Mon.Aug 01, 2022

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U.S. Intelligence Sounds Alarms on Security Impacts of Climate Change

DRI Drive

The effects of climate change will be increasingly felt by businesses and communities in the coming years. But a recent report from the National Intelligence Council outlines the many ways it could lead to global security tensions in the short and long term. The first-ever National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change, based on data from […].

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Seven Ways to Build a Truly Equitable DEI Strategy

The Rand Blog

Despite growth in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) roles worldwide, not much has changed with the power structure in DEI spaces, which still center on the C-suite and tend to be populated with groups that are less knowledgeable on research in DEI. Here are seven strategies for building a more-equitable DEI program.

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How People Analytics Can Enhance Your Company’s Workforce Development Strategy

Security Industry Association

Jill Frack is a senior project manager at Integrated Security Technologies, Inc. In the Security Industry Association’s (SIA’s) 2022 Security Megatrends report , workforce development was listed as the Nov. 5 Security Megatrend, citing the biggest area of pain for integrators was finding the talent needed to get the work done. With the labor shortage integrators are experiencing, the employee processes within the security industry need to be reexamined when it comes to employee empowerment, em

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What is a business continuity plan?

Acronis

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is an executive-sponsored, executive-approved document that provides a roadmap for how an organization will restart operations in the event of an unforeseen, natural or human-made disaster, such as a hurricane, fire, or data breach.

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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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SIA New Member Profile: SHP

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member SHP is a team of dynamic architects, engineers and designers whose product FrameFrog was developed to help the security and access control industry complete fully functioning installations. SHP is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and its subsidiary company Tadpole Products, creator of the FrameFrog solution, is based in Bellevue, Kentucky. .

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Could U.S. Weapons Assistance to Ukraine Lead to Russian Escalation?

The Rand Blog

The United States and its allies should certainly continue providing Ukraine with the matériel it needs, but they should also—in close consultation with Kyiv—begin opening channels of communication with Russia. An eventual cease-fire should be the goal, even as the path to it remains uncertain.

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Has Health & Safety Gone Mad?

Plan B Consulting

After witnessing a near miss incident during a fishing competition, Charlie reiterates the importance of health and safety checks, risk assessments, and great response plans. A couple of weeks ago, I was involved in a near miss accident at the Isle of Coll fishing competition, so I wanted to share a few thoughts on this incident and another I was also involved in.

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What’s New: Automation Actions in the PagerDuty Application for Zendesk by Carrie Lacina

PagerDuty

A Shift in Customer Expectations. The past few years have led to a significant increase in customer demands, and customer service agents are feeling the pressure. According to a recent Zendesk CX Trends report , 68% of agents report feeling overwhelmed. Here at PagerDuty, we believe that happier customer service agents lead to more positive customer interactions and stronger relationships with your brand.

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Has Health & Safety Gone Mad?

Plan B Consulting

After witnessing a near miss incident during a fishing competition, Charlie reiterates the importance of health and safety checks, risk assessments, and great response plans. A couple of weeks ago, I was involved in a near miss accident at the Isle of Coll fishing competition, so I wanted to share a few thoughts on this incident and another I was also involved in.

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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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In Remembrance of Optane

Pure Storage

Intel Corporation’s announcement last week that it’s winding down the production of its Optane memory business is a sad note for all of us in the storage industry. Optane (and 3D XPoint more broadly) was a unique storage technology, and the end of its production and future roadmap means that we all will have one less tool in our tool belts to solve interesting problems.

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Has Health & Safety Gone Mad?

Plan B Consulting

After witnessing a near miss incident during a fishing competition, Charlie reiterates the importance of health and safety checks, risk assessments, and great response plans. A couple of weeks ago, I was involved in a near miss accident at the Isle of Coll fishing competition, so I wanted to share a few thoughts on this incident and another I was also involved in.