Wed.Dec 08, 2021

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Cyber Resilience in 2021: Which Techniques Truly Protect the Health of the Organization?

DRI Drive

A new report surveyed security and privacy professionals across 27 markets to see which steps taken this year best defended their organizations against an ever-evolving cyber risk landscape. “Security Outcomes Study Vol. 2” from Cisco surveyed more than 5,100 professionals, who responded with their approaches to threat detection, response, and resilience.

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Expect 'Shock and Awe' if Russia Invades Ukraine

The Rand Blog

The United States and NATO worry that Russia may be planning an invasion of Ukraine. A renewed crisis could spur the United States and its NATO allies to go beyond, perhaps well beyond, their responses to Russia's 2014 assault.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Texas Emergency Management

Disaster Zone

Texas-sized solutions to Texas-sized problems.

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NFPA Adds First Translated Document on NFPA LiNK: 2021 Spanish Edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace

National Fire Protection Association

No matter where you work in the world and what language you speak, safety on the job is paramount. Electrical safety is no different. That’s why I’m pleased to tell everyone that the 2021 Spanish edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, is now available through NFPA LiNK™. It’s the first translated document on the platform and provides professionals whose primary. [[ This is a content summary only.

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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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Where Technology Is Headed in the Metaverse

Disaster Zone

A guest post on what is possible.

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Snowpack in the Mountain West With Water Rationing Coming

Disaster Zone

The Colorado River will be key.

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Your Power, Your Cloud: Delivering the Best Scale-Up and Scale-Out Storage Solution on the Market Today

Pure Storage

Scale. What does that mean for most organizations? To many, it means the ability to support the biggest, most beastly applications. To others, it means being able to support almost unlimited data and users. And in both cases, the definition is correct. Scale means being able to support all the needs of modern business—both scale-up and scale-out. These needs have historically been met with massive, multi-engine systems that require expensive care and management.

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The Surge in COVID-19 Cases Was Predictable

Disaster Zone

Two weeks after Thanksgiving, cases and deaths have increased.

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Automating Submission Intake for Construction Wrap-up Enrollments

Chisel AI

To address current market challenges and prepare for future growth, commercial insurance carriers are increasingly focused on reimagining and optimizing core underwriting and placement processes in order to improve underwriting efficiency and margins, reduce operating costs, increase revenues, and provide a better digital experience for brokers and policyholders.

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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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The Role of the SBA in Disasters

Disaster Zone

That’s the Small Business Administration.

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Global App Configuration Service now supports Citrix Workspace app for HTML5

Citrix

Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 has gained popularity among our customers for its ability to deliver flexible access to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments without specific device requirements or the need to install a client. End users can easily … The post Global App Configuration Service now supports Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Be Prepared for Civil Defense to Make a Comeback

Disaster Zone

There are too many regional conflicts brewing.

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Risky Business: Why America Should Stay Out of the Regime Change Business

The Rand Blog

As competition with China in the developing world heats up, the United States need not repeat the sad legacy of the Cold War with a surge of new efforts at covert regime change and harassment. Instead, America could maximize the systemic advantages it has long enjoyed, meet reformist leaders and movements in the developing world on their own terms, and trust the long-term appeal of American norms and values.

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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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Global App Configuration Service now supports Citrix Workspace app for HTML5

Citrix

Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 has gained popularity among our customers for its ability to deliver flexible access to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments without specific device requirements or the need to install a client. End users can easily … The post Global App Configuration Service now supports Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Avoiding a New Surge of Regime Change

The Rand Blog

As competition with China in the developing world heats up, the United States need not repeat the sad legacy of the Cold War with a surge of new efforts at covert regime change and harassment. Instead, America could maximize the systemic advantages it has long enjoyed, meet reformist leaders and movements in the developing world on their own terms, and trust the long-term appeal of American norms and values.

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MongoDB vs. PostgreSQL

Pure Storage

If you’re searching for a database, you’ll probably come across several vendors, two of which are MongoDB and PostgreSQL. Although you might see the two database applications compared, their engines and design are very different. When choosing a database, you should decide based on the type of data you have and the way it must be retrieved. We’ll go over some basic differences to help you decide which database application is right for you.

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Twelve-Month Continuous Eligibility for Medicaid Adults Can Stabilize Coverage with a Modest Cost Increase

The Rand Blog

Churning—frequent moving in and out of Medicaid due to income fluctuation—increases insurance coverage gaps, disrupts access to health care, increases unnecessary administrative burden, and leads to suboptimal health outcomes. Federal and state policymakers might consider continuous eligibility to help stabilize Medicaid enrollment.

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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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End to End (E2E) Testing Best Practices by PagerDuty

PagerDuty

When it comes to the applications, websites, and services we build, the end user ultimately determines whether or not the end product is successful. Even the greatest concepts can fall short if the application does not consistently meet the evolving needs and expectations of the user. Just look at what happened to sites like Myspace or Yahoo. Consumers quickly and unapologetically moved onto services like Facebook and Google – both of which prioritize delivering a smooth and innovative user expe

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MongoDB vs. PostgreSQL

Pure Storage

If you’re searching for a database, you’ll probably come across several vendors, two of which are MongoDB and PostgreSQL. Although you might see the two database applications compared, their engines and design are very different. When choosing a database, you should decide based on the type of data you have and the way it must be retrieved. We’ll go over some basic differences to help you decide which database application is right for you.

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Creating a Multi-Region Application with AWS Services – Part 1, Compute and Security

AWS Disaster Recovery

Building a multi-Region application requires lots of preparation and work. Many AWS services have features to help you build and manage a multi-Region architecture, but identifying those capabilities across 200+ services can be overwhelming. In this 3-part blog series, we’ll explore AWS services with features to assist you in building multi-Region applications.