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WHO Reminder: The Pandemic is Not Over

DRI Drive

A recent meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) raised important concerns about the continuing COVID-19 threat – and how treating it as though it has ended could be setting us all up for bigger problems. The twelfth meeting of the WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding the pandemic determined that the COVID-19 pandemic […].

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Accountability Is The Foundation Businesses Need For Modern Security

Scott R. Davis

While the cyber threats facing businesses are becoming more sophisticated and complex, oftentimes, it’s the foundation of security practices that leave the most significant gaps in the modern security posture. MSPs know this issue better than most organizations. Security threats are everywhere, and most experts agree that it’s no longer a matter of if but only a matter of time until a company is breached.

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NYC Put out a Nuclear Preparedness PSA

Disaster Zone

What to do after a nuclear detonation.

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How to Strengthen Your Data Supply Chain

Pure Storage

Supply chains—or more specifically, data supply chain failures —are a hot topic right now. People are frustrated because they can’t find the products they need on store shelves, such as pet food , and manufacturers are working overtime to resolve issues from ingredient shortages to transportation bottlenecks, undermining their efforts to get finished products into consumers’ hands.

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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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FEMA Examined

Recovery Diva

From Slate: Can FEMA Survive Climate Change? This article is based on an interview with Craig Fugate, former FEMA director. The focus of this article is whether or not FEMA assistance can make a victim whole again.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘Predicting the Weather and Issuing Warnings’

Disaster Zone

Weather advisories are going away.

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What is internet security?

Acronis

Internet security is an umbrella term used to describe the multitude of tactics used to protect a consumer and safeguard the activities and transactions they conduct over the internet.

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New Role for Caregivers

Recovery Diva

In Climate-Driven Disasters, Older People and the Disabled Are Most at Risk. Now In-Home Caregivers Are Being Trained in How to Help Them.

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Fire Fighter Safety Building Marking Systems

National Fire Protection Association

There are two main ways in which fire fighters currently receive information about fire protection features and construction types of a building they are responding to. The first is from a pre-incident plan (see NFPA 1620 for information about pre-incident planning) which is available as a result of prior building inspection and the second is through signage on the building.

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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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Canada Sending Repaired Turbines Back to Russia

Disaster Zone

Did Canada cave to "other pressures?

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Cloud Access Control and the Importance of API Integrations

Security Industry Association

This content was provided by SIA member company Genea. A transformation is happening. From global enterprises to the most renowned hospitals, cloud access control is quickly becoming more popular, replacing its on-premises predecessors. With the cloud’s rise in popularity, IT and security teams have the “green light” to trash their antiquated Windows 95-esque dashboards and bury their bulky server racks.

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Acronis Webinar: “Keeping DirectAdmin Servers and Websites Safe”

Acronis

This webinar will cover many valuable best practices to keep DirectAdmin hosting environments and websites safe. It will also show how the latest integration from Acronis delivers enterprise-grade backup and file-based restoration specifically for DirectAdmin users. It will even provide a review of a real-world deployment in a hosting environment.

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Attracting and Retaining Talent is an Emerging Concern for Resilience

Castellan

From the earliest days of the pandemic, supply chain issues were front of mind for many organizations. Whether it was finding toilet paper to stock bathrooms or the ability to access necessary supplies for product development or service deliveries, most organizations have been supply-chain focused for the past two years. But, according to a recent Gartner survey, there are new business continuity concerns emerging for organizations of all sizes—how to attract and retain talent across most indust

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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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More Powerful than Ever: PagerDuty’s Revamped Mobile App is Primed for Even Better Incident Response by Hannah Culver

PagerDuty

2020 revolutionized how we work. Many went from full-time office work to 100% remote overnight. And now that in-office is once again on the horizon, companies are thinking of ways to continue to work flexibly. However, this comes with increased challenges, and a need for tools that match this working style. The PagerDuty mobile application is well recognized, with a 4.8 stars rating on the App Store and Google Play.

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SIA New Member Profile: Hochiki

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Hochiki America Corporation is a supplier of quality smoke detectors to the fire alarm industry. Hochiki America is headquartered in Buena Park, California, with a sales, training and distribution center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; regional sales managers located across the United States; and physical locations in Mexico and Columbia.

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Fire Protection Research Foundation publishes “Firefighting Foams: Fire Service Roadmap” report

National Fire Protection Association

Fire incidents involving flammable liquids have historically resulted in dire consequences. Incidents can occur in aircraft hangars, shipboard spaces, flammable liquids fueling facilities, large fuel storage tanks, and other settings and can range from small, short spill fires to large tank farm fires which can burn for multiple days. A prominent example of the latter is the Intercontinental. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Inspire 2022: The powerful partnership of Microsoft and Citrix

Citrix

There is no better time to expand your partnership with Microsoft and Citrix, who are working together to bring incredible value to our shared partners. To hear updates on our existing solution collaboration and exciting breaking news about our … The post Inspire 2022: The powerful partnership of Microsoft and Citrix first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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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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Cyber resilience vs cyber protection: What is the difference?

Acronis

While these terms are often misunderstood or considered interchangeable, they actually represent two different cybersecurity concepts.

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Omicron Reinfection May Be the Norm

Disaster Zone

A new variant and more infections. Lots more!

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Fact Sheet Highlights Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance

National Fire Protection Association

For those of us who utilize NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code® (NEC®) and NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, on a regular basis, we know the importance that the NEC plays when it comes to the installation of safe electrical systems and the safe work practices that 70E provides, allowing us to perform those installations and maintenance, safely.

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Experience Microsoft Teams Optimization on Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 today!

Citrix

With “work from home” becoming “work from anywhere” for many people, Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 has become one of the most widely used workspace clients. It enables users to access Citrix Workspace conveniently through an internet browser without any … The post Experience Microsoft Teams Optimization on Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 today!

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Building reliable backup repositories with Synology storage systems

Synology

Safe and intelligent storage systems are key to keeping a business running. This is no different for backup systems used to protect IT infrastructure. Synology storage solutions include our Active Backup suite, a powerful family of applications introduced in 2018 to safeguard endpoints, servers, VMs, and even Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts.

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Trust and Circumstances

Disaster Zone

Interesting timing on the retirement of Secret Service chief.

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Out of the Loop: When the BCM Office is the Last to Know

BCM METRICS

Here is an irony for you: at many organizations, the business continuity office is often the last to know when something happens that threatens to disrupt the business. The cause of this problem has to do with issues of turf and trust, but there are ways of improving the situation. What’s Wrong With This Picture? […]. The post Out of the Loop: When the BCM Office is the Last to Know appeared first on BCMMETRICS.

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Tendências e modelos de trabalho na volta aos escritórios

Citrix

Mais flexibilidade e possibilidades de escolha para os funcionários deverão prevalecer (caso contrário, demissões voluntárias tendem a aumentar também). Estamos chegando à metade de 2022 e a essa altura a maioria das empresas já voltou ou está voltando aos escritórios … The post Tendências e modelos de trabalho na volta aos escritórios first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Abortion Is Power

The Rand Blog

The Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect much more than women's access to abortions. Abortions allowed women to escape abusive and even deadly relationships. Now that door is closing, state by state.

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A Bigger Tsunami Predicted for Seattle

Disaster Zone

Modeling shows a bigger surge of water.

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Managing Cyberthreats to Combat Ransomware Part 1: Current Technologies

Zerto

Ransomware has been at the top of headlines for several years now, and we have either heard or experienced first-hand the pain it can cause. While the prevalence of ransomware is still growing and a very real threat for the foreseeable future, we can’t forget the other cyberthreats lurking at the doorstep that could pave the way for a ransomware disaster.

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Introducing Citrix support for Google Cloud Identity and non-domain joined workloads

Citrix

With VDI and DaaS technologies becoming the go-to solution to support secure hybrid work, organizations have more deployment options than ever before, allowing customer choice in service providers and configurations at nearly every step of the way. With Google Cloud … The post Introducing Citrix support for Google Cloud Identity and non-domain joined workloads first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Gun Storage, the Dangers of Replacement Theory, War in Ukraine: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on how Americans store their guns, why ‘replacement theory' is a danger to us all, the war in Ukraine, and more.

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