Today’s Alert Test
Recovery Diva
OCTOBER 4, 2023
From The Conversation: Nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert system could test people’s patience – or help rebuild public trust in the system.
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US Agencies Sound the Alert on Critical Infrastructure Resilience
DRI Drive
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, and CISA has launched its new “Shields Ready” campaign, developed with the Department of Homeland Security […] The post US Agencies Sound the Alert on Critical Infrastructure Resilience appeared first on DRI Drive.
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Uber Security Breach - News Alert
Scott R. Davis
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
September 16, 2022 – The Cyber Security Association of Pennsylvania and it's President Scott R. Davis has issued a recommendation for users of popular ride share service Uber to update their user credentials.
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SIA New Member Profile: Shot Alert
Security Industry Association
MAY 25, 2023
Shot Alert CEO Neil Clark New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Shot Alert specializes in fully automated gunshot detection and active shooter response. SIA spoke with Neil Clark, CEO of Shot Alert, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA. Tell us the story of your company.
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Enhance emergency alerts with Device-Based Geo-Fencing
everbridge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
This blog post dives into the evolution of emergency alert targeting, introducing the innovative concept of Device-Based Geo-Fencing (DBGF), outlining its implications, and shedding light on the road ahead to enhance public safety measures. Beginning with WEA 1.0, introducing polygons and circles for cell selection.
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How AlertMedia Customers Use Desktop Alerts
Alert Media
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The post How AlertMedia Customers Use Desktop Alerts appeared first on AlertMedia.
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Improvement needed in Weather Alerts
Recovery Diva
APRIL 28, 2023
Weather Service report details communication gaps during deadly Hurricane Ida. The report, issued after long pause in post-storm reviews, found the agency must improve how it communicates flash flood threats and reaches vulnerable groups.
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Intelligent Alert Grouping Series Summary by Quintessence Anx
PagerDuty
APRIL 7, 2022
Welcome to our final post in our EI Architecture Series on Intelligent Alert Grouping. The default behaviors for Intelligent Alert Grouping are based on abstracted patterns in incident management as well as making use of machine learning models. Alert Titles. Let’s take a moment and recap everything we’ve learned.
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Optimize Communication for Ambulance Diversion [+ Alert Templates]
Alert Media
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The post Optimize Communication for Ambulance Diversion [+ Alert Templates] appeared first on AlertMedia.
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Kaseya VSA Security Alert
Scott R. Davis
JULY 2, 2021
Updated 7/2/2021 - 17:51 ET. Shortly after 2PM on Friday July 2, 2021 administrators of the Kaseya VSA (Remote Monitoring and Management) Software as a Service began to experience issues where users were locked out and customer agents were receiving scripts to deploy ransomware.
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Training Intelligent Alert Grouping by Quintessence Anx
PagerDuty
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
In this case, incidents that I am referring to as “complex” are incidents that involve multiple, disparate, notifications in your alert management platform. It’s important to understand that there is a difference between “textually similar” and how our minds might logically group common types of alerts. If alerts need to be separated.
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New Microsoft Outlook Phish Alert Button
LAN Infotech
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The New Microsoft Outlook Phish Alert Button – When and How to Use It. One such method is the new Phish Alert Button (PAB) for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft 365, Exchange, and Google Workspace. The phish alert button appears on every email you open, and when you suspect it to be a phishing email, you can click on the button.
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Florida Fires Alerting Company After Mistake Is Made
Disaster Zone
APRIL 20, 2023
Evidently, there is no room for error in Florida.
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Using Location-Based Safety Alerts to Protect Employees Anywhere
Alert Media
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The post Using Location-Based Safety Alerts to Protect Employees Anywhere appeared first on AlertMedia.
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Training Intelligent Alert Grouping by Quintessence Anx
PagerDuty
JANUARY 27, 2022
We’re continuing on with our third piece about how to utilize and improve your Intelligent Alert Grouping (IAG)! In case you missed it, the first two blog posts describe the feature ( here ) and explain how it uses merging to group alerts (here). Where you will see the alert title – a refresher.
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Alert and Warning Collaborative TA Workshop
Disaster Zone
MARCH 29, 2022
Don't screw up a warning. It is a very public mistake.
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Intelligent Alert Grouping: What It Is and How To Use It by Quintessence Anx
PagerDuty
OCTOBER 18, 2021
When the incident begins it might only be impacting a single service, but as time progresses, your brain boots, the coffee is poured, the docs are read, and all the while as the incident is escalating to other services and teams that you might not see the alerts for if they’re not in your scope of ownership. Common incident challenges.
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ALERT READY: TIPS TO PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE NATIONAL PUBLIC ALERTING SYSTEM
CCEM Strategies
MARCH 27, 2018
Now that the Canadian government has launched Alert Ready - Canada’s National Public Alerting System, it’s important to consider how this affects your business’ emergency plans , and how to modify them moving forward.
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Alert: Ongoing Cyber Threats to U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems
Disaster Zone
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
SCADA remains a potential threat vector for intrusions.
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Fraud Alert as Cyber Monday Sales Kick Off
Behavior Group
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
fraud alert, cyber monday, phishing , gift card scams The US online sales blitz has also become something of a staple across some European countries, especially in the UK where it’s predicted… Continue reading. The post Fraud Alert as Cyber Monday Sales Kick Off appeared first on Behaviour Portugal.
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Using Location-Based Alerts in Emergency Situations
Alert Media
MARCH 3, 2020
The post Using Location-Based Alerts in Emergency Situations appeared first on AlertMedia.
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California Uses Emergency Alert for Electrical Emergency
Disaster Zone
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
It will become more common in the future.
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Keep Traveling Employees Safe with Emergency Weather Alerts
Alert Media
DECEMBER 17, 2019
The post Keep Traveling Employees Safe with Emergency Weather Alerts appeared first on AlertMedia.
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Emergency Alert Systems Both Then and Now
Alert Media
DECEMBER 20, 2016
The Government’s Take on Alerts. I was surprised to learn that the federal Emergency Alert System (EAS) was only used at the local level until November 9, 2011 at 2 pm eastern. Instead of scrapping the EAS, the government created a new capability, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA). Bringing the Emergency Alert System In-House.
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Grounded: The FAA Alert System Failure Could Be a Wake Up Call
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 13, 2023
It turned out to be a system failure that grounded thousands of flights on January 11, but U.S. critical infrastructure faces a range of threats—from Russian hackers, to weather events, to angry individuals with guns. The government and organizations responsible for critical infrastructure can take steps to actively manage these risks.
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5 Ways Interactive Maps Improve Emergency Alert Systems
Alert Media
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The post 5 Ways Interactive Maps Improve Emergency Alert Systems appeared first on AlertMedia.
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Text Alerts for Business: What You Need to Know
Alert Media
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The post Text Alerts for Business: What You Need to Know appeared first on AlertMedia.
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Kaseya VSA Security Alert
The Morning Breach
JULY 2, 2021
Updated 7/2/2021 - 17:51 ET. . Shortly after 2PM on Friday July 2, 2021 administrators of the Kaseya VSA (Remote Monitoring and Management) Software as a Service began to experience issues where users were locked out and customer agents were receiving scripts to deploy ransomware.
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Scammers are using GDPR email alerts to conduct phishing attacks
Behavior Group
JUNE 15, 2018
The post Scammers are using GDPR email alerts to conduct phishing attacks appeared first on Behaviour Portugal. Malicious actors posing as well-known businesses using the guise of GDPR to steal personal data. Hackers, according to cyber security company Redscan, are impersonating… Continue reading.
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Expanded Alert Logic/Sungard Partnership to Deliver Managed Detection and Response Solution
Continuity Insights
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Alert Logic has announced an expansion of its decade-long partnership with Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) to bring Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions to customers in North America and Europe.
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Five Organizations Tackling Health Inequity: Meet PagerDuty.org’s Second Impact Accelerator Cohort by Olivia Khalili
PagerDuty
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Nexleaf and PagerDuty began our partnership in 2020 to pilot automated power outage alerts to hospital workers and administrators in eight health facilities across Kenya. This simple use case for power outage data has already proven useful to health workers for preventing deadly power outages and improving backup generator management.
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An Update on AM Radio's and Emergency Alert System (EAS) Availability in Autos
Disaster Zone
JUNE 26, 2023
This just in.
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Recovery Issues in Colorado Disaster
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 27, 2022
NOTE: The Diva noticed that most of the article is devoted to rebuilding issues, but does not give significant coverage to the relative lack of emergency alerting and questions about the emergency response. Residents wonder whether to rebuild.
Smoke from Canada
Recovery Diva
JUNE 8, 2023
From the WashPost: Smoke from Canada signals a future with fires The Diva lives in the DC metro area where we are in 2 day of a 3 day long Code Red alert. We are a long distance from the Quebec fires, but we do have some of their smoke. Not pleasant. Many outdoor events have been cancelled.
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Five Organizations Tackling Health Inequity: Meet PagerDuty.org’s Second Impact Accelerator Cohort by Olivia Khalili
PagerDuty
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Nexleaf and PagerDuty began our partnership in 2020 to pilot automated power outage alerts to hospital workers and administrators in eight health facilities across Kenya. This simple use case for power outage data has already proven useful to health workers for preventing deadly power outages and improving backup generator management.
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The Struggle Is Real: Which Mass Alert System Can Reach the Most People?
Alert Media
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The post The Struggle Is Real: Which Mass Alert System Can Reach the Most People? appeared first on AlertMedia.
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The importance of testing emergency warning systems
everbridge
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
4, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) plans a nationwide mobile alert test which will send an emergency SMS to all cellphones in the United States. It will consist of two portions that will test Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) capabilities. ET on Wednesday, Oct.
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How MSPs can become more proactive and efficient, improve client satisfaction and drive growth
Acronis
JUNE 13, 2023
Acronis now offers ML-based monitoring and smart alerting, purpose-built for MSPs. Monitoring client workloads can be an enormous, time-consuming challenge for MSPs, but doing so efficiently and effectively is critical to enabling the growth of their business.
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Guest Post: The Challenges of the GSOC
Security Industry Association
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The “noise” from these disparate systems can become problematic and limit appropriate response, as well as increase the amount of time it takes to respond to and resolve incoming alerts. Here’s an example: A GSOC operator gets a “Door Forced” alert from an access control system.
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Is Public Safety Alerting Broken?
Ready for Anything
OCTOBER 1, 2020
What happens when state and local government agencies communicate with the public about critical events? Is the process broken, or just ready for a paradigm shift? If you’re responsible for public safety, don’t miss this, our very first episode.
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Why Real-Time Encryption Detection Matters
Zerto
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Zerto’s software-only solution applies unique algorithmic intelligence to alert you within seconds when there’s an encryption anomaly that could signal the start of ransomware’s detonation phase. Zerto, on the other hand, can detect and alert within seconds. GB—about a 99.8% savings in amount of locked data.
Top 10 Reasons to Move to Zerto 10
Zerto
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Real-Time Detection and Alerting 1. Zerto 10 not only alerts you within seconds to an active ransomware attack but also identifies the blast radius of the attack, helping you quickly recover the specifically affected systems. See this feature in action.
Prepare for the Impact of Tropical Storm Nicole
everbridge
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Employee and Community Awareness Governments and business should educate community members and employees on what types of risk are in the area, how to use emergency alerts systems, how to prepare for different kinds of emergencies, and where to access resources before, during, and after a critical event.
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