Tue.Jul 27, 2021

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When it all goes wrong, at least get the response right 

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: There are so many ways a kidnapping can go wrong for the victim and the victim’s family, writes Stephen Grossman, so it is vitally important to involve people who have experience in this field

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The Key to Modern Access Control: How Biometric Solutions Can Offer Both Security and Convenience

Security Industry Association

Maria Pihlström, senior global marketing manager, Fingerprints. Meeting the security challenges of modern office environments is a complex and long-standing issue for many organizations. Businesses use a range of enterprise technologies to boost productivity, connect employees, and accommodate a more distributed and flexible workforce. However, with greater flexibility come increasing security demands – both in and outside the office.

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#BHUSA or bust: Hopes and expectations for Black Hat 2021

Acronis

Since 1997, Black Hat has been a staple in the world of cybersecurity conferences. Having been in cybersecurity for nearly a decade, I’ve been aware of Black Hat, but haven’t had the opportunity to attend. Sure, I’ve attended DEF CON and some local cybersecurity conferences, but never one with a corporate focus.

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The Year That Changed Security: How the Pandemic Shaped the Use of Technology in 2020 and Going Forward

Security Industry Association

Alan Stoddard, president, Cognyte Software North America. To say that the year 2020 was challenging is a huge understatement. In March of last year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life around the world. Regular business operations and the economy came to a halt. Businesses such as those in retail, stadiums, casinos, hotels and restaurants were particularly hard hit.

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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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Implementing Multi-Region Disaster Recovery Using Event-Driven Architecture

AWS Disaster Recovery

In this blog post, we share a reference architecture that uses a multi-Region active/passive strategy to implement a hot standby strategy for disaster recovery (DR). We highlight the benefits of performing DR failover using event-driven, serverless architecture, which provides high reliability, one of the pillars of AWS Well Architected Framework. With the multi-Region active/passive strategy, your workloads operate in primary and secondary Regions with full capacity.

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How Northumbria University delivers active blended learning

Citrix

This blog post is based on a fireside chat with Northumbria University , available on demand, on how the university rolled out Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to its staff and students. The event featured the insights of Craig Bramley, … The post How Northumbria University delivers active blended learning first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Moving Video Security to the Cloud: How Cloud Technology Can Offer Functionality and Flexibility

Security Industry Association

Nigel Waterton, chief revenue officer, Arcules. The use of the cloud is increasing globally as more organizations look to reap the benefits of this flexible and scalable service-based business model. The growth of cloud-based business functions allows for security-as-a-service (SaaS) options that had previously been unavailable, especially for small to medium-sized businesses.

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The pros and cons of local backups

Online Computers

Your business data should have backups — no ifs or buts about it. The real question is whether these backups should be kept in your office or not. To make this decision, you must understand local backups, your needs, and your spending abilities. Getting to know the pros and cons of local backups should also guide you in that process. What are local backups?

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Video Intercoms in a Post-Pandemic World: How Residential Security Systems Have Taken On New Functions

Security Industry Association

Marty Schutt, director of sales, Aiphone. During the past year and a half, our homes have become much more than living spaces. They are schools, gyms, workspaces and so much more. Investing in a comprehensive security solution is as important as ever, and providers and integrators should be ready to discuss a system that not only enhances security but also offers end users ease of use.

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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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Take a strategic approach to empowering a secure hybrid workforce with SASE

Citrix

In the first blog post in our series on Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), we looked at the need for a unified approach to securing the hybrid workforce , the complex application landscape, and the rapidly expanding attack surface. In … The post Take a strategic approach to empowering a secure hybrid workforce with SASE first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Developing the Security Solutions of the Future: Focusing on Intervention and Prevention to Add Value and Effectiveness

Security Industry Association

Haim Amir, CEO, Essence Group. Traditional professional and do-it-yourself (DIY) alarm systems are too limited to address today’s challenges of protecting people and property. To meet these challenges, systems must evolve from the detection of security breaches to active intervention and, ultimately, prevention. Although technologies exist that allow systems to provide active intervention, there are a number of obstacles to overcome before they can be fully implemented.

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Most enterprises started a modernization program due to the pandemic

Behavior Group

Advanced released a report which examines the current mainframe market, the associated challenges facing large enterprises worldwide, and the impact COVID-19 has and will continue to have on modernization planning. Amidst global disruption, the spotlight was firmly cast on the critical need for high-functioning IT systems in 2020 – whether to meet the demands of… Continue reading.

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Is Managing Disasters, Crisis, and Business Disruption, Really Just Managing People?

Business Continuity Today

I read "Crisis Management is People Management" in this month's Crisis Response Journal by Thomas Lahnthaler. He argues that over the last year, we were not managing tactics to combat the global threat of COVID-19. We needed to focus on the people affected by the pandemic. In my class the Social Impacts of disaster, I discuss the idea that disasters are not disasters until it impacts humans.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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How to Create an Active Shooter Response Plan

Alert Media

The post How to Create an Active Shooter Response Plan appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Is Managing Disasters, Crisis, and Business Disruption, Really Just Managing People?

Business Continuity Today

I read "Crisis Management is People Management" in this month's Crisis Response Journal by Thomas Lahnthaler. He argues that over the last year, we were not managing tactics to combat the global threat of COVID-19. We needed to focus on the people affected by the pandemic. In my class the Social Impacts of disaster, I discuss the idea that disasters are not disasters until it impacts humans.

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Touchless Entry Is Here to Stay: How Modifications to Building Access Promote Both Security and Safety

Security Industry Association

Greg Schreiber, senior vice president of sales, Boon Edam. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immense impact on nearly every aspect of our lives, including how people interact and perform their jobs and even how buildings are designed. The goal of all these changes? Reducing human-to-human contact and, thus, slowing or stopping the spread of the virus.

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How to explain your machine learning model using SHAP?

Advancing Analytics

Written by Dan Lantos, Ayodeji Ogunlami and Gavita Regunath TL;DR SHAP values are a convenient, (mostly) model-agnostic method of explaining a model’s output, or a feature’s impact on a model’s output. Not only do they provide a uniform approach to explaining behaviour, but they can help developers get better insight into why their models do(n’t) work.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha