Tue.Aug 23, 2022

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Hurricane Andrew 30 Years Later

Disaster Zone

Before there was Hurricane Katrina there was Hurricane Andrew.

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Power Grid Resistance

Recovery Diva

From Homeland Security News Wire: Strengthening Puerto Rico’s Power Grid The 2017 Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island’s power grid and caused the longest blackout in U.S. history. Maria left many residents without power for nearly a year. As more hurricanes threaten, Puerto Rico utilities are shoring up their defenses using the Electrical Grid Resilience and Assessment System (EGRASS) planning tool.

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Drone Research Gets $2.7M Boost from FAA

Disaster Zone

Money for universities.

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Details Revealed for the 2022 SIA National Capital Region Security Forum Charity Golf Tournament

Security Industry Association

SIA NCRSF will host its ninth annual charity golf outing on Oct. 3 in support of the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Brain Injury Recovery. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) National Capital Region Security Forum (NCRSF) – a community of leading D.C.-area security professionals representing industry and government – has revealed the details for its ninth annual charity golf tournament.

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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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Jersey Shore as Model for Flood Rules

Recovery Diva

From Scientific American. Bold New Jersey Short Flood Rules Could be Blueprint for Entire U.S. Coast.

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It’s time to stop using consumer browsers for work

Citrix

It has been 32 years since the world’s first browser — the “WorldWideWeb browser” — was created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, and yet the two most-used browsers have only been around for half that time! The world of browsers … The post It’s time to stop using consumer browsers for work first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Seven principles of the zero trust security model How to create a zero trust network Zero trust architecture benefits for your business.

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Forecast: Drought with Heavy Rainfall

Disaster Zone

A bunch of 1-in-1,000 year rain events.

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PagerDuty Service Standards helps organizations better configure services at scale by Hannah Culver

PagerDuty

Service ownership, a DevOps best practice, is a method that many companies are pivoting towards. The benefits of service ownership are varied and include boons such as bringing development teams much closer to their customers, the business, and the value being delivered. The “build it, own it model” has tangible effects on customer experience, as developers are incentivized to innovate and drive customer-facing features that delight.

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Why We Need to Support Disaster Research

Business Continuity Today

The Culture of Preparedness starts with you. Today we are exploring how a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery strategy detail immediate, effective actions to be taken should a disaster strike. To truly be ready you need a current, detailed, and flexible plan that will enable your organization to survive – and thrive. Web: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Instagram: [link] Twitter: [link] Facebook: [link] Youtube: [link] The Culture of Preparedness starts with you.

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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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Situational Awareness Training Promotes Workplace Safety

Alert Media

The post Situational Awareness Training Promotes Workplace Safety appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Why We Need to Support Disaster Research

Business Continuity Today

The Culture of Preparedness starts with you. Today we are exploring how a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery strategy detail immediate, effective actions to be taken should a disaster strike. To truly be ready you need a current, detailed, and flexible plan that will enable your organization to survive – and thrive. Web: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Instagram: [link] Twitter: [link] Facebook: [link] Youtube: [link] The Culture of Preparedness starts with you.

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New Semester, New Responsibilities: A Reminder about Campus Fire Safety as Students Head into the New School Year

National Fire Protection Association

As the new school year draws closer, college students across the country are gearing up to return to campus, especially with in-person learning in full swing again. No matter if they are new or returning students, the journey back to campus marks new experiences and a new chapter in their lives. However, with new experiences and chapters, comes a set of new responsibilities.