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Cybersecurity’s New Superpower: Neurodiversity

FS-ISAC

Cyber threat activity is at an all-time high. With the pandemic and rapid digitization of financial services that has accompanied it, cybersecurity professionals have never been in more demand. Yet we are facing an acute talent shortage; the industry effectively has negative unemployment. One way we are helping to solve this problem at Bank of America is to focus a piece of our recruitment and retention efforts on neurodiversity.

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Root Causes of Disasters

Recovery Diva

From HSNW: Disasters Around the World Are Linked by the Same Root Causes. “Three root causes affected most of the events in the UNU analysis: burning fossil fuels, poor management of risk and placing too little value on the environment in decision-making.

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The 7 Best Ransomware Books Available on Amazon

Solutions Review

The editors at Solutions Review have compiled the best ransomware books worth reading based on relevance, ratings, publish date, and ability to add business value. There are plenty of free resources available online (including our popular best practices section, Buyer’s Guide for Data Protection Platforms , and Data Protection Vendor Comparison Map ), but sometimes, it’s best to do things the old-fashioned way.

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How are organizations leveraging mobility to empower employees?

Citrix

First, let me introduce myself. I joined Citrix three months ago as Director of Product Management for Citrix Workspace app (mobile and client-side cloud services). Our goal within my product management team is to optimize the digital workspace user experience … The post How are organizations leveraging mobility to empower employees? first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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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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The Role of Public Safety Communication in Local Communities

everbridge

Public safety communication is vital to all local communities. At APCO 2021 , Everbridge featured new products and advanced functionality of our Critical Event Management platform to showcase our ability to keep towns, cities, states, and other public agencies running, faster. Our partnership with RapidSOS and the corresponding showcase of Everbridge 911 Connect is one solution that organizations can use to better serve the public.

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The Best Risk Management Software to Consider for 2021 and Beyond

Solutions Review

Solutions Review’s listing of the best risk management software is an annual mashup of products that best represent current market conditions, according to the crowd. Our editors selected the best risk management software based on each solution’s Authority Score; a meta-analysis of real user sentiment through the web’s most trusted business software review sites and our own proprietary five-point inclusion criteria.

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Securing Your Career in the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

In this video, learn about the importance of bringing new talent to security and how SIA and the Women in Security Forum are inspiring a new generation of women to join the industry. The Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum , generously supported by Intel, presents this new video to help raise awareness of the demand for talent in the security industry and the exciting and rewarding career opportunities available in this field.

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The Compounding Effects of Racism: Q&A with James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña

The Rand Blog

RAND's James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña are working to create an interactive tool that illustrates how the effects of bias compound over time. Their aim is to improve understanding of how seemingly small disparities can add up to create significant inequality.

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Modifications To Existing Sprinkler Systems

National Fire Protection Association

With many businesses rethinking how their office spaces will be utilized post-pandemic, a significant number will likely undergo renovations or redesigns. Add this to regular tenant fit outs, including shell space in newly constructed buildings, and there are sure to be thousands of existing sprinkler systems requiring modifications to adequately protect redesigned spaces.

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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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4 Reasons Why Agriculture Businesses Need Managed IT

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN. September 8, 2021. 4 Reasons Why Agriculture Businesses Need Managed IT. Farming is no longer the cultivation of crops with simple tools: It is the adaptation and progression of plant and animal life via advanced technology. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is sweeping through the world of agriculture and produce, boosting efficiency, production, and quality through the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Meet GroupRoom, the digital hybrid workplace of the future.

Citrix

This is a guest blog post by Chris Matthieu , Founder and CEO, XRPA.NET (GroupRoom.io). GroupRoom was created out of the need to help people get back to working together again — if not in person — as close to … The post Meet GroupRoom, the digital hybrid workplace of the future. first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Empowering contact center agents with Citrix and Chrome OS Teleportation in Citrix Workspace with Grouproom.io      Citrix innovations to power yo

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Tech Assets Might Help Make Public Health Data More Equity-Centered

The Rand Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified broad societal inequities and trained a spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. public health system. What would more equity-centered, tech-engaged public health data look like?

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NFPA wins six 2021 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards for its training programs

National Fire Protection Association

NFPA won six coveted Brandon Hall Group [Gold/Silver/Bronze] awards for excellence in the “Certification Program, Advanced Custom Content, and Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning” categories. The 2021 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards are bestowed upon organizations that excel in learning and development, talent management, leadership development, talent acquisition, human resources, [[ This is a content summary only.

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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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Learning From Experience: How to Create and Use an After Action Report

Alert Media

The post Learning From Experience: How to Create and Use an After Action Report appeared first on AlertMedia.

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So your company just upgraded to Citrix Workspace. Now what?

Citrix

We get it. You’ve been heads-down, holding down the IT fort over this past year making sure all the newly remote workers can access their apps and desktops. Maybe you’ve been managing Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for years (in … The post So your company just upgraded to Citrix Workspace. Now what? first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories How are organizations leveraging mobility to empower employees?

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Achieving Decarbonization and Energy Equity Through Reconciliation

The Rand Blog

The past two years have witnessed increasingly vocal calls for rapid decarbonization of the global economy through a clean energy transition. How can Congress ensure that new costs associated with a clean energy transition do not fall disproportionately on lower-income ratepayers?

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Switching to Zerto Helps Major Water Company’s Disaster Recovery Strategy Run Smoothly

Zerto

What do water and data have in common? Quite a lot, actually. They both can be tricky to contain and manage, and they both require expert technology to manage on a large scale. One major water company needed to improve its disaster recovery (DR) solutions so it could confidently maintain its primary business, providing water technology in more than 150 countries, to customers from public utilities to residences, from commercial settings to industrial and agricultural ones.

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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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Stack Attack: A Brief Guide to the IT Stack for BC Professionals

MHA Consulting

Business continuity professionals need a minimal grasp of IT concepts in order to do their jobs, but many BC pros are in a fog when it comes to IT terminology. … The post Stack Attack: A Brief Guide to the IT Stack for BC Professionals appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Citrix Mobile Workspace Experience: A simple, secure way to get work done

Citrix

In June, we announced a preview of the Citrix Mobile Workspace Experience for Android Enterprise Work Profile mode. After incorporating feedback from customers, it’s now generally available starting with the 21.9.x release of Citrix Endpoint Management server and the … The post Citrix Mobile Workspace Experience: A simple, secure way to get work done first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Boosting Vaccine Acceptance, Afghanistan's Refugee Crisis, Environmental Racism: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on addressing vaccine hesitancy, preventing an even-bigger humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and how to develop antiracist environmental policies.

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How to Promote Mental Health Within Your Organization

Alert Media

The post How to Promote Mental Health Within Your Organization appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Switching to Zerto Helps Major Water Company’s Disaster Recovery Strategy Run Smoothly

Zerto

What do water and data have in common? Quite a lot, actually. They both can be tricky to contain and manage, and they both require expert technology to manage on a large scale. One major water company needed to improve its disaster recovery (DR) solutions so it could confidently maintain its primary business, providing water technology in more than 150 countries, to customers from public utilities to residences, from commercial settings to industrial and agricultural ones.

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Simplifying business continuity and hybrid multi-cloud

Citrix

Welcome to the seventh and final installment of our Seven Ways to Simplify Your Digital Workspace Deployment in 2021 blog series. In this blog post, we are going to look at how to simplify business continuity and hybrid cloud. The … The post Simplifying business continuity and hybrid multi-cloud first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Recapping Citrix Launchpad: Cloud Citrix and Nutanix: The next phase in powering secure, hybrid work Citrix innovations to power your hybrid-cloud mi

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Japan's Potential Acquisition of Ground-Launched Land-Attack Missiles: Implications for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

The Rand Blog

If Japan acquired ground-based strike capabilities, it would have significant consequences for the U.S.-Japanese alliance. American and Japanese policymakers may need to have a new and expanded set of conversations about how such capabilities would be used and how the alliance could adjust to incorporate them.

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Internet Explorer will soon be gone. Here’s how to prepare your business to switch to Microsoft Edge

Online Computers

Imagine playing your favorite video game on your trusty old Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Suddenly, after using the SNES console for decades to play the game, your machine goes kaput. Because of this, you can’t play the game anymore, and the game cartridge and console are left to gather dust. This is partially analogous to what is going on with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) 11.

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COVID-19 and your response

KingsBridge BCP

Revisiting “COVID-19 and your response”. This post was originally published March 2, 2020. As we look back on the early days of COVID-19 in the U.S., it is apparent that, while the science has evolved, the principles around a solid pandemic response are still valid. If you take only one thing from this post, let it be this: Most do not realize that if they have been planning for ‘the big 4 results’ of any business interruption: no building, no people, no systems and no third-party suppliers, alo

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Secure your data with new malware threat detection in Citrix ShareFile

Citrix

Although remote and hybrid work are now the norm, they can create gaps in your data security if you aren’t careful. Studies have shown a massive spike in the number of malware attacks since the start of pandemic. In fact, … The post Secure your data with new malware threat detection in Citrix ShareFile first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Bring the power of calling and texting to your Podio apps Previewing Citrix Launchpad: Security O futuro do trabalho vai nos tirar da zona de

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Recent ransomware attacks on education sector caution schools and universities to protect their data

OffsiteDataSync

Howard University shut down online and hybrid classes and turned off access to public WiFi after being targeted by a ransomware attack on Friday. The University is working with the FBI to understand the cause and effect of the attack. This comes shortly after another attack that occurred last month in Texas. Judson Independent School District paid hackers $547,045 who were holding thousands of teacher’s and student’s personal information for ransom.

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20 Years Later, SIA Remembers 9/11

Security Industry Association

As we mark the 20th year since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, our thoughts turn first of all to the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives that day. The office workers in the World Trade Center. The U.S. Department of Defense personnel in the Pentagon. The passengers and crew on board the four aircraft, including the heroes of Flight 93 whose brave fight prevented an attack on the nation’s capital.

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4 Misconceptions of Business Continuity Communications (and How to Fix Them)

On Solve

Disruption can spell disaster for businesses. Like it or not, challenges are bound to happen — whether it’s a natural disaster, a cyberattack or some other critical event. Your business needs to be able to keep operations running. That’s why having a business continuity strategy is key to survival for every organization, regardless of size or industry.