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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. The editors are experts in the field with many years of conducting research and teaching with particular emphasis on social vulnerability and cultural complexity within the context of emergencies and disasters. link] April 2020.

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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. Publisher : Routledge by Taylor and Francis Group London and New York. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman. For more information: [link].

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Each chapter is written by (a) a different author(s). The discussions are based on many years of practical experience and/or research conducted by the authors. Volume Editor: Jane Kushma, Ph.D. December 2022. Pages: 272.

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Book Review: The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina

Recovery Diva

Authors: Kai Erikson, William R. Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin Texas. Author of Hyperlocal Organizing: Collaborating for Recovery over Time, forthcoming in November 2022 from Lexington Press. already set by the degree of vulnerability and marginalization existing in disaster-impacted communities.

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Guest Opinion: Why It’s Time to Get Serious About the Risk of Commercial Drones

Security Industry Association

Public space is more vulnerable to a myriad of threats posed by commercial drones. Venues that support large public gatherings tend to be unprepared for a drone event and have even less authority to do something proactive. The plan provides eight key recommendations. What can and should the federal government do?

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Identifying Important Business Functions: Your Building Blocks for DORA Compliance and Incident Management

Fusion Risk Management

While these include technical capabilities such as network security, they should also involve awareness training across your organization to ensure that each member of your team is playing a part in minimizing your vulnerabilities to cyber threats. Doing so will also ensure that appropriate measures are taken in the case of an incident.

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Singing the Same Tune: The Case for Regulatory Harmonization

FS-ISAC

Compliance and reporting to regulatory authorities is another area where standardization plays an important role and can unlock considerable benefits for the different stakeholders. While cybercrime has been around for decades, the 2016 cyber heist against Bangladesh Bank was a watershed moment for financial authorities around the world.