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From the Weather Channel: FEMA Funds Running Dry; Hurricane Season Looms A slew of billion-dollar weather disasters in 2024, now numbering 11, has pushed FEMA’s disaster relief fund to the breaking point with hurricane season still to come.

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Acronis XDR: A comprehensive solution for MSPs

Acronis

Acronis is pleased to introduce Extended Detection and Response (XDR) for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud. XDR provides a complete, natively integrated and highly efficient solution designed for MSPs. It offers comprehensive visibility through robust security data collection, monitoring, analysis and workflows across multiple clients.

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Ticketmaster Breach May Have Exposed Millions of Users’ Data

DRI Drive

In a year where the company is already under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice and summer concert goers balking at high prices, news of a massive data breach is yet another black eye for Ticketmaster. Live Nation Entertainment, Ticketmaster’s parent company, disclosed a breach of its database to the Securities and Exchange Commission, […] The post Ticketmaster Breach May Have Exposed Millions of Users’ Data appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Common School Security Challenges and How Schools Can Obtain Outside Grant Funding

Security Industry Association

At SIA GovSummit, Allegion’s Christin Kinman and Randy Jump discussed how teams can work together to protect schools and obtain grant funds for school security projects. At the 2024 SIA GovSummit , a 2-day government security conference presented by the Security Industry Association and held in Washington, D.C., May 21-22, Allegion’s Christin Kinman and Randy Jump shared tips on how to approach, solve and fund school security challenges.

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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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Cars, Code, and Over-the-air Connectivity: A Look at AutoTech 2024 

Pure Storage

Cars, Code, and Over-the-air Connectivity: A Look at AutoTech 2024 by Pure Storage Blog It’s been almost a year since my blog on the highlights of AutoTech: Detroit 2023. Time flies, and now we’re getting ready for AutoTech: Detroit 2024 , on June 5-6, 2024, in Novi, MI. It promises to be another fascinating event showcasing all the latest technology impacting the automotive industry.

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Collaborative Partner Spotlight: More Events Coming This Summer

DRI Drive

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 Resiliency Planners of Wisconsin – BRPW’s June Year-End Event in Madison, WI, on June 14, with the spotlight “Coming Together to Prepare for Cyberattacks.” […] The post Collaborative Partner Spotlight: More Events Coming This Summer appeared first on DRI

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Billion Dollar Disasters in U.S. are Soaring

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Billion-dollar weather disasters are soaring again this year. Here’s why. Eleven disasters — mostly severe thunderstorm outbreaks — have produced a price tag over $25 billion in the United States, second most on record to date. “The onslaught of costly disasters so far in 2024 is concerning ahead of what meteorologists expect to be an extremely active hurricane season.

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Misgivings Cloud First-in-Nation Colorado AI Law: Implications and Considerations for the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

Governor Asks for Further Refinement and Federal Preemption On May 17, 2024, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 205 ( SB-205 ), making Colorado the first state in the nation to enact a measure regulating artificial intelligence (AI) that is applicable broadly. Following a winding path that started with importing a bill drafted in Connecticut with just three weeks left in the legislative session for consideration, numerous last-minute changes were made with little time for stak

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Shred Day is Every Day

Prism International

Written By: Jason Keller, CSDS of United Electronic Recycling (Coppell, TX, USA) As our office places are prioritizing sustainability goals, what actions are needed to protect private sensitive data while also diverting from landfill dependence and making positive environmental steps? Reducing paper waste in the office is a positive environmental step.

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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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How to Respond to China's Tactics in the South China Sea

The Rand Blog

China has the Philippines in an ever-tightening stranglehold that is increasingly compromising the latter's sovereignty and territorial integrity at sea. If international law is to be upheld and borders are to remain inviolable, the United States should do more to help the Philippines.

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AI and phishing: A toxic pair

Acronis

The most common AI-fueled phishing attacks abuse generative AI tools such as Chat GPT and Google Gemini (formerly Google Bard). But there are also unsuspecting ways adversaries are using AI that MSPs and business should know about. Alexander Ivanyuk, Senior Director of Technology, Acronis, shares two common ways and two “rare but possible” methods threat actors use to cultivate AI-based attacks.

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Major Hazard – the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost.com: Scientists map one of Earth’s top hazards in the Pacific Northwest. A catastrophic earthquake and tsunami will one day hit the Pacific Northwest as tectonic plates slip at the Cascadia subduction zone. “Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast.

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Camden Dalrymple Named 2024 SIA School Safety Advocate Award Winner

Security Industry Association

Dalrymple, student manager for the Montgomery Area School District’s broadcasting program, was recognized for his leadership in encouraging the effective use of technology to enhance school security. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has recognized Camden Dalrymple as the 2024 winner of the SIA School Safety Advocate Award.

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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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Choosing NAID AAA Certified Paper Shredding Services

Prism International

Written By: Jason Keller, CSDS of United Electronic Recycling (Coppell, TX, USA) Every business assumes risk, and a good amount of these risks are foreseeable and therefore relatively preventable. Other risks are more formidable. When news outlets are reporting data breaches from top global brands regularly; it poses the question: can any business manage the risk of data security?

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Putin's Shake-Up of Russian Military Leadership

The Rand Blog

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is the latest to be relieved of his position by Vladimir Putin. But why would Putin oust a long-time loyalist with deep roots in the Russian military establishment?

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Security challenges in a multilocation corporate environment

Acronis

Approximately one quarter of all businesses operate from multiple locations. For security teams, this hodge-podge of hardware to software to operating systems is a significant challenge to defend.

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East Palestine Ohio Still Struggling With Recovery

Recovery Diva

From Inside Climate News: Ohio and Pennsylvania Residents Affected by the East Palestine Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met. Impacted residents say two new settlements with Norfolk Southern, the company involved in the accident, won’t provide their communities with the resources they need most. “Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and nearby areas in Pennsylvania harmed by the Norfolk Southern train disaster say a new $310 million settlement announced by the Bi

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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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SIA New Member Profile: Antaira Technologies

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Antaira Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of high-quality industrial networking and communication product solutions. The company is headquartered in Brea, California, with additional offices in Taiwan and Europe. SIA spoke with Joe Cook, national sales manager – security and transportation vertical markets at Antaira Technologies, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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Crisis Organizations Leverage the PagerDuty Operations Cloud to Transform Access to Timely, Critical Care by Nisha Kadaba

PagerDuty

PagerDuty.org’s Third Impact Accelerator Cohort of Crisis Helpline and Crisis Response Organizations Advances Time-Critical Health Outcomes Around the World A timely digital connection can be a lifeline at just the right moment for someone experiencing a mental health or personal safety crisis at home, work or school. For organizations that provide these services, a robust digital infrastructure is essential for coordinating a prompt response when people and communities need to connect with a cr

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The Long Run: High-Quality Employee Investments Boost Stock Performance

The Rand Blog

Companies that invest in their frontline workers could see a non-trivial uptick in their financials if they were clearer and more direct about what they were doing.

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Choosing the Right IT Infrastructure: Cloud, On-Premises, or Hybrid?

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN May 29, 2024 Choosing the Right IT Infrastructure: Cloud, On-Premises, or Hybrid? In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, businesses face a critical decision: selecting the most suitable IT infrastructure. The choice between cloud, on-premises, and hybrid solutions is not merely a technical decision but a strategic one that impacts operational efficiency, cost management, security, and scalability.

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Why Buyouts Stall

Recovery Diva

From the Texas Tribune: The government wants to buy their flood-prone homes. But these Texans aren’t moving. In Harris County, the flood control district wants to buy properties along the San Jacinto River that have flooded repeatedly. Some residents aren’t leaving. “Nearly all of the district’s buyouts are voluntary. If an owner doesn’t want to sell, the district can’t force them out.

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SIA GovSummit Sheds Light on the Complexities of Addressing Hostile Drone Threats

Security Industry Association

Experts from military, homeland security and emerging tech law and policy examined the critical need for technologies to address challenges but also protect our drone-powered society. While uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) offer tremendous benefits, they also pose security risks across various sectors, including military, homeland security, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, borders, VIP protection and maritime operations.

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India Election Results—Continuity, with Some Welcome Surprises

The Rand Blog

In the recent India election, the ruling party performed worse than generally expected, losing its majority for the first time since 2014. Still, it is likely to return to power with enough seats among its alliance partner to earn a majority. While this sounds like a recipe for political instability, it need not be so.

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Boosting the Power of EDA Workloads on Modern Data Platform

Pure Storage

Boosting the Power of EDA Workloads on Modern Data Platform by Pure Storage Blog Industry demand and ubiquitous access to chip design tools has caused a resurgence in very large-scale integration (VLSI) designs and smarter electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Hyperscale cloud providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—along with consumer computing companies like Apple—are heavily focused on building proprietary processor designs specific to their needs, while other manufacturers like Inte

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New CRS Report on Climate Change

Recovery Diva

From the Congressional Research Service, this new, 5 page report: Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency The United States is already experiencing certain effects of climate change, including high temperature extremes and heavy precipitation events. The U.S. Global Change Research Program, among other bodies, expects these trends to continue and intensify, likely resulting in more severe and frequent “slow-onset” events (e.g., drought; sea level rise),

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SIA New Member Profile: Barco

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Barco is a global company leading in visualization, networking and collaboration technology. The company has its global headquarters are in Kortrijk, Belgium,with its U.S. headquarters in Duluth, Georgia, and worldwide reach with specific regional teams focused on North America and Latin America. SIA spoke with Dan Gundry, senior director, control room sales U.S. at Barco, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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Defeating email security threats: Essential tips to protect your client's inbox 2024

Acronis

AI-powered phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks are gaining notoriety worldwide and have gotten exponentially more sophisticated in recent years

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North Korea's October Surprise: A Nuclear Weapons Test?

The Rand Blog

Some in the United States worry that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could carry out an October surprise by doing a nuclear weapon test just before the U.S. presidential election this year. Could Kim do that? We don't know, but he certainly has a number of reasons for doing so.

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Unlocking Business Growth through Data Storage Maturity

Pure Storage

Unlocking Business Growth through Data Storage Maturity by Pure Storage Blog Imagine that you and your small family live in a town going through its first years of drought. Water is in such short supply that your municipal water rate goes up 20%. So you manage costs and conserve water by doing things like taking shorter showers and not watering the lawn.