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The High Price of Ignoring Planning – two articles

Recovery Diva

From the NY times on Oct.1: Facing a Dire Storm Forecast in Florida, Officials Delayed Evacuation. An excerpt: * * * But while officials along much of that coastline responded with orders to evacuate on Monday, emergency managers in Lee County held off, pondering during the day whether to tell people to flee, but then deciding to see how the forecast evolved overnight.

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5 Tips To Help You Prepare For Online Reputation Management

Bernstein Crisis Management

5 Tips To Help You Prepare For Online Reputation Management. I think we’d all agree any complex task goes a lot better when the proper tools and training are in place before you decide to get started, right? While it’s easy to put online reputation management on the back burner when it’s smooth sailing for your business, laying the groundwork is critical to succeeding when the inevitable storm appears on the horizon.

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Guest Post: Protecting SMBs – It’s a Big Job and You’ve Got to Do It

DRI Drive

By Patrick Rougeau CBCP, CISSP, CISA, ITIL Patrick Rougeau is currently a student completing a M.S. in Cyber Security at Quinnipiac University located in Hamden, CT. Rougeau’s career spans over 16 years in disaster recovery, IT consulting/management, and cybersecurity consulting/ management. In our acronym-laden profession, SMB is three little letters with two distinct meanings for […].

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Florida Has Sustained $213.2B in Hurricane Damages

Disaster Zone

This is for a 30-year period dating back to Hurricane Andrew.

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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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Hurricane Ian and NAS Resources

Recovery Diva

From the National Academy of Sciences, this article and list of related resources they have produced: Historic Damage in the Wake of Hurricane Ian.

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Acronis #CyberFit Keynote: “From the Mafia to Ransomware Gangs”

Acronis

Register now for the Acronis #CyberFit Summit (November 7-9). Among other highlights: Our Day 1 Keynote presentation, “From the Mafia to Ransomware Gangs: 50 Years of Justice,” from former FBI Director Judge Louis Freeh. You won’t want to miss it!

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Sanibel Island, Fla., Population Goes from 6,400 to 20

Disaster Zone

It is a reflection of the damages and services available.

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ESSENTIAL ARTICLE re Hurricane Ian

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Why Ian Was Hard to Track and Harder to Communicate. This article explains some of the problems that forecasters and emergency managers have re complex hurricane events like Ian.

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The U.S. Has a Microchip Problem. Safeguarding Taiwan Is the Solution

The Rand Blog

Taiwan manufactures about 92 percent of the world's advanced microchips, which are used in almost all electronics, from cars to coffeemakers to combine harvesters. A Chinese attack on the island would imperil the world's supply of microchips. Here's how to offset that threat.

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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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13 Fall Energy Savings and Heating Tips for Your Home

Constellation

These fall energy saving tips can help you lower your heating bill and reduce wear and tear on your heating system. When you turn the heat on in the fall, you want to make sure your home is winter ready. The post 13 Fall Energy Savings and Heating Tips for Your Home appeared first on Constellation Residential and Small Business Blog.

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Fixing Emergency Management’s Relationship With Public Health

Disaster Zone

The pandemic revealed that all is not well.

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Reminder: This Site has an Archive

Recovery Diva

The Diva has maintained this site for more than 12 years, and key postings are stored in an archive. The URLs for older postings are checked semi-annually, so a search by key word should turn up a host of useful postings. If you like this archive and this website, please consider supporting it. Please use the DONATE NOW button in the right hand column on the home page.

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Register to attend the free Research Foundation webinar on “Female Firefighter Personal Protective Clothing: Investigation of Design, Comfort, and Mobility Issues”

National Fire Protection Association

The Fire Protection Research Foundation will be hosting its next webinar of its 2022 Webinar Series on Monday, October 17 on “Female Firefighter Personal Protective Clothing: Investigation of Design, Comfort, and Mobility Issues”. Structural and wildland firefighting personal protective clothing (PPC) is primarily developed for the male firefighter, despite the growing number of female firefighters in the fire protection community.

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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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LAN Infotech Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2022

LAN Infotech

LAN Infotech Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2022. MSSP Alert, a CyberRisk Alliance resource, has named LAN Infotech to the Top 250 MSSPs list for 2022. The list and research identify and honor the top MSSPs (managed security service providers) worldwide. The rankings are based on MSSP Alert’s 2022 readership survey combined with the site’s editorial coverage of MSSP, MDR and MSP security providers.

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An Insurance Debacle is coming to Florida Homeowners

Disaster Zone

No insurance and no flood insurance will sink many people.

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Aftermath of Hurricane Ian in FL

Recovery Diva

From Politico: ‘Total destruction’: Florida residents live through night of terror. The region was left with 2 million people without power and a fear that a huge death count awaits.

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Security Industry Association Supports Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Security Industry Association

SIA encourages its members to strengthen their cybersecurity postures and offers a variety of resources to support them making cybersecurity a priority. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) reiterates its commitment to cybersecurity as the 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month – observed every October – begins. “Whether your company is a manufacturer, security solutions developer, systems integrator or firm providing services to the security industry, you will likely face ch

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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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Bringing “Magic” to the Acronis #CyberFit Summit 2022

Acronis

At this year’s Acronis #CyberFit Summit, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, fabled basketball player and entrepreneur, will deliver the finale keynote address where this legend explains how he set the table for business success long before he hung up his jersey. Expect him to energize the audience on how each attendee can up their game and prepare their business now for even more success in the future.

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Disasters People Never Imagined or Considered

Disaster Zone

People move to places oblivious to the disaster risks of that region or specific location.

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Sources of Recovery Funds

Recovery Diva

From the Conversation: Recovery from a disaster like Hurricane Ian takes years, and nonprofits play many pivotal roles before and after FEMA aid runs out.

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Four Can’t-Miss ISC East Sessions for Security Practitioners

Security Industry Association

ISC East 2022 is coming up Nov. 15-17 in New York City, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC East recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC East program , including keynote presentations from top luminaries and over 30 sessions from top industry expert speakers on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments.

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Preparing for a Post-Quantum Future

The Rand Blog

Future quantum computers could create a significant national security risk by enabling attackers to break a foundational element of security in America's networked communication infrastructure. The United States is taking strides to address national security risks from quantum computing, but there is a long road ahead.

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International Podcast Day: What People Are Tuning In to and Why

Pure Storage

While you’re traveling, taking a walk, or doing your laundry, you probably aren’t watching live television. But, you might be listening to a podcast. . Today is International Podcast Day, and here at Pure, we’re big fans of the medium. From dissecting the modern crypto market to discovering tech trends to riveting true crime stories, there’s a podcast for everything.

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Rising Fire Death Rates Underscore Need for Fire Prevention Week Focus

National Fire Protection Association

Anniversaries are an important part of life. Whether personal, professional, or of historical importance, celebrating a milestone in our lives reminds us of the things that matter most to us. For NFPA, the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week™ (FPW™) this year is particularly significant and gives us pause for reflection on the work we have done over the last century to help educate people about the leading risks to home fires and ways they can better protect themselves and those they love.

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Comparing Resilience: Business, Operational, IT, and Cyber – Part Three

Zerto

Let’s summarize where we stand. In part one , we covered business resilience. In part two , we went over operational resilience and showed its slightly narrower scope and approach. In part three, we are going to look at a cornerstone of business resilience, IT resilience. What Is IT Resilience? IT resilience refers to the ability to continuously keep essential IT systems and applications up and running despite disasters and disruptions.

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Protecting the Vote--The War on Misinformation

Disaster Zone

This "conflict" will be with us for the foreseeable future.

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What is Authentication vs. Authorization? The Main Differences

Citrix

Authentication and authorization are essential processes of identity and access management. While the terms are often used interchangeably, authentication and authorization fill different functions. For example, while authentication verifies the user’s identity, authorization verifies what permissions the user has to … The post What is Authentication vs.

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Electrical Space: The Final Frontier

National Fire Protection Association

Electrical space: the final frontier. “These are the voyages of the electrical inspector.” This plays on a quote from one of my favorite Star Trek movies. Space, especially electrical equipment space in buildings, can seem like it is a final frontier because it is getting harder to come by. Or is it? Prior to the COVID outbreak, buildings were being built to house hundreds, even thousands of employees, so space for electrical and mechanical rooms was at a premium and in tight quarters.

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Zerto In-Cloud for AWS – Part Two

Zerto

In part one , we described the challenges that Zerto In-Cloud for AWS meets, why Zerto In-Cloud for AWS, and provided a glimpse into its management components. This post will dive into how Zerto works and will provide a breakdown of what the disaster recovery process looks like between AWS regions. How it Works. The Zerto In-Cloud solution is a disaster recovery orchestrator designed to leverage the power and capabilities of AWS itself.

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Hurricane Ian by the Numbers

Recovery Diva

Article from the Wash Post: What made Hurricane Ian so intense: By the numbers.

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