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Business Continuity Awareness Week: Supply Chain Resilience

DRI Drive

It’s Business Continuity Awareness Week, and today’s focus is on Supply Chain Resilience! During the pandemic and beyond, supply chain issues have been a near-constant challenge for resilience professionals. Knowing how to navigate them and prepare for the worst has become an everyday part of the current business continuity landscape. Additional Resources: DRI Webinar: Resilience […] The post Business Continuity Awareness Week: Supply Chain Resilience appeared first on DRI Driv

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The Coming National Security Challenge

Recovery Diva

From the Wash Post, Want to know why America is losing its edge? Look around campus. An excerpt: “Some 2.5 million fewer Americans are enrolled in college than in 2011, and the decline is accelerating. The college-going rate of high school graduates has dropped from 70 percent in 2016 to 62 percent in 2022, and if this trend continues, a group of young Americans will — for the first time in our history — enter the workforce with less education than the one before.

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The United States Needs a Moonshot to Prevent Extremism from Metastasizing

The Rand Blog

Extremism is like cancer: It will always exist, but ignoring it runs the risk that it rears its ugly head, metastasizing throughout the country. The United States needs to ensure it has the proper tools to diagnose extremism in its earliest stages, and that the agencies tasked with protecting our democracy have the capability to get it into, and keep it in, remission.

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Call for a National Emergency Management Strategy

Recovery Diva

Opinion piece in HSToday by Richard Serino: A 10-Year Reflection on the Boston Marathon Bombing and a Call for a National Emergency Management Strategy. An excerpt: While nothing can replace those we lost, as a community we take solace that our preparedness saved lives. I often say: It was no accident that Boston was prepared to respond that day, it was no accident that equipment was on site.

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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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How to create a Full System Image Backup in Under 10 Minutes?

Acronis

With file-level backups, you backup and restore files such as Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photographs, videos, and audio files. Many users think that just backing up these kinds of files is all they need. While file-level backups work if you are restoring a small number of files, it is a time-consuming task to restore an entire PC or Mac.

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Enter Outer Space at Your Own Risk?

The Rand Blog

Since 2004, federal law has barred most participant safety regulations and leaves nearly all issues of safety up to the discretion of the company providing the service. It's time to allow the moratorium on regulation to expire and allow the development of safety standards, led by the FAA.

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NexusTek and New York-based ICCS Join Forces

NexusTek

May 16, 2023 NexusTek and New York-based ICCS Join Forces A leading nationwide managed IT services provider expands geographic footprint and capabilities by adding market leader ICCS to its portfolio. Denver, CO, May 16, 2023 — NexusTek , a national provider of managed IT and technology consulting services, has joined with ICCS & Co., LLC (ICCS), a leading regional managed IT services provider based in New York City.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: The 2023 IAEM Conference

Disaster Zone

Details on the upcoming November 2023 conference

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How to Deploy a Remote Backup Server: A Simple Guide to Effective Backup

Acronis

Backup today is a lifeline to the future for small, medium, and enterprise organizations alike. That’s because data is the world’s most valuable resource (more so than oil, according to The Economist) and you have to protect it. With a backup solution in place, businesses can keep running.

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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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Webinar: How to do Business with FEMA

Disaster Zone

There are always hoops to jump through. Find out which ones!

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IMPACT 2023 – Strong Project Management for Implementing a Complaint Management Solution for Multiple Team Needs

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Strong Project Management for Implementing a Complaint Management Solution for Multiple Team Needs Duration: 25 Minutes Presenter: Christine Frasco, Law Technology Project Manager, Unum In this session, Christine Frasco from the Unum Group shares her experience in implementing a complex Complaint Management program involving multiple teams and groups.

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What Quant Trading Firms Need in the Race for Alpha

Pure Storage

What Quant Trading Firms Need in the Race for Alpha by Pure Storage Blog The more data a quantitative trading firm can access and process, the better positioned it is to make strategically timed, profitable trades. The post What Quant Trading Firms Need in the Race for Alpha appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.

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IMPACT 2023 – Supplier Diversity: The Next Level of Third Party Risk Management

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Supplier Diversity: The Next Level of Third Party Risk Management Duration: 33 Minutes Presenter: Bryan Phillips , Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis In this session, Bryan Phillips from Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis presents on Supplier Diversity: the Next Level of Third Party Risk Management. Vendor, or Third Party Risk Management , helps organizations manage contracts and make decisions based on the risks of vendor relationships.

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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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Five Things We Can Learn About Business Continuity From the Coronation of King Charles III

Plan B Consulting

Charlie discusses what business continuity professionals can take away from the recent coronation of King Charles III and talks about how we can improve our business continuity responses. Whether you are a republican, monarchist, or not really concerned either way, you cannot have missed the coronation. Most observers said the whole ceremony went off well, and so this week, I thought I would write about what we can learn from the occasion.

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IMPACT 2023 Keynote Presentation by Steven Minsky, CEO of LogicManager

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Three Ways to Prepare for 2024 and Beyond Duration: 60 Minutes Presenter: Steven Minsky , CEO and Founder of LogicManager It’s no secret that we’re in a time of immense uncertainty, as proven by an ever-changing risk landscape, a pending recession, and frequent headlines covering the collapse of financial institutions. During times like these, organizations need tools to analyze & demonstrate risks.

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Using telnet to Test Open Ports

Acronis

When it comes to checking if a network port is opened or closed on a remote computer, there's no easier way than to use telnet. Ports left open for no reason are a security risk that malicious programs and viruses can exploit.

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IMPACT 2023 Why Business Continuity Planning is Crucial and How to Make it Sustainable

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Why Business Continuity Planning is Crucial and How to Make it Sustainable Duration: 55 Minutes Presenter: Brianna McKenzie, Ascensus In this insightful presentation, Brianna McKenzie, a business continuity expert from Ascensus, shares her knowledge and experience on why Business Continuity Planning is crucial for organizations today. Drawing on recent events and the challenges faced by many organizations during the pandemic, Brianna highlights the importance of having an up-to-date

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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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The Five Stages of Data Loss - What are they?

Acronis

In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross documented the five stages of grief that a person goes through when faced with death. I also have spent long hours researching the stages of loss, be as it may, for data and unfortunately, I forgot to document it. However, based on the stories I’ve heard from friends, I have concluded that data loss is rather similar to Ms Kübler-Ross’ observations.

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IMPACT 2023 Risk Management in the News – Emerging Trends

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Risk Management in the News: Emerging Trends Duration: 31 Minutes Presenter: Mitch Wilson, Manager of Customer Advocacy at LogicManager, Echo Payton-Brown, SVP of Enterprise Risk Management at WaFd Bank, and Steven Minksy, CEO of LogicManager The world is changing rapidly, and organizations are facing unprecedented challenges and risks that require careful management.

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BCAW : Supply Chain : What can organisations do to attempt to protect themselves from supply chain risks?

Plan B Consulting

Day two of BCAW and Senior Consultant, Gavin Watt, explores what organisations can do to attempt to protect themselves from supply chain risks. What Can Organisations Do To Attempt To Protect Themselves From Supply Chain Risks? Supplier bankruptcy, trade disputes, political instability, pandemics, natural disasters and cyber-attacks are all seen to be key factors in supply chain disruption.

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IMPACT 2023 – Strong Project Management for Implementing a Complaint Management Solution for Multiple Team Needs

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Strong Project Management for Implementing a Complaint Management Solution for Multiple Team Needs Duration: 25 Minutes Presenter: Christine Frasco, Law Technology Project Manager, Unum In this session, Christine Frasco from the Unum Group shares her experience in implementing a complex Complaint Management program involving multiple teams and groups.

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Understanding Breach of Duty of Care & Negligence

Alert Media

The post Understanding Breach of Duty of Care & Negligence appeared first on AlertMedia.

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IMPACT 2023 – Supplier Diversity: The Next Level of Third Party Risk Management

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Supplier Diversity: The Next Level of Third Party Risk Management Duration: 33 Minutes Presenter: Bryan Phillips , Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis In this session, Bryan Phillips from Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis presents on Supplier Diversity: the Next Level of Third Party Risk Management. Vendor, or Third Party Risk Management , helps organizations manage contracts and make decisions based on the risks of vendor relationships.

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IMPACT 2023 Why Business Continuity Planning is Crucial and How to Make it Sustainable

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Why Business Continuity Planning is Crucial and How to Make it Sustainable Duration: 55 Minutes Presenter: Brianna McKenzie, Ascensus In this insightful presentation, Brianna McKenzie, a business continuity expert from Ascensus, shares her knowledge and experience on why Business Continuity Planning is crucial for organizations today. Drawing on recent events and the challenges faced by many organizations during the pandemic, Brianna highlights the importance of having an up-to-date

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IMPACT 2023 Risk Management in the News – Emerging Trends

LogisManager

IMPACT 2023 Risk Management in the News: Emerging Trends Duration: 31 Minutes Presenter: Mitch Wilson, Manager of Customer Advocacy at LogicManager, Echo Payton-Brown, SVP of Enterprise Risk Management at WaFd Bank, and Steven Minksy, CEO of LogicManager The world is changing rapidly, and organizations are facing unprecedented challenges and risks that require careful management.