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Pandemic effects on crisis responders and emergency planners 

Crisis Response Journal

The pandemic has affected all of us and uncertainty is mentally and emotionally uncomfortable. The last 18 months have been uncertain on a life and death coin toss for some.

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Getting to Know Us: The Summer Internship Program

Donyati

Eager to recruit the best, Donyati opens its arms every year to aspiring interns. The Summer Internship Program, a key recruiting channel, has grown in just three years from one to 10 interns – and has led to four full-time hires. Running from May to August, the Program offers professional networking, career advancement and guided discovery opportunities.

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Business Continuity Management vs. Virtual Corporation’s Business Continuity as a Service

Virtual Corporation

While most organizations understand the need for a business continuity management program, the costs of the program can begin to outweigh the need after a few years of engagement. To many executives, BCM is viewed as a vacuum, sucking in cash, and providing little to no return. Often, a decision is made to end the program, only for an incident to occur shortly after.

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The Main Types of Workplace Violence and 6 Steps to Mitigate Risks

Alert Media

The post The Main Types of Workplace Violence and 6 Steps to Mitigate Risks appeared first on AlertMedia.

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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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Call for evidence: A call to arms 

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: Phil Trendall comments on the importance of the call for evidence on the National Resilience Strategy and explores the opportunities that could arise from the process

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LAN Infotech Ranked In Top 501 MSPs Worldwide Of 2021

LAN Infotech

LAN Infotech Ranked In Top 501 MSPs Worldwide Of 2021 — What Does That Mean For You? Effective IT support and guidance is about more than monitoring a client’s IT systems and resetting their passwords from time to time. Truly innovative services foresee and adapt to ongoing changes in the IT landscape. That’s what LAN Infotech does, which is just one reason why we have been named to the Channel Future’s 2021 MSP 501, a list recognizing the top managed services providers (MSPs) worldwide.

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Active Directory and Single Sign On (SSO) in Business Continuity

Kings Bridge BCP

When we head to client sites, we listen for the key words Active Directory. This part of IT infrastructure can be a blessing for every day functionality. It can also fall apart dramatically during an incident. Before we get to the implications of what might happen if it goes down, let’s give a general explanation of what it is. Active Directory. Active Directory (AD) is the place on the network where all of the user permissions are stored.

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Blinkered by Covid-19: How to mitigate risks for business travel  

Crisis Response Journal

Scott Sunderman reminds us that there is a shared responsibility when it comes to mitigating risk and that managing travel risk should be holistic, appropriate and offer clear guidance for travellers

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Respond to Business Challenges with Agile Storage

Pure Storage

The headlines were everywhere: Suez Canal Blocked After Giant Container Ship Gets Stuck. The mishap was big news all over the world. And why was it such big news? It had an outsized impact on worldwide commerce. . The incident disrupted supply chains and impacted business operations globally. Luckily, the ship was freed and the crucial trade route reopened after six days.

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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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Run Hide Fight: Pros and Cons

Alert Media

The post Run Hide Fight: Pros and Cons appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Table Service: 8 Ways Tabletop Exercises Can Benefit Your Company

MHA Consulting

Tabletop exercises are commonly associated with crisis management training; however, there are many other situations where they can provide significant value at modest cost. In today’s post, we’ll look at … The post Table Service: 8 Ways Tabletop Exercises Can Benefit Your Company appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Water safety during Covid-19 

Crisis Response Journal

Rob Fagan says that although restrictions might be lifting around the world, it is important not to let our guards down when it comes to taking up leisure activities - safety must always be a priority

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Secure clients and yourself with Acronis MSP Protection

Acronis

Businesses rely on data and IT more than ever before, especially after the widespread adoption of remote-first work models during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This reliance on data has dramatically increased the need for effective and comprehensive cyber protection — and nowhere is this threat more strongly felt than among managed service providers (MSPs) who keep their clients’ organizations running.

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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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Deep Dive Into Cloud Backups, Tapes, AaaS & More

Assurance IT

This is the second part of the interview between co-founder at Assurance IT and Senior System Engineer from Veeam. In the first section, they revealed a 360 view on ransomware and its prevention methods. To read the first part, click here. In this part, they do a deep dive into cloud backups, tapes, advanced AaaS and more. They discuss how the cast & acquisition saves enterprises, what enterprises have coming for them and why VMware Cloud is being used by remote workers.

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Testing and Exercise Outputs are the Building Blocks of a Successful Resiliency Program

Castellan

When it comes to disaster recovery exercises, your exercise outputs—the reports and results—can be just as valuable, maybe even more so, than the actual exercise itself. That’s why it’s critically important to test, exercise, and document your business continuity and disaster recovery plans frequently. In a recent blog post, we talked about a gamut of issues relating to exercises including the top 10 considerations for success.

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Livestock in wildfires 

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: Lyzi G Cota provides practical advice and guidance on how to protect livestock and pets before, during and after a fire

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#MSInspire living up to its name for partners

Acronis

With one day down and the second underway, there’s been a lot of excitement at the Microsoft Inspire 2021 event. As promised, it’s a great opportunity to get a preview of the upcoming advances in Microsoft’s technology and its ecosystem of 400,000 partners, as well as to connect with our partners in attendance who are looking to protect their clients’ Microsoft environments.

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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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HIPAA Compliance Checklist

LogisManager

Download: HIPAA Compliance Checklist Download Your Copy. Beginning your journey to HIPAA compliance starts with assessing the risks that pose a threat to your compliance status. Not only does this help you better allocate time and resources, but it sets your organization up for long-term success in maintaining compliance. Download this checklist for a standardized, step-by-step process for evaluating your risks when it comes to HIPAA compliance.

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ICYMI: Catch Up on VMware Sessions from Pure//Accelerate

Pure Storage

We hope you enjoyed Pure//Accelerate ™ Digital 2021 and discovered how the Modern Data Experience™ can accelerate your business breakthroughs—and maybe even propel you to tech superhero status. VMware was a Platinum Sponsor this year. We had a lot of great VMware sessions at Pure//Accelerate that cover our collaborative solutions. . For a quick overview of how we enable you to deliver breakthroughs with your VMware infrastructure, check out Top 10 Ways Pure Helps You Get the Most out of Your VM

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Horizon Europe: Working towards disaster resilience  

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: Andrew Staniforth provides an insightful update on the pioneering programme funded by the EU

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Understanding and stopping 5 popular cybersecurity exploitation techniques

Behavior Group

With more than 550,000 new malware samples being discovered every day, closing the security gaps that enable these cyberthreats to access systems should be a priority for organizations. Unfortunately, many are leaving themselves needlessly exposed to risk. Exploits are often associated with zero-day attacks that take advantage of vulnerabilities not yet known to the software… Continue reading.

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Support the SIA Women in Security Forum’s Essentials 4 Job Security Giveback

Security Industry Association

At ISC West 2021, the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum is calling upon our friends in the security industry and beyond to participate in the WISF Essentials 4 Job Security Giveback , an initiative supporting Dress for Success Southern Nevada’s efforts to help women achieve financial independence. By supporting the Essentials 4 Job Security Giveback, you can personally make a difference in helping the women of southern Nevada build a career and become self-suffici

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DevOps and The Road Toward Modern Apps

Pure Storage

This is the first post in a series about exploring the changing landscape of modern applications. When we talk about modern apps, we often talk about cloud-native. But cloud-native isn’t just about cloud. It’s about moving faster, being more agile, and getting more from your data. But how did we get here? What’s the history behind the technologies powering cloud-native apps, like containers and Kubernetes?

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE IN A POST-COVID WORLD

Business Continuity Today

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work, we need to be strategic, we need to be efficient and as organized as possible, and learning as possible. COVID-19 has taught us the challenges of planning under uncertainty. We learned to deal with the constantly changing guidance from the Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, we no longer have a final plan, because it's constantly changing to keep pace with the newest guidance and regulations from every level of government.

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Recover and Reset - Navigating the Road to Resilience

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 72: ‘Reset and Recover: Navigating the Road to Resilience’ In this special extended edition of the podcast, Vanessa and guest cohost Jeni Bukolt, president and founder of Haven Creative, talk to three dynamic local leaders from around the country about how they have been helping their communities navigate the road to resilience following the public health and economic crises of the past year and a half.

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Rethinking IT governance for agility and innovation

CIO Governance

Josh Hamit understands why IT governance sometimes gets a bad rap.

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The Answer to Better Ransomware Protection? Safer Data

Pure Storage

Data has become a prime target and enabler in the highly profitable world of cybercrime. It’s also a target for bad actors looking to harm a business. . As a result, organisations are constantly fending off a range of malicious activities that are laser-focused on flipping this hot commodity into cold, hard cash or destroying it to inflict irreparable damage on the organisation. .

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE IN A POST-COVID WORLD

Business Continuity Today

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work, we need to be strategic, we need to be efficient and as organized as possible, and learning as possible. COVID-19 has taught us the challenges of planning under uncertainty. We learned to deal with the constantly changing guidance from the Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control, we no longer have a final plan, because it's constantly changing to keep pace with the newest guidance and regulations from every level of government.

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Recover and Reset - Navigating the Road to Resilience

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 72: ‘Reset and Recover: Navigating the Road to Resilience’ In this special extended edition of the podcast, Vanessa and guest cohost Jeni Bukolt, president and founder of Haven Creative, talk to three dynamic local leaders from around the country about how they have been helping their communities navigate the road to resilience following the public health and economic crises of the past year and a half.

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SIA New Member Profile: Techmaven

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Techmaven is a woman-owned company that provides design, engineering, consulting, installation and service for its clientele. The company is headquartered on Long Island in Setauket, New York, and serves clients across the United States and internationally. . SIA spoke with Techmaven President Amanda Meltzer about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.