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Uber Security Breach - News Alert

Scott R. Davis

Uber likely has strong encryption practices in place to protect your payment information and passwords, but even encrypted data poses a risk of being decrypted. Over the next couple weeks watch your credit cards, and any other accounts that used that same password (should be none) for unusual activity. What do you do?

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SIA New Member Profile: Shot Alert

Security Industry Association

Shot Alert CEO Neil Clark New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Shot Alert specializes in fully automated gunshot detection and active shooter response. SIA spoke with Neil Clark, CEO of Shot Alert, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA. Tell us the story of your company.

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Enhance emergency alerts with Device-Based Geo-Fencing 

everbridge

This blog post dives into the evolution of emergency alert targeting, introducing the innovative concept of Device-Based Geo-Fencing (DBGF), outlining its implications, and shedding light on the road ahead to enhance public safety measures. Beginning with WEA 1.0, introducing polygons and circles for cell selection.

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Guide to active shooter drills in the workplace

everbridge

The tragic rise in active shooter incidents in every US state serves as a stark reminder of the need for preparedness. As organizations strive to create safe environments, the importance of active shooter drills in the workplace cannot be overstated. Should your organization run active shooter drills?

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Training Intelligent Alert Grouping by Quintessence Anx

PagerDuty

In this case, incidents that I am referring to as “complex” are incidents that involve multiple, disparate, notifications in your alert management platform. It’s important to understand that there is a difference between “textually similar” and how our minds might logically group common types of alerts. Improve accuracy via merging.

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Enhancing inclusive emergency communication: Addressing access and functional needs communities amid disasters

everbridge

This can include people with physical disabilities, sensory impairments, cognitive limitations, language barriers, or other conditions that affect their ability to receive and understand emergency information. Gathering this information presents one of the most significant hurdles that emergency officials face.

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Intelligent Alert Grouping: What It Is and How To Use It by Quintessence Anx

PagerDuty

When the incident begins it might only be impacting a single service, but as time progresses, your brain boots, the coffee is poured, the docs are read, and all the while as the incident is escalating to other services and teams that you might not see the alerts for if they’re not in your scope of ownership. Common incident challenges.

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