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2022 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards Profile: Gena Alexa

Security Industry Association

2022 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards winner Gena Alexa is the CEO of Dignari, LLC, which she founded in 2013 to provide program strategy, human-centered design, emerging technology and data analytics services to the federal government. The success of WHTI led to Alexa’s promotion as vice president responsible for all CBP solutions.

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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2023 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

She spent over eight years in the biometrics field focused on quality assurance, information security and quality processes and has led a variety of projects, including the implementation and certification of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and ISO 27001:2013 Information Security Management System (ISMS) for NEC Advanced Recognition Systems.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

We have forward-looking actions across government, such as FEMA’s Strategic Plan. Examples include 2013 with Hurricane Sandy, and FY 2018 had the California wildfires following a difficult hurricane season (Harvey, Irma and Maria). Using this data, we summed the enacted budget authority for supplemental appropriations by year.

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‘Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach’

Plan B Consulting

The benefit of this book for me, as a business continuity practitioner, is within the tactical and operational insights and ideas it gives, rather than the strategic change I suspect the authors would like. I will discuss my thoughts on the strategic ideas laid out in the book later in this review.

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‘Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach’

Plan B Consulting

The benefit of this book for me, as a business continuity practitioner, is within the tactical and operational insights and ideas it gives, rather than the strategic change I suspect the authors would like. I will discuss my thoughts on the strategic ideas laid out in the book later in this review.

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Data Privacy Awareness Month 2024: Roundup of Expert Quotes

Solutions Review

Embrace Access Control: Implement strong authentication and authorization protocols to ensure only authorized applications and users can access data. million, highlighting the urgency for agencies to adopt a strategic, risk-based approach to data protection in 2024 and beyond.” Brace yourselves.”

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Data Privacy Day 2024: The Definitive Roundup of Expert Quotes

Solutions Review

Embrace Access Control: Implement strong authentication and authorization protocols to ensure only authorized applications and users can access data. million, highlighting the urgency for agencies to adopt a strategic, risk-based approach to data protection in 2024 and beyond.” Brace yourselves.”