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Planning to Reduce Crisis Overload

Bernstein Crisis Management

Planning to Reduce Crisis Overload ‍Image Source: FreeImages In today’s fast-paced world, organizations face a multitude of potential crises that can disrupt their operations and reputation, and the sheer volume and variety of these crises can often lead to a sense of uncertainty. How can businesses plan for every possible issue that may arise?

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New DRI White Paper: Bringing Business Continuity to the State Emergency Management Stage

DRI Drive

You’re invited to read DRI’s latest white paper, detailing the Maryland Department of Emergency Management’s (MDEM) experiences incorporating business continuity training at a statewide level to improve its resilience planning. This case study outlines the challenges and rewards MDEM dealt with, its plans going forward, and its recommendations for other public sector offices working to […] The post New DRI White Paper: Bringing Business Continuity to the State Emergency M

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Truth Decay Is Putting U.S. National Security at Risk

The Rand Blog

Truth Decay—the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life—could weaken the U.S. military, costs America credibility with its allies, and calls into question the nation's ability to respond to the next big crisis. How can the United States guard against these risks?

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SIA New Member Profile: TAM-C Solutions

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member TAM-C Solutions is an American corporation with a 24/7 global operations intelligence center that targets and monitors bespoke security threats while providing actionable intelligence to its client base, which includes Fortune 100 corporations across all critical infrastructures. SIA spoke with Ceng Sagnic, chief of analysis at TAM-C, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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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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Acronis Mid-Year Cyberthreats Report '23: Managing the implications of AI-driven cyberattacks

Acronis

We’ve just released the Acronis Mid-Year Cyberthreats Report 2023, a free resource for security-minded professionals. Readers will learn about the latest shifts in attack patterns, how cybercrime gangs are evolving and how new technologies (like AI and automation) are changing the game — not to mention plenty of actionable tips to help you stay safe through the back half of the year.

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The Wagner Group Will Live to Fight Another Day

The Rand Blog

Yevgeny Prigozhin led Wagner Group fighters in what appeared to be a direct challenge to the Russian military establishment. But it's unlikely that the Kremlin will dissolve Wagner's paramilitary enterprise. It is too significant to Russia's greater geostrategic aims and economic strength.

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People of Pure: Meet Kimberly Le

Pure Storage

People of Pure: Meet Kimberly Le by Pure Storage Blog In the vibrant and dynamic world of Pure Storage, there are many individuals who bring their unique talents and skills to contribute to the company’s success. One such individual is Kimberly Le, Senior Web Strategic and Production Specialist, whose serendipitous journey at Pure Storage led her from customer marketing to social media to web.

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Maximizing efficiency: The power of automated patch management solutions

Acronis

Supercharge your productivity with automated patch management solutions. Learn how these powerful tools optimize efficiency, streamline updates, and enhance security. Unlock the potential of seamless software maintenance and stay one step ahead in the game. Explore the benefits and strategies for maximizing efficiency through the power of automated patch management solutions.

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Why Business Continuity Managed Services are a Game-Changer for Your Organization

BryghtPath

In a world prone to disruptions, business continuity managed services like our Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS) offer present themselves as an innovative solution to bolster your business’s resilience. Far from just reducing costs, Business Continuity as a Service is a comprehensive strategy to mitigate risks and optimize your resources, enhance service delivery, meet … The post Why Business Continuity Managed Services are a Game-Changer for Your Organization appeared first o

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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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America's Opioid Crisis: Adopting an Ecosystem Approach

The Rand Blog

The opioid crisis is metastasizing throughout society, reaching across public health and public safety, but also education, employment, and the child welfare system. Without profound change and new approaches to the crisis, hundreds of thousands of people could die in the coming years.

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New CRS Report on FEMA’s Building Codes Policies

Recovery Diva

New CRS Report on Building Resilience: FEMA’s Building Codes Policies and Considerations for Congress. (40 pp).

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NFPA Webinar, Other Resources Aim to Help Professionals Gather Knowledge to Improve Electrical Safety in the Workplace

National Fire Protection Association

Electrical safety was at the forefront of conversations at last week’s NFPA Conference & Expo® in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were great sessions on topics such as preventing electrical fatalities and meeting OSHA’s electrical safety requirements in the workplace. We also heard an extremely moving presentation from electrical arc flash survivor Brandon Schroeder on how a devastating arc flash incident changed his life, as well as the lives of his wife and children.

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Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of June 30; Updates from Cobalt Iron, DataGrail, Zscaler & More

Solutions Review

Solutions Review editors curated this list of the most noteworthy storage and data protection news items for the week of June 30, 2023. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy

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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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Understanding America's Technological Tit for Tat with China

The Rand Blog

China and the United States appear to be barreling towards a path that risks further ratcheting up the ongoing economic war. More-evolved strategies are needed beyond simple retaliatory spirals, to find peaceful equilibria and ensure technoeconomic competition does not spill over into military conflict.

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Critique of Media Coverage of Disasters

Recovery Diva

Interesting take on how media cover disasters: From Politico: The Cold-Blooded Reality of Disaster Coverage.

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Bringing Fabric to your Data Lakehouse

Advancing Analytics

We've built countless Lakehouses for our customers and influenced the design of many more. With the advent of Fabric, many organisations with existing lakehouse implementations in Azure are wondering what changes Fabric will herald for them. Do they continue with their existing lakehouse implementation and design, or do they migrate entirely to Fabric?

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Deepfakes — These Are Really Good

Disaster Zone

Can you tell what is real and what isn't?

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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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The Wagner Revolt, Housing in L.A., Cyberstalking: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the Wagner Group's power play against Russian leadership, how Truth Decay affects national security, why the U.S. legal system is underprepared to handle cyberstalking cases, and more.

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FEMA Is Pressured to Declare Deadly Heat Events as Disasters

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Pressure builds for FEMA to declare deadly heat events as disasters.

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Zerto Announces Partner of the Year Awards for 2023

Zerto

CDW and TierPoint recognized for their significant achievements We’re very excited to announce our Zerto 2023 Partner of the Year Awards! Winners were selected on the basis of their outstanding contribution to the Zerto partnership program as well as their tireless dedication to meeting the needs of end-users across a variety of metrics. “Our partners are at the core of what has made Zerto a global success story, and we’re thrilled to highlight their achievements with our Partner of

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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘Diversity in Emergency Management’

Disaster Zone

It is up to us to improve the composition of our workforce.

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Keeping America Safe in an Age of Danger: Q&A with Andrew Hoehn and Thom Shanker

The Rand Blog

In their new book, Andrew Hoehn and Thom Shanker argue that America has entered an age of danger that may come to rival anything in its history. They explain why the national security system needs an overhaul as we face a growing array of threats, from cyber attacks to climate change.

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4 New Features for Operational and IT Efficiency in Any Environment

Citrix

Virtualization takes many shapes and sizes. For your business, it may make the most sense to host your applications in the cloud, so that you can expand as needed for seasonal workforces or contractors. You may need to host some … The post 4 New Features for Operational and IT Efficiency in Any Environment first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Enhancing Administrative Experience with Recent Linux VDA Releases Machine Creation Services now supports the Azure Monitor Agent!

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The High Cost of Extreme Heat

Recovery Diva

From HSNW: Extreme Heat Will Cost the U.S.

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Will a Purge Happen in Russia?

Disaster Zone

Strong men/dictators don’t like to show weakness.

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Can Cheap Drones Be the Answer to Tensions in the Taiwan Strait?

The Rand Blog

The more we learn about the war in Ukraine, the more we come to know that drones will play an increasingly important role on the modern battlefield. But how is the U.S. military thinking about what role these aircraft might play in future wars? When paired with modern sensors, could they offer an asymmetric advantage in future competitions?

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PVS Catalogs Made Easy with Citrix DaaS MCS Provisioning

Citrix

… The post PVS Catalogs Made Easy with Citrix DaaS MCS Provisioning first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Machine Creation Services now supports the Azure Monitor Agent!

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The role of Incident Response Planning in ransomware defense

Acronis

Discover the crucial significance of Incident Response Planning in fortifying your organization's defenses against the relentless threat of ransomware attacks. Learn how a well-crafted response strategy empowers businesses to mitigate risks, minimize damage, and swiftly recover from security incidents.

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The Precipitation Problem

Disaster Zone

It is raining more and flooding more properties.

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An Emboldened West Confronts a Weakened Russia

The Rand Blog

Russian President Vladimir Putin may remain in office for now, but his power—and Russia's—are ebbing. The West might take advantage of new opportunities.

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