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Swift ships high value backup system

Following a live launch at the Bank of England, financial messaging network Swift has released a new business continuity service for operators of national high value payments systems.

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FBI warns banks of 9/11 cyber-attack threat

US banks could face a wave of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) hits today to mark the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, warns the FBI.

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Nasdaq moves to strengthen SIP after second outage

Nasdaq has outlined a series of steps to improve the resilience of the Securities Information Processor following a second brief outage just weeks after a malfunction in the market data feed forced the exchange to shut down for three hours.

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Exchange data highlights systemic threat from cyber attacks

Just over half of the world's securities markets have fought off intrusions by cyber-attackers over the past year, according to figures released by the International Organisation of Securities Exchanges (Iosco) and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

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EastWest Bank chooses HP to build private cloud

Philippines-based EastWest Bank has selected HP Converged Infrastructure to build a private cloud designed to streamline IT operations and reduce costs.

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Wall Street preps Quantum Dawn 2 cyber-attack drill

Wall Street is girding itself for Quantum Dawn 2, a simulated cyber-attack designed to test banks' readiness for an assault from hackers.

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LCH.Clearnet hit by major New Year's Eve IT failure

LCH.Clearnet suffered a serious IT failure on 31 December, affecting payment processing and hindering the clearing house's contingency plans, according to the Bank of England.

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Lloyds' disaster recovery put to the test in employment tribunal case

A senior Lloyds executive is suing the British bank for £1 million in lost earnings, alleging that he was forced out of his crisis management post after blowing the whistle on "startling" failures in IT disaster recovery systems.

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DTCC starts sorting though Sandy-flooded securities vault

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has begun sifting through the soggy remains of approximately 1.3 million physical securities certificates stored in an underground vault in lower Manhattan which was overwhelmed by a tidal surge during superstorm Sandy.

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Sandy-hit Wall Street faces questions over contingency plans

As trading resumed in New York after a two-day Hurricane Sandy-inflicted pause, the effectiveness of Wall Street's back-up plans to deal with disasters was being called into question.

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Sandy wreaks havoc on Manhattan

US stock markets are to remain closed on Tuesday for the second day in succession, in the aftermath of a huge storm surge that flooded downtown Manhattan and plunged millions of New Yorkers into darkness.

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Buy bicycles! BofE's low-tech disaster recovery plan mocked

As disaster recovery plans go, it's certainly novel: The Bank of England allegedly contemplated buying up to half-a-dozen bicycles so that its officials could navigate around a riot-gripped City in the event of a full-scale financial meltdown.

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US banks outline IT issues in living wills submissions

US regulators have published details of banks' plans for living wills, including information on how the organisations' IT systems will cope if they are shut down or broken up.

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European finance firms not confident on disaster recovery

Around a quarter of European financial sector companies saw their revenue hit and product development delayed thanks to data loss and systems downtime last year, according to a survey for EMC.

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Swift plans business continuity service for RTGS systems

Financial messaging network Swift has outlined plans to build a business continuity service that will keep Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems operating in the event of a major outage.

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Mizuho's ATMs and Web banking knocked out

Amidst a surge in demand for cash, Japan's Mizuho Bank has been beset by computer problems that have knocked out its ATM network, Internet banking service and money transfer system.

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Investment managers drive up tech spend

Investment management firms are raising their spend on technology and driving down salary levels for top staff as they shape their recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, according to a study by Advent Software.

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Credit Union Australia Web site knocked out by floods

Credit Union Australia (CUA) has been forced to shut down its online banking service in the face of flooding and power disruption at its Brisbane headquarters.

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Financial services firms warned on data backup practices

Over three quarters of small and medium sized financial services firms in Europe only back up their data once a day or less, according to research commissioned by vendor Acronis.

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Singapore central bank slams DBS and IBM over systems outage

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has strongly criticised DBS and IBM over last month's seven-hour system-wide outage, ordering the bank to redesign its online and branch technology and reduce its reliance on Big Blue.