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Hurricanes Have Become more Deadly for Socially Vulnerable People

Recovery Diva

From Homeland Security News Wire: Hurricanes Have Become Deadlier, Especially for Socially Vulnerable. β€œIn In our study, excess death counts after tropical cyclones were higher more recently and for the most socially vulnerable,” said Robbie M.

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Book Review: Why Vulnerability Still Matters – The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation.

Recovery Diva

Why Vulnerability Still Matters -The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation , Edited by Greg Bankoff and Dorothea Hilhorst. Why Vulnerability Still Matters -The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of vulnerability, disaster risk, and political systems. Routledge, 2022.

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What We Can Learn from the Log4j Vulnerability

Pure Storage

In December, a critical zero-day vulnerability was reported in the widely used Log4j framework. Log4j is so ubiquitous, in fact, that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly called this β€œthe most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career.”. And that’s the key to the vulnerability.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

This textbook provides a multitude of case studies each written by academics who are actively teaching and/or have developed curriculum in the fields of crisis, disaster, and/or emergency management with a specific focus on vulnerable populations that are the weakest links in the hazard-risk chain. The case studies cover both the U.S.

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Guardians of Data: A Deep Dive into HIPAA Compliance

Online Computers

Join us for a concise webinar where we'll share actionable insights to enhance your cybersecurity resilience: Employee Training: Educate staff on identifying and mitigating common cybersecurity risks. Security Audits: Conduct routine audits to address vulnerabilities and prevent unauthorized data access.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The author also challenges the β€œinclusion” agenda of the Sendai and UN Climate Change frameworks. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman.

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How to Implement Threat Modeling in Your DevSecOps Process

Pure Storage

How to Implement Threat Modeling in Your DevSecOps Process by Pure Storage Blog This blog on threat modeling was co-authored by Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, CTO for Security and Networking, and Rajan Yadav , Director of Engineering, CNBU (Portworx), Pure Storage. Dr. Ahuja is a renowned name in the field of security and networking.