DRI Drive
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
While COVID-19 laid bare the many interconnected global risks resilience professionals have to navigate, some unanticipated risks – including workplace and regulatory issues – are also emerging. Among the responses from a recent AuditBoard survey of professionals in North America: 90% consider cybersecurity and data protection top risks In part, that’s because the increase in […].
Disaster Zone
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Austria is one of the nations imposing restrictions
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Recovery Diva
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
From the Congressional Research Service, this analysis of three federal statutes re emergency declarations.
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Although tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing, the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries. World leaders may be doing their citizens—and global health efforts—a disservice when they allow toxic geopolitics to undercut trust and international collaborations that took decades to build.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
DRI Drive
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
An unusually intense “atmospheric river event” – fast-moving, moisture-laden air that brings intense rain – hit British Columbia and northern Washington state last week, resulting in record precipitation, flooding, and mudslides that have displaced thousands – and it’s about to get worse. This has been a dangerous year for Vancouver, BC, which only six months […].
Continuity Professional Pulse brings together the best content for business continuity professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
CIO Governance
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Compliance is a fact of life for just about every company — especially in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, and government. And while compliance is often under the mantel of legal, compliance, risk management, or other departments, IT is certain to be involved in any organization’s compliance efforts.
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
U.S. veterans are at great risk of food insecurity, but there is limited understanding of exactly how many veterans lack resources to attain adequate and nutritious food and why. If resources are to be directed more effectively, the United States needs better clarity into the magnitude of the problem.
Recovery Diva
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
(1) If you are new to the field of emergency management, or new to teaching a related topic, be sure to check out the page marked Book Reviews. There are more than 20 reviews of significant books in the field. (2) The site is an archive of 12 years of postings. Using the search function to find past postings. The entire site was reviewed recently and URLS checked to provide you with useful source material.
Pure Storage
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Pure Cloud Block Store TM can provide disaster recovery benefits in many different ways. One validated scenario for backup and disaster recovery leverages and extends CloudSnap capabilities to secure and protect data sets on the cloud in the same region or across regions. Simple, Built-in Cloud Protection. Let’s begin with the basics: CloudSnap works by taking snapshots of one volume or a group of volumes, and then sending those snapshots to external cloud object storage or NFS file storag
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
Unitrends
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The Unitrends State of BCDR Survey Report 2021 focuses on the current and future landscape of business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) approaches. Survey responses were gathered from more than 750 IT professionals across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions to bring you deep insights into the major IT priorities, pressing business challenges, IT […].
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
As Western policymakers consider how to deal with Afghan evacuees, including former members of the Afghan security forces, they might consider how to prevent adversaries such as Iran from recruiting Afghan refugees for dangerous and destabilizing operations. Greater attention to these risks may become increasingly important as refugee flows from Afghanistan continue.
Recovery Diva
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment by Stephen O. BenderNew York: Berghahn. Vol. 4 of Catastrophes in Context. (2021). Hardback 978-`-80073-162-2 $60.00; Ebook 978-1-80073-163-9 $29.95 Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley
Disaster Zone
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
This time with Seattle Public Utilities.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
Online Computers
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
An organization’s readiness to respond to or recover from any IT security incident determines whether it will survive or shut down after a cyberattack. And with most companies adopting remote or hybrid work models, it’s even more challenging to prepare for cybersecurity incidents. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of distributed work environments and expanding their targets, making it tough for IT teams and business owners to secure all potential vulnerabilities.
Castellan
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Understanding the evolution of supply chain risk management post-pandemic. Have you ever had an idea about your job or a work project that really gets you excited? Or have you figured out a better way to tackle a task that could improve efficiency and save money? Have you ever shared that idea with a leader or manager and it’s gone nowhere? Or have you encountered just too many bureaucratic hoops to move your idea from concept to reality?
National Fire Protection Association
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The recently published 2021 edition of NFPA US Experience with Sprinklers report shows, that properties with sprinklers have lower rates of fire deaths and injuries. In most occupancies, property loss is also reduced. From 2015 to 2019, local fire departments responded to an estimated average of 51,000 structure fires per year (10 percent) in which sprinklers were present.
Security Industry Association
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
With a clear pattern of incidents, here’s why cities must pay attention – and what SIA is doing to drive awareness. The road to Waukesha, Wisconsin, runs from Santa Monica, California. It runs from Stillwater, Oklahoma. It runs from Austin, Texas, and Charlottesville, Virginia. The road runs from New York City and New Orleans, Louisiana. This is a road paved with good intentions and wishful thinking. .
Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion
In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha
Citrix
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
If there is one positive thing that the technology industry can take from the global pandemic, it is that change is often not as impossible as it may seem. Most businesses were already on some form of digital transformation journey … The post Workplace Technology 2022: Unlocking the art of the possible first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories How to improve your employee experience for a changing world of work Det nya arbetslivets krav för att attrahera och behålla framtid
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on competing claims about U.S. partnerships and allies, responding to Russia's tactics in Ukraine, helping communities recover from stress, and more.
Disaster Zone
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
As we like to say, "It is what it is.
Alert Media
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The post How FEMA Helps Businesses & Communities Navigate Disasters appeared first on AlertMedia.
Citrix
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
How does security stay ahead of threats to the expanded attack surface of new work models? The rapid shift to hybrid and remote working models has empowered employees. It has enabled them to do their best work wherever they are. … The post How to ensure your hybrid workforce is both secure and productive first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Tech Zone Live: Novas atualizações da Citrix para o trabalho híbrido Tech Zone Live: Nuevas actualizaciones de Citrix para el
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
If green bonds are a viable tool to reduce emissions and adapt infrastructure to the effects of climate change, how can governments encourage the issuance, sales, and growth in the share of green bonds in the total bond market?
Beaumont Resilience Training
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
In so many areas, professionally and personally, the phrase ‘communication is key’ is popular, and with good reason! With years of experience in Resilience Training, we have seen that communication proves to be a game-changer time and time again. Here’s why…. What are we talking about when we say ‘communication’? When we stress the importance of communication, we’re talking about how you exchange information with others, how clearly you say what you mean, and how you relate to others.
Behavior Group
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
Organizations continue to operate with limited visibility into user activity and sessions associated with web applications, despite the ever-present risk of insider threats and credential theft, a CyberArk research reveals. While the adoption of web applications has brought flexibility and increased productivity, organizations often lag in implementing the security controls necessary to mitigate risk of… Continue reading.
Citrix
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
This blog post was co-authored by Paul Carley, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. It is always exciting to share what’s new and upcoming with the products our customers know and love. Last month, Paul Carley … The post The top 10 FAQs from our Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops webinar first appeared on Citrix Blogs.
The Rand Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The significance of green bonds may depend not only on having a lot of them but also on carefully developing, investing, and tracking projects against the larger goal of climate resilience.
NexusTek
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
READ TIME: 4 MIN. November 24, 2021. 2021 Technology To Be Thankful For. There’s plenty of technology to be thankful for in 2021: dual monitors, automatic standing desks, noise-cancelling headphones, streaming, food service delivery apps, mRNA, which led to the COVID-19 vaccines, etc. For the purposes of this blog, let’s narrow the focus to trending and emerging technologies that are making businesses faster, more accurate, and more productive.
Business Continuity Today
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
We have a problem right now in the United States and it is a lack of trust in experts. And in this environment, when you have political factions that play fast and loose with facts. I have been spending my time looking at issues that we are facing and how to plan for them. However, we have people that do not trust the Expert in the room. Tom Nichols’ book The Death of Expertise the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters explores the question of why do people not trust experts.
Citrix
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
How does security stay ahead of threats to the expanded attack surface of new work models? The rapid shift to hybrid and remote working models has empowered employees. It has enabled them to do their best work wherever they are. … The post How to ensure your hybrid workforce is both secure and productive first appeared on Citrix Blogs.
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