Disaster Preparedness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Melted Fiber-optic Cable. It is Mid-November. After a week of above-average temperatures and some heavy rain. A massive cold front has moved into your area causing an ice-storm and covering everything in layers of ice. The Mayor has declared a local State-of-Emergency and has asked everyone to stay home and off the roads for safety and clean-up. A fire has broken out downtown at an underground sub-station causing both a power outage and melting of fiber-optic cables impacting the internet and 91

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Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

What did you do this weekend? How did you fill that 48 hours? The weekly shop maybe, sports sessions for children, household chores, socialising or simply catching up on some rest?

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Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“We’re not mature enough yet.” “Not in the budget.” “Priorities, we’re way too busy right now.” “People can work from home – we’re good.” Many companies have seemingly valid reasons to delay or defer setting up a Business Continuity Program. There are always more pressing issues.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Personal crystal balls are notoriously bad at predicting the future. They run on small number statistics, have ill-defined parameters, and small data banks incorporating elastic memories. The crystal balls are plagued or programmed with a logic that is. The post Prevent the Disaster, Forget the Recovery appeared first on Disaster Recovery Journal.

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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!

Mitigation

Beaumont Resilience Training

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

We’re currently working on this blog post and it will be live very soon. The post Resilience Training For Schools And Organisations appeared first on Resilience Training.

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Cloudian

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The need for a lasting storage infrastructure By Neil Stobart, Cloudian Vice President of Global Sales Engineering This post was originally written for HPE TECHnative. The ongoing data deluge is affecting virtually all industries, but perhaps nowhere is this issue having more impact than in healthcare. Due to a combination of factors, the use of. Read More.

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Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Crisis management professionals are invited to attend a unique international emergency management conference to be held at the Bluepoint Conference Centre in Brussels, Belgium on February 19-20, 2020. And it's free to attend!

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Crisis Management Management 100

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Charlie proposes an inventory of information which your organisation should consider to conduct a cyber data risk assessment. This week, I was conducting an exercise for a government organisation. As we have worked with the company for a number of years we decided to go for a slightly different set-up, so this time we used loss-of-data as the scenario.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It could be as innocent as a construction crew accidentally cutting through an underground stone wall that holds back a river. Or as sinister as a terrorist bombing of a skyscraper. Or as sudden as an earthquake. Or as devastating as a hurricane. The reality is that any business that relies on information technology, which includes most businesses, needs a disaster-recovery plan.

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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.

Evaluation

Beaumont Resilience Training

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

We’re currently working on this blog post and it will be live very soon. The post How Can Resilience Training Help You? appeared first on Resilience Training.

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Behavior Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

For most corporate denizens, security training is an unpleasant but necessary evil, but does it have to be? Training Employees to Hack For most corporate denizens, security training is an unpleasant but necessary evil, but does it have to be? Not according to Kris Martel, CISO of Imagine IT, who uses a highly interactive approach… Continue reading.

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Alert Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The post How AlertMedia Can Help You Keep Your Workforce Safe This Winter appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It’s time to add eLearning to your crisis preparedness programme writes Caroline Sapriel of CS and A International, a global risk, crisis and business continuity management consultancy.

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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.

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Charlie proposes an inventory of information which your organisation should consider to conduct a cyber data risk assessment. This week, I was conducting an exercise for a government organisation. As we have worked with the company for a number of years we decided to go for a slightly different set-up, so this time we used loss-of-data as the scenario.

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Banking Internet Audit Insurance 52

Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

You attend a seminar on contingency planning and hear presentations such as “developing and maintaining your plan”, “testing your plan”, “business impact assessments”, and “lessons learned” from other people’ The post Contingency Planning Cycle appeared first on Disaster Recovery Journal.

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Disaster Recovery 100

Beaumont Resilience Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

We’re currently working on this blog post and it will be live very soon. The post Welcome To Resilience Training appeared first on Resilience Training.

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Behavior Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Your five-year-old hears the doorbell ring just after you’ve jumped in the shower. They’ve been trained by your example to answer the door when they hear the bell, but are a bit too young to have had the “never answer the door unless I’m with you” talk. The man at the door is dressed in… Continue reading. The post How to Achieve Cybersecurity with Patience, Love and Bribery appeared first on Behaviour Portugal.

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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

Entertainment

Alert Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The post 4 Tips to Ensure Corporate Travel Security appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Ruth Wozencroft of CRJ Key Network Partner, Q-bital Healthcare Solutions, tells us that on the face of it, the answer is simple – clean air and clean water.

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Healthcare 100

Business Resilience Decoded

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Episode 33: "Competencies to be a Leader in Organizational Resilience" with Lynnda Nelson of ICOR. Contact Lynnda Nelson at: [link] [link] [link] Business Resilience Decoded: www.drj.com/decoded/ twitter.com/BRDecoded Episode 33: "Competencies to be a Leader in Organizational Resilience" with Lynnda Nelson of ICOR. Contact Lynnda Nelson at: [link] [link] [link] Business Resilience Decoded: www.drj.com/decoded/ twitter.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

One aspect of disaster planning that seems somewhat overlooked is the question, How do you fund the recovery efforts? Recovering from a disaster requires a lot of unbudgeted funds which must be spent or committed very quickly. The post DR: How Do You Pay For It? appeared first on Disaster Recovery Journal.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Charlie discusses Prince Andrew’s recent interview with Newsnight and what crisis communications lessons we can learn from it. I talked about Prince Andrew in this bulletin on the 20th September 2019, entitled “He knows exactly what he’s done and I hope he comes clean about it” I ended the article by saying: ‘In the end, this storm will blow over and the media circus will move on to another story and this one will be forgotten.

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Behavior Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Skyrocketing data breaches bring incalculable losses to organizations and can cost cybersecurity executives their jobs. Places Where Hackers Are Stealthily Stealing Your Data, cybersecurity, attacks Here we examine the top five places in 2019 where cybercriminals are stealing corporate and government data without ever getting noticed and then learn how to avoid falling victim to… Continue reading.

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Alert Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The post Four Steps To Prepare Your Business For Winter appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Companies generally prepare for emergencies by reviewing insurance policies, implementing back-up computer systems and installing sprinklers, while neglecting the human cost of a workplace crisis and its resulting impact on a company’s productivity. The post Crisis Management. Keeping A Company Strong in Times of Trouble appeared first on Disaster Recovery Journal.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

VM or Virtural Machine is an IBM operating system that runs on large scale IBM computers. Even though this article is directed to those who have VM, the methods and the thought process is the same for all systems. DEFINING DISASTER RECOVERY. System backup has generally been thought of as a tape management issue, with DASD being backed up to tape and then placed in storage.

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Behavior Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The estimated current cybersecurity workforce is 2.8 million professionals, while the amount of additional trained staff needed to close the skills gap is 4.07 million professionals, according to (ISC)2. The data indicates a necessary cybersecurity workforce increase of 145% globally. cybersecurity Cybersecurity workforce skills gap around the world In the UK, the current cybersecurity workforce… Continue reading.

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Behavior Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Anyone interested in a career in security management and want to be a security director, IT/IS manager, IT/IS director professional check out the CISM certification. CISM Certification, Information Security Manager The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification has become a leading credential for the management side of information security, with more than 43,000 such credentials… Continue reading.

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Business Resilience Decoded

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Episode 33: "Competencies to be a Leader in Organizational Resilience" with Lynnda Nelson of ICOR. Contact Lynnda Nelson at: [link] [link] [link]. Business Resilience Decoded: www.drj.com/decoded/ twitter.com/BRDecoded Episode 33: "Competencies to be a Leader in Organizational Resilience" with Lynnda Nelson of ICOR. Contact Lynnda Nelson at: [link] [link] [link].

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Business Resilience Decoded

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Episode 32: "Resiliency in Higher Education" with Melanie Lucht of Carnegie Mellon University. Contact Melanie Lucht at: [link] Business Resilience Decoded: www.drj.com/decoded/ twitter.com/BRDecoded Episode 32: "Resiliency in Higher Education" with Melanie Lucht of Carnegie Mellon University. Contact Melanie Lucht at: [link] Business Resilience Decoded: www.drj.com/decoded/ twitter.

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