DRI Drive

APRIL 15, 2024

Michael W. Janko is many things – MBCP, member of the DRI Board of Directors, longtime director of global business continuity for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and now a published author. We spoke with him about his career through the lens of his new book, Excellence in Operational Resilience: How to Lead, Follow, […] The post Excellence in Operational Resilience: DRI Board’s Mike Janko Takes Us Through His New Book appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 14, 2024

From Forbes: 6 Lessons From FEMA’s Response To Thousands Of Crisis Situations Some practical advice, much of it provided by a former FEMA executive Cliff Oliver.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

APRIL 3, 2024

Preparedness is the not-so-secret weapon in productive interactions with the press Preparing for a media interview is a pivotal moment for any professional or organization, serving as an opportunity to shape narratives, influence public perception, and communicate key messages. Whether you’re a seasoned spokesperson or facing the media for the first time, the importance of thorough preparation cannot be overstated.

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DRI Drive

MARCH 29, 2024

As the leading nonprofit helping organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on groups that promote greater resiliency. We encourage Certified Professionals to support these valuable partners. Business Continuity Planners Association – BCPA will host an in-person event on Apr. 11 at Central Lakes Office Park in Edina, MN, focused […] The post Collaborative Partner Spotlight: April-May, 2024 appeared first on DRI Drive.

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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!

Mitigation

Recovery Diva

APRIL 13, 2024

From HSToday: Drought, Heat Raise the Risk of a Repeat of Canada’s Record-breaking Wildfires Last Year. The impact of the fires last year was severe for many U.S. states.

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LogisManager

APRIL 5, 2024

Bridging the Gap: How Risk Managers Empower Boards Last Updated: April 5, 2024 Welcome to the first installment of our series on presenting Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to the board. In this dynamic era of the See-Through Economy , risk managers are the navigators who chart the course for organizations, guiding them through the unpredictable currents of uncertainty.

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Acronis

APRIL 11, 2024

The managed service provider (MSP) market is growing rapidly, and with it, the competition for new clients. A solid marketing strategy is crucial for MSPs looking to stand out and attract new clients.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 8, 2024

Introducing the Pure//Launch Blog by Pure Storage Blog The Pure Storage data storage platform is the most innovative in the industry, constantly evolving to meet your data storage needs. To help you keep up with the latest and greatest from Pure Storage, we’re introducing Pure//Launch: the easiest way to stay up to date on the most recent product updates, features, and solutions with a consistent platform designed to simplify your work.

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everbridge

APRIL 8, 2024

Senate Bill 553, commonly known as SB 553, is a pivotal piece of legislation in California aimed at preventing workplace violence and ensuring the safety of employees. In this blog post, we’ll delve into: What is Senate Bill 553 California? What are the requirements of a workplace prevention plan in California? Should you have a workplace prevention plan outside of California?

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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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Acronis

MARCH 28, 2024

Threat hunting is the latest enhancement to Acronis Advanced Security + EDR. Learn how this new functionality for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud will revolutionize and simplify the practice for MSPs.

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Security Industry Association

APRIL 10, 2024

SILVER SPRING, Md. – On April 8, 2024, during its last day of regular session, the Maryland General Assembly unanimously passed House Bill 338 / Senate Bill 182 to regulate the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement across the state, which will now be sent to Gov. Wes Moore for his signature. Currently there are no statutory requirements, and use is governed by individual agency policies.

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 7, 2024

From the WashPost: An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn. A key preseason hurricane forecast predicts nearly two dozen tropical storms, including 11 hurricanes, posing heightened threats to U.S.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 1, 2024

The Economics of Pure Storage Evergreen Subscriptions by Pure Storage Blog To remain competitive, businesses increasingly turn to IT to find innovative solutions that streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce costs. One area where significant savings and flexibility can be realized is through subscription-based storage platforms. By embracing an “as-a-service” model, organizations can lower upfront costs, benefit from continuous improvements, and seamlessly scale their st

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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.

The Rand Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

In an atmosphere of deepening mutual suspicion, trying to engage with China on military uses of artificial intelligence may seem pointless. But if negotiations go somewhere, U.S. security might be palpably improved. It they fail, there is little downside.

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LogisManager

APRIL 14, 2024

Four Impactful Risk Reporting Presentations to Maximize Board Engagement Last Updated: April 14, 2024 The Dual Goals of Risk Management Reporting Risk management is a complex and crucial aspect of organizational governance. Its reporting serves two primary purposes: aligning risks and activities with strategic objectives and demonstrating the effectiveness of enterprise risk management (ERM) programs.

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Security Industry Association

APRIL 10, 2024

IronYun took the top honor in SIA’s annual award program recognizing innovative security products in partnership with ISC West. LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2024 winners of the SIA New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards , the flagship awards program presented in partnership with ISC West recognizing innovative security products, services and solutions.

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 4, 2024

Article from The Hill, written by a former FEMA employee: FEMA’s turning 45. It needs to change to keep meeting its mission. FEMA’s turning 45. It needs to change to keep meeting its mission.

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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

Entertainment

Pure Storage

APRIL 12, 2024

The Flash Storage-AI Connection, Explained by Pure Storage Blog After this year’s NVIDIA GTC in San Jose, CA, Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo sat down with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman of The Six Five – On the Road to talk about artificial intelligence (AI)—its demands on data, its impact on the environment, and why flash storage will be key to its future.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 7, 2024

Despite widespread optimism about the future of the U.S.-India partnership, relations are considerably more fragile than they might appear. Indeed, the two countries continue to experience friction in several areas that, if left unaddressed, could ultimately undermine or even derail future cooperation.

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Advancing Analytics

APRIL 2, 2024

As the digital landscape braces for a transformative AI shift, the spotlight turns to fine-tuning datasets. This won’t be just another trend; but a critical pivot point that could define the winners and losers in the next wave of digital transformation. Why, you ask? Well, let me paint a picture that's as clear as daylight. The trajectory of technological advancements suggests a future where the costs of compute power for training and fine-tuning LLMs will decrease significantly.

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BMC

APRIL 10, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the intersection of environmental sustainability and technology is more critical than ever. A recent survey by Gartner ® highlights this shift: “64 percent of CEOs said they view environmental sustainability as a growth opportunity.” 1 I believe this perspective is further bolstered by the inclusion of sustainable technology in the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2024 2 report, which, in my opinion, signals a clear readiness am

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 2, 2024

From Newsweek: Florida’s Insurance Crisis Just Got Worse [link] Florida’s insurance saga is deepening as more than 115,000 homeowners in the southwest portion of the state, still reeling from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian in 2022, are facing new challenges with a 25 percent increase in flood insurance rates. The rate hike, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is attributed to local officials reportedly allowing substandard rebuilding efforts, failin

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Pure Storage

APRIL 9, 2024

The Storage Architecture Spectrum: Why “Shared-nothing” Means Nothing by Pure Storage Blog This blog on the storage architecture spectrum is Part 2 of a five-part series diving into the claims of new data storage platforms. Click here to read Part 1. One of my favorite quotes of modern times is about language. “Almost everything that we think of as dichotomous is, in fact, spectral.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

Moscow stands to lose a great deal if the Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into a wider war. While Russia would prefer the West distracted, a direct Israel-Iran conflict would expose Russia's vulnerabilities in the Middle East.

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PagerDuty

APRIL 15, 2024

Incidents impacting your customer and user-facing services can be stressful, both for the responders on your team who are working on a resolution, and for the other stakeholders in your business. For teams to solve incidents quickly and effectively, responders need to be able to trust each other and stakeholders have to trust the responders. This level of trust is hard to cultivate if your organization doesn’t have a significant amount of psychological safety.

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BMC

APRIL 15, 2024

The impact of data and artificial intelligence (AI) on technology is expanding and deepening rapidly, lending incredible benefits and potential consequences to business. The past year’s AI frenzy had every industry chomping at the bit with the potential of learning language models (LLMs) and natural language processing (NLP) to drive business and customer outcomes faster, more efficiently, and more comprehensively.

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Recovery Diva

MARCH 29, 2024

From HSNewswire: Proactively Planning for Community Relocation Before and After Climate Disasters. “Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. As the frequency, intensity, and destructiveness of climate change-driven disasters increase, accompanied by an increase in recovery costs, more experts are calling for a managed retreat of entire communities from disaster-prone areas to s

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Pure Storage

MARCH 28, 2024

Protected: Beyond the Firewall: Insights and Strategies from Leading CISOs by Pure Storage Blog This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Beyond the Firewall: Insights and Strategies from Leading CISOs appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The recent opening of China's Qinling base, its third permanent Antarctic station, has worried some Australian and American observers. What are China's long-term ambitions? And how should Australia and its allies and partners respond?

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 15, 2024

In today’s bulletin, Charlie looks at the importance of business continuity plans in schools and discusses some of the events that schools should be planning for. Over the last few weeks, I have been working with an Academy Trust that has a number of primary and secondary schools, and I thought this week I would share what I have learned from doing this work.

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