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Illumination for Safety, Security…and Crop Growth: How the Right Lighting Systems Can Serve Multiple Purposes in Agriculture

Security Industry Association

Potential vulnerabilities in the United States’ critical infrastructure have come under increasing scrutiny in the two decades since 9/11. Before 2002, many farms and food processing/packing plants across the country lacked the resources to invest in adequate security and safety preparedness measures, according to the Rand Corporation.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. Disaster is fundamentally a social phenomenon. I suggest the following five:- (a) Natural disasters, caused by extreme natural events.

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Coronavirus and China’s Decision-Making in a Crisis

Marketpoint Recall

By February 10, the number of infections had surpassed 40,000, with over 900 deaths , superseding the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak in sheer numbers. This trade-off can be seen in several non-military crises such as the 2002-2003 SARs virus outbreak. One such article in the People’ Daily claimed that the U.S.

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What’s Next After Completing Your Operational Resilience Self-Assessment?

Castellan

Cause catastrophic consequences and unacceptable harm to your most vulnerable customer(s)? While doing so, your organisation may identify a range of vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and other performance gaps that introduce known or new risks into your environment. Potentially threaten your organisation’s viability?

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SOX vs. SOC: What Is The Difference? [Complete Guide]

LogisManager

SOX” is a commonly used acronym that refers to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This means identifying risks, designing controls to address vulnerabilities, mapping controls to key objectives, testing controls for effectiveness and reporting to regulators. SOX Overview.

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New GLBA Safeguards For CPA Firms

LAN Infotech

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published a new safeguards regulation incorporating most of the recommended revisions to the 2002 GLBA guidelines for safeguarding client information, on 10th January 2022. Risk assessment is meant to evaluate possible vulnerabilities to client data that might result in an illegal breach.

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IRM, ERM, and GRC: Is There a Difference?

Reciprocity

Although organizations have always engaged in governance, risk management, and compliance in one form or another, the term “GRC ” seems to have been coined by risk consultant Michael Rasmussen, the “GRC Pundit,” in 2002. Rasmussen sees the GRC development timeline as follows: GRC 1.0 Many Needs, One Solution.