Recovery Diva

JUNE 26, 2022

A new report (44 pages) from RAND Corp for FEMA: Streamlining Emergency Management. “The U.S. emergency management system has met a number of increasingly difficult challenges in recent years, such as extended wildfire seasons, more intense storms, and of course an ongoing global pandemic. In fact, FEMA noted that “the number of annual disasters that [they] have managed has tripled in the past ten years and highlights the pivotal moment that climate change and coronavirus disease 2019 (COV

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Unitrends

JUNE 30, 2022

Threat actors capitalized on the shift to hybrid work by launching massive attacks on end users and remote applications. Microsoft Windows, being a leader in the desktop OS and SaaS markets, was a prominent target. Native security capabilities built into the Windows 10 platform worked overtime to protect users from numerous threats — 9.6 billion malware attacks, […].

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Disaster Zone

JUNE 29, 2022

This is effective July 1, 2022.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 1, 2022

The United States' emphasis on minimizing civilian harm in Raqqa, Syria, was quite clear and strong up and down the chain of command. But the way in which the U.S. military waged war in Raqqa too often undercut that commitment. The Pentagon asked RAND to find out what happened.

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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!

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Recovery Diva

JUNE 30, 2022

Review of: The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina. Authors: Kai Erikson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Sociology and American. Studies, Yale University and Lori Peek, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural. Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder. Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin Texas. ISBN: ISBN: 978-14773-2433-2 (hbk); 978-1-4773-2434-9 (pbk); 142 pages; Paperback Price $27.95;Hardcover Price $90.00.

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Castellan

JUNE 29, 2022

Article Originally Published on Forbes in May 2022. In your role as a board member or a member of your organization’s leadership team, it is your job to set and inspect the organization’s overall vision while also steering the company toward a sustainable future. A large part of sustainability is preventing and overcoming disruptions. This starts with understanding and inspecting the organization’s readiness posture, as well as its ability to respond to disruption.

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The Rand Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

Starting in the 1930s, neighborhoods across America were redlined—marked on government maps as too hazardous, as in, too Black or too immigrant, for federal home loans. When zoning officials needed somewhere to put a new factory or freeway, those redlined neighborhoods were like a bullseye that they hit again and again.

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Recovery Diva

JUNE 29, 2022

Prof. Shirley Jensen, Cal State University at Long Beach, has created the Claire B. Rubin award, which is given to a notable graduate student each year. Here is the latest winner: Deputy Fire Chief Eleni Pappas in Los Angeles County.

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BryghtPath

JUNE 28, 2022

Are you an executive leader wondering how you can more effectively champion your business continuity and crisis management program across your organization? While many companies recognize that active executive sponsorship is a top driver of project or program success, they often do little to equip executive sponsors on how to do it well. We frequently … The post How to Champion Your Business Continuity Program as an Executive Sponsor appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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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.

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Security Industry Association

JUNE 28, 2022

Calling all young professionals! We’re gearing up for AcceleRISE 2022 , taking place Aug. 1-3 and created by the SIA RISE community just for you. At AcceleRISE, you’ll get the chance to take your career to the next level, make valuable connections with peers and industry experts and have lots of fun! . In this video message, SIA RISE Chair Kelsey Carnell shares why AcceleRISE is the ultimate conference experience for security’s young professionals and why you won’t want

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The Rand Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Cognitive dissonance theory offers a compelling explanation for one of the confounding phenomena emerging from the war in Ukraine—Russians who refuse to believe their Ukrainian family members' lived experiences of the war. How is it that of the two cognitions Russians are wrestling with, the Kremlin's manufactured truth often prevails?

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Acronis

JUNE 30, 2022

This June release of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud 22.06 is particularly exciting. It not only introduces new features that will help MSPs deliver better service and value to their clients, but also enables them to automate routine tasks via brand-new, out-of-the-box scripting. Here is a synopsis of all the new features included in this release.

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National Fire Protection Association

JUNE 27, 2022

This Fourth of July weekend, nearly 48 million Americans are expected to travel, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). Many of those travelers will forgo traditional lodging in a hotel and opt for something more unique—perhaps a beach house, an urban apartment unit, or a remote cabin on the lake. Over the past several years, companies like Airbnb and VRBO have grown in. [[ This is a content summary only.

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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.

Security Industry Association

JUNE 28, 2022

We hear you loud and clear, SIA members! SIA recently concluded its 2022 Membership Satisfaction and Awareness Survey, and we want to thank all of you who responded and share with you some of the top-line results. As part of the survey promotion, we randomly selected from the respondents a couple winners of two free tickets to the SIA event(s) of their choice.

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Business Continuity Today

JUNE 28, 2022

Complexity bias is a logical fallacy that leads us to give undue credence to complex concepts. Faced with two competing ideas, we are likely to choose the most complex one. As a result, when we need to solve a problem, we may ignore simple solutions — thinking “that will never work” — and instead favor complex ones. Links Web: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Instagram: [link] Twitter: [link] Facebook: [link] Youtube: [link] Complexity bias is a logical fallacy that leads us to give undue credence to com

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Acronis

JUNE 27, 2022

According to the 2021 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, while the cybersecurity workforce gap is closing globally, it is growing in North America. As of June, 2022, over 400,000 cybersecurity professionals are needed in this region. Read on to learn more about the reasons behind IT talent shortages and suggestions on how to close the gap.

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The Rand Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Dara Massicot is a senior policy researcher at RAND who specializes in Russian military strategy. In this interview, she discusses Russia's war in Ukraine, its incorrect assumptions about Ukraine's will to fight, and how hard it's going to be for Russia to restore its military capabilities.

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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

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Security Industry Association

JULY 1, 2022

Attention young professionals! Get ready – AcceleRISE 2022 is coming Aug. 1-3 to Austin, Texas. AcceleRISE, hosted by SIA’s RISE community , is the ultimate conference for young talent and newcomers to the security industry who want to take their careers to the next level. Here are five reasons why you can’t miss it: An all-star lineup of industry speakers : At AcceleRISE, you’ll get insights from experts at Netflix, Allegion, Genetec, Axis Communications, dormakaba, Northland

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Pure Storage

JUNE 27, 2022

Back in February, Rob Lee, CTO, Pure Storage, wrote about Why FlashBlade Is Truly Evergreen , and with our recent announcements around FlashBlade//S ® , it should be clear why building storage platforms designed for sustainability and scalability is so critical to our customers. Like the Ship of Theseus , Pure Storage designs storage arrays and software to be upgradable and scaled non-disruptively, and FlashBlade//S is no exception.

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Citrix

JUNE 28, 2022

One of the things I love most about being part of Citrix is the excitement around our latest innovations. It is rewarding to see how our customers leverage them to capture new opportunities to create the next frontier in their … The post What’s new with Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops — June 2022 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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NexusTek

JUNE 29, 2022

June 29, 2022. NexusTek Ranked on Channel Futures 2022 MSP 501—Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious List of Managed Service Providers Worldwide. For the Fifth Consecutive Year, Annual MSP 501 Includes NexusTek Among Industry’s Best-in-Class Businesses Growing Via Recurring Revenue and Innovation. Denver, CO (June 29, 2022) – NexusTek has been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers in the prestigious 2022 Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings.

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Security Industry Association

JUNE 27, 2022

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Metrasens offers leading advanced magnetic detection technologies. The company is headquartered in the United Kingdom, providing production and research and development as well as servicing the Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia-Pacific geographic markets with distribution, sales and service. The United States operational hub is in Illinois outside of Chicago, providing regional distribution, sales and service for North America. .

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Pure Storage

JUNE 27, 2022

In the storage industry today, everyone is talking about delivering a service. I’ve previously written about subscriptions vs. as-a-service models.1 In short: Subscriptions start with financial discussions (CAPEX vs. OPEX). As-a-service starts with monitoring, SLOs, and SLAs: You can’t deliver a service without monitoring and being held to a promised outcome.

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Citrix

JUNE 27, 2022

Organizations today are looking for a simple way to deliver apps and desktops on demand, from the cloud, with simplified management and a strong layer of security to keep data safe and off the device. We’ve designed Citrix DaaS Standard … The post 10 reasons to try Citrix DaaS Standard for Azure first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Background blur and effects for optimized Microsoft Teams now in preview Citrix DaaS expands capabilities with support for Azure AD and non-domain-jo

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Disaster Zone

JUNE 28, 2022

It's time to move away from paper based systems.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 1, 2022

This weekly recap focuses on how repealing Roe v. Wade could affect women in the military, whether America is prepared to launch a new emergency mental health hotline, Russia's war in Ukraine, and more.

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BCM METRICS

JUNE 30, 2022

There’s a good reason business loves the concept of return on investment (ROI); it expresses the worth of an activity in terms everyone understands: dollars. However, in evaluating intangible assets such as a business continuity program, it’s more helpful to look at VOI, or value on investment. In this post, we’ll review BCM VOI and […].

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Citrix

JUNE 30, 2022

In the previous post in our series on Citrix ADC and Google Anthos , we covered the importance of security and how Citrix ADC can strengthen your security posture across hybrid and multi-cloud using Citrix Web App Firewall (WAF). Citrix … The post Citrix ADC with Google Anthos: Multi-layered API protection for modern apps first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Disaster Zone

JUNE 26, 2022

Keeping up with the acronyms.

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The Rand Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

At what point can the United States and other countries no longer afford the massive transfer of weapons to the Ukrainians, lest they jeopardize the readiness of their own militaries? When does the arsenal of democracy shift to the arsenal for self? These are questions that are starting to be raised as the demand for weapons becomes clear in what is now a protracted war in Ukraine.

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