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Good Grief: Candy Corn Maker Hacked in Time for Halloween

DRI Drive

Typically this is the time of year where we all get together to argue over whether candy corn is tasty or disgusting, but for this Halloween we also have to wonder if it’s cyber resilient. A ransomware group successfully hacked Chicago-based Ferrara Candy, the world’s largest manufacturer of the Halloween seasonal favorite (for some) candy […].

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Job: Emergency Management Coordinator, Pierce County, Wash.

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A limited-duration position, likely three years.

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How Do the Holidays Affect Businesses?

Constellation

The holiday season brings excitement and changes in buying behavior. How the holidays affect small businesses varies by industry. The post How Do the Holidays Affect Businesses? appeared first on. (This is a content summary only. Click on the blog title to continue reading this post.).

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Facebook Changing Its Corporate Name

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It all smacks a little bit of Blackwater to me.

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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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Are You Up to Speed on Changes within the 2022 Edition of NFPA 13?

National Fire Protection Association

The recently released 2022 edition of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems contains a number of significant changes. While the 2019 edition of the standard underwent a dramatic reorganization, it was a relatively quiet cycle for technical revisions. The 2022 edition of the standard; however, makes up for that with many updates that will affect all the different users of the. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Bad security habits are hard to break. 4 ways Citrix ShareFile can help.

Citrix

Throughout the motions of collaborating digitally, you may not realize you could be putting important company data at risk. Have you attached a file to an email? Have you shared a document in a digital chat message? It seems harmless … The post Bad security habits are hard to break. 4 ways Citrix ShareFile can help. first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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New GAO Report on Flood Hazards

Recovery Diva

FEMA Flood Maps: Better Planning and Analysis Needed to Address Current and Future Flood Hazards. GAO-22-104079.

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Cybersecurity Month 2021: Doing Our Part to Help You #BeCyberSmart

Pure Storage

This year is Cybersecurity Awareness Month’s 18th year, continuing last year’s theme of “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.” At Pure, data is the air we breathe, so we have plenty of insights into how to keep it safe from risk. Boost Your Cybersecurity IQ on the Pure Storage Blog. We don’t just prioritize security for a month a year, and we definitely don’t just help you store your data.

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Women @ Work: Why we need women’s voices in the fight for sustainability

Citrix

This blog post is part of our ongoing Women @ Work series. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis, we’ve seen a brighter spotlight shine on gender inequality. Without a significant upsurge in the representation of women’s voices … The post Women @ Work: Why we need women’s voices in the fight for sustainability first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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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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A Little Help: How to Select a BCM Consultant

BCM METRICS

Finding a good business continuity management consultant can be hard. Today’s post is a list of 12 steps to help you find the right BCM consulting firm for your engagement. The key challenge in hiring a BCM consultancy is not determining which firm is the best but which is the best fit. 12 Steps […]. The post A Little Help: How to Select a BCM Consultant appeared first on BCMMETRICS.

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Use self-elevation to simplify elevation rule provisioning

Citrix

IT admins can use the elevation control feature in Workspace Environment Management (WEM) to restrict users to standard user accounts, while giving them the ability to run apps that require admin privileges so they can achieve their business goals. With … The post Use self-elevation to simplify elevation rule provisioning first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Transformer Fire Protection

National Fire Protection Association

While superheroes and the big box office may have everything thinking about robots when we talk about transformers, they are actually a much more important device that is essential for the transmission, distribution, and utilization of alternating current electric power. What are transformers and what do they do? In basic terms a transformer is a device that transfers electric energy from one AC. [[ This is a content summary only.

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What’s new with Citrix Workspace – October 2021

Citrix

Citrix experts want to ensure that you are ready for anything. That is why we focus on three main pillars within Citrix Workspace : empowering secure and distributed work; boosting worker productivity; and accelerating IT modernization. Earlier this month, during … The post What’s new with Citrix Workspace – October 2021 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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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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ChatOps and Mobile Adoption: The Power of Teams Working Where They Are by Anat Hazanchuk

PagerDuty

The way we socialize, learn, shop, and receive care has changed drastically over the last 18 months. For many of us, perhaps one of the most drastic changes was the way we work. While work from home (WFH) was an option before the pandemic, NCCI states , “only 6% of the employed worked primarily from home and about three-quarters of workers had never worked from home.

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Risk: Why it’s Time to Reassess

KingsBridge BCP

Taking a hard look at risk. While cars, planes, appliances, and many other products we use have more and more safety features, it seems as though most everything else around us is becoming riskier. Risks of all kinds seem to be increasing. Between Covid-19, natural disasters, and shortages, things can feel pretty chaotic right now. Instead of letting the chaotic take hold, it’s time to take a step back so that we can know what the risks really are and how to best handle each one.

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Remote work exposing SMEs to increased cybersecurity risk

Behavior Group

Remote working is leading to increased cybersecurity risks for SMEs, a research from ServerChoice shows. The research, conducted with 1,000 business leaders at SMEs, found that changes in working patterns are resulting in infrastructure being left unmonitored and business data being rendered more vulnerable to exploitation. SMEs see remote work as an increased risk to… Continue reading.

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Introducing Enhanced Threat Warnings Subscriptions

Alert Media

The post Introducing Enhanced Threat Warnings Subscriptions appeared first on AlertMedia.

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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

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Want to Get Away…from Data Center Management?

Pure Storage

What is Bare Metal as-a-Service, Powered by Pure ? Quite simply, it’s a solution for organizations that want to get out of their data centers or repatriate from a public cloud provider. It provides them with a full stack, enterprise class option not previously available. The choice is yours. You can build, manage, and host everything with your own DIY approach, which comes with massive cloud cost overruns, legacy technology challenges, and issues with implementation skill gaps.