tool to talk to their customers, which can bring surprising benefits to the company. Websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have transformed the way we use the Internet. These social networking and file-sharing sites are known as Web 2.0 technologies, and many people now spend several hours a day on such sites, enabling greater online cooperation and stimulated creativity. However, Web 2.0 technologies have also led to increased security risks.

How to Use Web 2.0 and Social Networking Sites Securely tells you the steps your organisation should take to ensure that your employees are using Web 2.0 sites in a secure manner, and that your confidential corporate data is protected.

Download this eBook today >>

	How to Use Web 2.0 and Social Networking Sites Securely Price: €23.95

Threat 2.0: Security and compliance for Web 2.0 sites

Ten Rules of Information Security for the Smaller Business

Social Media Governance Toolkit

A report by Trustwave has  revealed some startling statistics around data breaches; the most frightening one being that most organisations don’t even know they’ve been hacked.

• Only 16% of organisations that suffered a data breach last year were able to detect it themselves. This means that 84% only found out they had been hacked when they were told by an external party, such as a regulatory body, law enforcement or by the public
• Those that were notified by an external party waited an average of 173.5 days before they were told
• The most popular password for organisations to use is ‘Password1′
• 89% of organisations were hacked last year because of the value of their customer records 
• The food and beverage industry is the top target for hackers
• 8.00 am and 9.00am (Eastern Time, U.S) is the most likely time for an email to be sent with a malicious attachment.

Source: Trustwave

Does any of this ring a bell for you? Do you use ‘Password1′ or a similar phrase? Are you plagued by malicious emails? And most importantly, would you know if you were hacked?

The Complete Data Protection Toolkit will provide you with everything you need to help you comply with the Data Protection Act (DPA), ensuring you become compliant quickly and cost-effectively. This toolkit will help you beat hackers and protect your business from suffering a data breach.

Find out more about the Complete Data Protection Toolkit here >>