News

Business Continuity Workshop at 5th Annual Emergency Management Conference

24/02/2006

Sam Mulholland and Daryl Cornish were guest speakers at the Business Continuity Workshop in Wellington last week. Topics covered in their presentations includes risk assessments, business impact analysis, crisis management and a guide on how to write plans.

Standby now working in Bahrain!

23/02/2006

Two members of the Standby Team are currently working on a complex project for a large multi-national corporate in Bahrain.

The photo below is of the sun setting over Manama, the capital of Bahrain on the eve of their annual rainfall. Yes you did read right! Apparently Bahrain's entire annual rainfall takes place in a night.

An Apple a Day

01/09/2005

Standby recently donated funds to assist the Dunedin Central Rotary Club with its community-based project to introduce apples into schools. The aim of the project is to ensure school children have access to fresh fruit.

Daryl Cornish and Sam Mulholland, who are members of the Dunedin Central Club have both been involved in the project.

Photo Source: ODT

Standby speaks to Dunedin Businesses about Business Continuity

24/08/2005

Standby in conjunction with the Dunedin City Council held workshop on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Dunedin last night. In light of the recent fire at Bracken Court, the workshop covered important aspects about the need for businesses to be prepared and the steps businesses can undertake to improve their chances of a successful recovery.

Aaron Joy of the ACC Thinksafe Masters Games gave attendees a first hand account of the Bracken Court fire and how his organisation managed to recover using the recovery plans that they had in place.

A Channel 9 news clip of the workshop can be viewed at:
http://www.ch9.co.nz/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1128&Itemid=34

Dunedin Internet Hacker Convicted under New NZ Legislation

19/08/2005

A landmark Court case in Dunedin has seen a 38 year old Dunedin man convicted under new legislation for e-crimes. The man, who has been granted interim name suppression, hacked into an American web company and altered and deleted data.

US computer forensic experts traced the perpetrator back to New Zealand. While the US Company claimed damages in excess of $US400,000, the Court ordered that the man had to pay reparations of US$8,000 and sentenced him to 200 hours community service.