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Why 2024 Should Be the Year of Crisis Preparedness for Your Brand

Bernstein Crisis Management

Why 2024 Should Be the Year of Crisis Preparedness for Your Brand We’re going to pose a question here and, while it’s not a terribly complicated one, if you’re reading this post because you truly care about your own organization’s wellbeing then we’d suggest you stop, take a minute and really think about your answer. Ready?

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Technology Continuing to Drive Emergency Management and First Responders

Disaster Zone

Gird up your loins, you will be in a race to adopt new technology.

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Coastal Challenges – Cities on the East Coast are Sinking

Recovery Diva

From NYC to D.C. and Beyond, Cities on the East Coast Are Sinking. “Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year – a decline at the ocean’s edge that well outpaces global sea level rise. Particularly hard hit population centers such as New York City and Long Island, Baltimore, and Virginia Beach and Norfolk are seeing areas of rapid “subsidence,” or sinking land, alongside more slowly sinking or relatively stable ground, increasing th

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Postwar Ukraine: Planning for a Successful and Secure Recovery

The Rand Blog

To rebuild successfully, Ukraine will need to come out of the war on a new trajectory. It already has an outline of what recovery will look like. The plan looks beyond the immediate damages and envisions more than $750 billion in economic support and projects that would raise a new Ukraine from the destruction.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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!

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Celebrating 30 Years of Bernstein Crisis Management

Bernstein Crisis Management

Celebrating 30 Years of Bernstein Crisis Management The big three-oh! This year, Bernstein Crisis Management celebrates thirty years in business, and thirty years of proving critics who weren’t shy about proclaiming, “You can’t manage a crisis!”, wrong. As we celebrate this milestone, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on our journey, the evolution of crisis management, and the ever-increasing relevance of our work in today’s world.

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Article by the Diva in South Korean Newspaper

Recovery Diva

Translated article from the South Korean newspaper The Segye Times , written by reporter Yeongjun Park from; published in Dec. 2023. “The nature and components of disasters vary widely, requiring training and ongoing education of key personnel.” Claire Rubin, a researcher who works as a disaster prevention consultant in the U.S., emphasized training and education as an iteration of responding to various disasters on Sept. 26 (local time).

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Countering Truth Decay: Q&A with Ray Block, Jr.

The Rand Blog

Ray Block, Jr., leads RAND's efforts to combat Truth Decay—the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life. It's the talking heads on TV, distrust and conspiracy theories, and basic disagreements over not just what's right, but what's real. He advises people to be active consumers of information.

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

Pure Storage

A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware by Pure Storage Blog Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly bold these days, evolving their tactics and attacks as fast as we can evolve our defenses. What if, in the ongoing war against cybercrime, you could get intel on what they’re up to straight from a former hacker? Now you can. I worked with former hacker turned internationally-renowned cybersecurity expert, Hector Xavier Monsegur to create a comprehensive ebook designed to help you create

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Ensuring Data Sovereignty and Security Compliance with Thales and Zerto

Zerto

The need to protect sensitive data has never been greater. Organizations continue to migrate to virtual data centers and cloud environments while dealing with the persistent threat of data breaches. Regulatory demands, such as PCI/DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, GDPR, GLBA, and SOX, will continue to proliferate. Thales, with its CipherTrust Data Security Platform and Luna Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), partners with HPE and Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, to provide enterprise data protection

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Is Training the Right Solution?

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.

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Best of 2023: Risk and Crisis Communications

Disaster Zone

This is an area many people and organizations screw up.

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California Just Banned 'Crime-Free' Housing. Here's Why Other States Should Too

The Rand Blog

Crime-free housing policies target low-income and minority renters for eviction and violate their civil rights. That's bad enough. But they also fail to reduce crime. At worst, they're a harmful form of discrimination that leads to more crime and homelessness.

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

Pure Storage

A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware by Pure Storage Blog Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly bold these days, evolving their tactics and attacks as fast as we can evolve our defenses. What if, in the ongoing war against cybercrime, you could get intel on what they’re up to straight from a former hacker? Now you can. I worked with former hacker turned internationally-renowned cybersecurity expert, Hector Xavier Monsegur to create a comprehensive ebook designed to help you create

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MSP operational risk mitigation strategies in 2024: Defeat technician burnout

Acronis

The majority of MSPs grapple with talent shortages and an IT skills gap. It’s an ongoing challenge to ensure the most highly skilled and specialized technicians are available to focus on the most critical issues. Here, we uncover the top reasons MSP technicians experience burnout, the role of modern endpoint management solutions in improving efficiency, and the Acronis solution for optimizing MSP business operations.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

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.

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Best of 2023: The Threats from an Electromagnetic Pulse

Disaster Zone

This is one of two "Best of 2023" podcasts.

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Security Industry Association Names Renee Thompson as Chair of Environmental, Social and Governance Advisory Board

Security Industry Association

Renee Thompson, director of global sustainability and environmental compliance at Wesco International, will lead the advisory board’s efforts to advance information sharing about established ESG practices and critical marketplace issues. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Renee Thompson – director of global sustainability and environmental compliance at Wesco International – as the first-ever chair of SIA’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory B

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

Pure Storage

A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware by Pure Storage Blog Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly bold these days, evolving their tactics and attacks as fast as we can evolve our defenses. What if, in the ongoing war against cybercrime, you could get intel on what they’re up to straight from a former hacker? Now you can. I worked with former hacker turned internationally-renowned cybersecurity expert, Hector Xavier Monsegur to create a comprehensive ebook designed to help you create

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Unlocking the Value of your Runbook Automation Value Metrics with Snowflake, Jupyter Notebooks, and Python by Justyn Roberts

PagerDuty

This blog was co-authored by Justyn Roberts, Senior Solutions Consultant, PagerDuty Automation has become an integral piece in business practices of the modern organization. Oftentimes when folks hear “automation,” they think of it as a means to remove the manual aspect of the work and speed up the process; however, what lacks the spotlight is the value and return automation can offer to an organization, a team, or even just one specific process.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

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

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Hot, hotter, hottest: 2023 Expected to be the Hottest Year on Record

Disaster Zone

And, are the impacts of climate change accelerating?

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Exploring AI Large Language Models: Boon or Bane for Security and Surveillance?

Security Industry Association

Will Knehr is senior manager of information security and data privacy at i-PRO Americas. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have taken the world by storm, with ChatGPT becoming the fastest-growing app of all time. Most of us can’t make it more than a few minutes without hearing about the wonders of artificial intelligence. These conversations can be intimidating for some and uninteresting to others, so in this article I will try to break down in very simple terms what exactly LLMs are, th

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What to Expect at Solutions Review’s Spotlight with Cohesity on January 18

Solutions Review

Solutions Review’s Solution Spotlight with Acronis is entitled: Preserve Healthcare Compliance by Fighting AI-Enabled Ransomware Threats. What is a Solutions Spotlight? Solutions Review’s Solution Spotlights are exclusive webinar events for industry professionals across enterprise technology. Since its first virtual event in June 2020, Solutions Review has expanded its multimedia capabilities in response to the overwhelming demand for these kinds of events.

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APAC Retrospective, Part 2: Mobilise: From Signal to Action by David Ridge

PagerDuty

Continuing our series on 2023 learnings from APAC , it’s increasingly evident that incidents in organisations are not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when,’ regardless of their size or industry. Recently, the APAC region has been witnessing regulatory bodies taking stricter actions against major companies for subpar services , leading to substantial penalties.

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Rain Storms Now Producing Prodigious Amounts of Rain

Disaster Zone

On average 40 to 50 percent more rain.

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Guest Post: Containerized Video Management Systems in Education

Security Industry Association

Edge360’s John Rezzonico Discusses How An Innovative Approach Presents More Options to Forward-Looking Institutions John Rezzonico is the CEO of Edge360. From elementary schools to universities, video management systems (VMS) serve as the bedrock of security; however, challenges in scalability, adaptability and cost efficiency are proving traditional VMS solutions to be increasingly inadequate.

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How to create an effective MSP helpdesk

Acronis

Learn the essential steps and best practices for creating an effective Managed Service Provider (MSP) helpdesk that boosts productivity, resolves issues seamlessly, and enhances client satisfaction. Elevate your MSP business by mastering the art of helpdesk management.

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Practitioners Share How They Remove the Fear of On-Call by Xenda Amici

PagerDuty

Being on-call isn’t likely to be the most enjoyable aspect of a job. In fact, there might be a certain level of stress and fear around engineering teams about going on call: maybe the page will be missed, or maybe a page will come in at 2am and require troubleshooting a production issue for hours. Even when the team follows guides to best practices (check out PagerDuty’s Full Service Ownership and Best Practices for On Call Teams ), each professional can create their own mechanisms to deal

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Waterside Disaster Response in Hawaii Ends

Disaster Zone

This was a US Coast Guard led effort.

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Security Matters, Episode 2: Fostering Mental Well-Being and Growth for Your Team

Security Industry Association

The Security Industry Association (SIA) is thrilled to present the latest of the Security Matters Podcast, where we delve deep into topics that are shaping the modern business landscape. In Episode 2, we’re excited to explore “Fostering Mental Well-Being and Growth for Your Team.” In this episode produced by volunteers from SIA’s Human Resources Working Group and members of the SIA Women in Security Forum , we dive into mental health for employees in the security industry.

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Important Dates For Your 2024 Wellbeing Calendar

Beaumont Resilience Training

Managing all the wellbeing-related dates throughout the year for work events can be challenging. Our 2024 Wellbeing Calendar is filled with health and wellbeing events to assist you in planning a successful wellbeing programme. If you find it useful, then look out for our monthly blogs which will give you suggestions for what to include in your wellbeing programme.

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Leveraging ransomware protection software and backup and disaster recovery solutions

Acronis

According to Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, ransomware was the primary method used in 24% of data breaches in 2023. To protect sensitive data, companies must implement proactive measures for ransomware protection. Understanding the nature of ransomware attacks is essential for developing effective prevention and recovery strategies.

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Japan Earthquake on New Year's Day

Disaster Zone

Starting the year out with a bang.

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