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School Security & Active Shooter Interdiction: A Q&A With Vince Riden

Security Industry Association

It’s important to promote a safe learning environment for every student and protect the teachers, staff and visitors in our schools, and SIA appreciates the many talented security professionals who are working diligently each day to enhance the safety and security of our schools and mitigate active shooter threats.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Disaster’ refers to an event that causes damage, destruction, interruption of services and important activities, and possibly casualties. Security’ involves protection against major threats, such as terrorist activity. Civil protection must be developed at the local authority level, coordinated regionally and harmonised nationally.

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Getting Started with Enterprise Risk Management

MHA Consulting

Enterprise Risk Management is the activity of identifying and mitigating the hazards that threaten an organization (definition from Strong Language: The MHA Glossary of Essential Business Continuity Terminology , available for free download with registration). ERM is all about reducing. ERM also increases a few things.

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World Backup Day: Four Data Protection Best Practices to Know

Pure Storage

It has been republished with permission from the author. They will often try to discover cybersecurity insurance limits, critical operations your organization is running, and where and to whom services are provided, all in an effort to understand where an attack can do the worst damage.

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5 Key Takeaways from the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

Pure Storage

Industry regulators have taken notice and are making resilience a centerpiece of their activities. The action came after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) along with the Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) issued their operational resilience policy in March 2021.

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Managing Sanctions Risk from Russia’s War on Ukraine

Risk Management Monitor

Conduct a risk assessment around which sanctions you are exposed to and whether there are any business activities, relationships or practices you need to end or change in some way. Consider any impact winding down activities in one area may have on other business areas. What risks are you exposed to?

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Healthcare Under Attack: Building Resilience in the Face of an Aggressive Cyber Threat

MHA Consulting

A company called Change Healthcare, which is the largest electronic clearinghouse for medical insurance payments in the country, was struck by hackers who stole patient data and encrypted company files, demanding payment to unlock them. Data breaches generally do not affect day-to-day operations.