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How to Put CISA’s “Shields Up” Recommendations Into Action 

Pure Storage

The events unfolding overseas are unsettling on a number of fronts—including the first salvos, which took place in the data center, not on the battlefield. While there are currently no specific or credible cyber threats to organizations in the U.S., attacks on data centers hit close to home for all of us no matter where we are in the world. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has just released guidance for all organizations to adopt heightened postures to cybersecurity

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Fifteen female fire and life safety influencers reflect on what International Women’s Day means to them

National Fire Protection Association

Top row (L-R) Stacy Welch, Linda Little, Lori Moore-Merrell, Dana Kamal, Lorraine Carli. Middle row (L-R) Olga Caledonia, Amy Acton, Tiffany Green, Birgitte Messerschmidt, Yuanjing Liu. Lower row (L-R) Christina Francis, Sofia Poehls, Sarah Lee, Sawsan Dahham, Inma Zeind Today, as women in every corner of the globe consider what International Women’s Day (IWD) means to them, their families, [[ This is a content summary only.

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Business, Interrupted: Our New Crisis-Ready Culture

Castellan

For decades, many organizations approached business continuity as an annual event. One where disaster response and continuity plans were hammered out, approved, and tucked away, just in case a disruption occurred, waiting until the next year to rinse and repeat. But unfortunately, that’s no longer our reality. Resilient organizations today can no longer operate from a position of planning with an “if” something happens to us perspective.

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SIA New Member Profile: Vader Security

Security Industry Association

Alex Downs, co-founder, Vader Security. New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Vader Security is a cybersecurity company at the vanguard in defense and offensive cybersecurity practices. The company is headquartered in White Mountains, New Hampshire, with its primary market and most staff in the United States but with additional key staff located in Asia to ensure clean network standards and tight cyber integration go into new product development.

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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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Exploring the Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

The Rand Blog

A survey asked gun policy researchers, advocates, and congressional staffers who work on gun issues for their views on policies ranging from weapon bans to stand-your-ground laws. Regardless of where they stood, they were not so dissimilar in what they thought gun policies should be trying to accomplish.

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Why are the Ukrainian's Stopping the Russians?

Disaster Zone

There's guns and then there is the will to fight.

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Every Business Continuity Plan Should Include Disaster Recovery

everbridge

After a crisis, a human-made or natural disaster, or any other type of emergency, organizations need to resume day-to-day operations as quickly and as smoothly as possible. An organization’s ability to recover from a disaster requires careful planning, testable processes, and the right technology. According to a study from Ponemon Institute , the average cost of data center downtime is almost $9,000 per minute.

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How healthcare organizations can strengthen security, improve employee experience

Citrix

As we enter the third year of the pandemic, many healthcare organizations are reeling from burnout, revenue disruption, and shifting care-delivery models — not to mention the constant threat of cyberattack. But for all the challenges you’ve endured, the outlook … The post How healthcare organizations can strengthen security, improve employee experience first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Another Marker in Time has Been Passed

Disaster Zone

Historians and emergency managers will take note.

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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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ControlUp + Citrix Ready: Powering the work from anywhere world at HIMSS 22

Citrix

This is a guest blog post from ControlUp. For countless people across the globe, the work from anywhere world is completely new. We’ve had to surmount obstacles — apps that break, laptops that freeze, video calls that lag, Wi-Fi … The post ControlUp + Citrix Ready: Powering the work from anywhere world at HIMSS 22 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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New FEMA Region X Administrator Appointed

Disaster Zone

Welcome Willie Nunn to the Pacific Northwest!

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Common Crisis Lessons Visible Within the Ukraine Conflict

Plan B Consulting

While in the midst of an international conflict, Charlie comments on the lessons we can all learn from the crisis in Ukraine. I couldn’t go through this week without reflecting on the conflict in Ukraine. What I will be doing is identifying some of the features in the response which are common to many disasters and incidents. 1. Faced with warnings many people do not heed them This is not a criticism of the Ukrainian people.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Disaster Recovery for Public Agencies

Disaster Zone

You must think longer-term, years!

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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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Common Crisis Lessons Visible Within the Ukraine Conflict

Plan B Consulting

While in the midst of an international conflict, Charlie comments on the lessons we can all learn from the crisis in Ukraine. I couldn’t go through this week without reflecting on the conflict in Ukraine. What I will be doing is identifying some of the features in the response which are common to many disasters and incidents. 1. Faced with warnings many people do not heed them.

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Signs point to required labeling as a major ally in achieving electrical safety for workers

National Fire Protection Association

“…do this, don’t do that – can’t you read the sign?” The year was 1971 and I certainly find some irony in the fact that the original band to perform this well-known ditty was dubbed as the Five Man Electrical Band. If you listen to the lyrics of the song, it doesn’t necessarily portray signs in the best light (see what I did there?). The songwriter depicts signs as being controlling and. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Inspiring Women to Join the DevOps Movement by Natalie Fair

PagerDuty

With today marking International Women’s Day, the day provides a much-needed opportunity to put the spotlight on women in Australia’s technology workforce, and a particular focus on a career in DevOps. . In June last year, LinkedIn listed a DevOps Engineer as the 10 th most demanded job overall, and a recent jobs report found roles in the information and communication technology sector (ICT) was one of the highest paying in the industry. .

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Common Crisis Lessons Visible Within the Ukraine Conflict

Plan B Consulting

While in the midst of an international conflict, Charlie comments on the lessons we can all learn from the crisis in Ukraine. I couldn’t go through this week without reflecting on the conflict in Ukraine. What I will be doing is identifying some of the features in the response which are common to many disasters and incidents. 1. Faced with warnings many people do not heed them.

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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