Disaster Zone

MARCH 28, 2023

Of course they should. I’m not to blame for my decisions.

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Government 203

DRI Drive

MARCH 30, 2023

Transportation companies – and the logistics and risk issues accompanying them – are in constant discussion in the business world. That’s why they’ve also become overwhelmingly common parts of phishing scams. A recent survey found that shipping and logistics is the fourth most-likely industry to be used in phishing attempts, with several major brands within […] The post Are Your Supply Chain Anxieties Inviting Cybersecurity Threats?

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Cybersecurity Logistics Transportation 361

Emergency Planning

MARCH 29, 2023

What are the likely consequences of prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure? lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.) dependent on their own generators food refrigeration stops: perished food needs to be disposed of food manufacture lines cease operation; food perishes no water or sewerag

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Transportation Hospitality Sports Emergency Response 208

Bernstein Crisis Management

MARCH 29, 2023

Benefits of Having a Crisis Management Plan In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies are constantly facing a wide range of challenges that can impact their operations and financial bottom line. These challenges can range from natural disasters, cyber attacks, product recalls, and even employee misconduct. When such issues arise, it is essential for businesses to have a crisis management plan in place to minimize the impact of the crisis and ensure business continuity.

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Crisis Management Management BCM Business Continuity 113

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!

Mitigation

Security Industry Association

MARCH 28, 2023

SIA announced the 2023 board and executive committee during The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting at ISC West. LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) presented seven new members to the SIA Board of Directors at The Advance , SIA’s annual membership gathering, held March 28 during ISC West , and the SIA Board of Directors confirmed its new officers during the board’s March 28 meeting at ISC West.

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Security Marketing Government Technology 124

Recovery Diva

MARCH 30, 2023

From the HSDL: Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide Released. This is an updated version of an existing document. FEMA has released the 2023 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide (HMA Guide). This guide details “the policy and procedural requirements of HMA’s programs over the lifecycle of an activity,” and replaces the last comprehensive policy guidance released in February 2015.

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Hazard Mitigation Activation Resilience 100

The Rand Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Americans have long been fixated on the idea of the short, decisive war. And the United States' adversaries bank on Washington's strategic impatience. If the United States' objective is to win, the only thing worse than fighting a long war may be thinking it's possible to avoid one.

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Banking Strategic 114

National Fire Protection Association

MARCH 27, 2023

When it comes to things that go boom, terms such as explosion, deflagration, and detonation are often incorrectly used interchangeably. To help clear things up, this blog will go into the technical definitions of explosions, deflagrations, and detonations, as well as the appropriate time to use each term. Explosion An explosion is a sudden, rapid release of energy that produces potentially damaging pressures.

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Travel 115

DRI Drive

MARCH 29, 2023

DRI International is proud to announce Trevor Murphy, CBCP, as DRI Commission Chair. Consisting of volunteers with expertise in business continuity and other resilience disciplines, the Commission is responsible for creation and development of the credentialing process for Certified Professionals. “I am honored to be voted in as the new DRI Commission Chair,” said Murphy. […] The post Trevor Murphy Voted Chair of the DRI Commission appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Business Continuity Resilience 195

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.

Evaluation

Recovery Diva

MARCH 29, 2023

From the HSDL: FEMA Updates Its National Risk Index FEMA has recently updated its National Risk Index. Since 2016, FEMA’s Natural Hazards Risk Assessment Program has collaborated with federal, local, and state government and private industry to help illustrate areas in the U.S. most at risk for 18 natural hazards. The intention of the National Risk Index is to inform users of their relative natural hazard risks and the impacts they could expect to face during and after a disaster.

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Natural Hazard Hazard Government 100

Acronis

MARCH 31, 2023

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and they're not just costing businesses data - they're costing them big bucks. Uncover the shocking financial impact of ransomware and learn how you can protect your business from becoming the next victim in this eye-opening article.

Cybersecurity 111

Cybersecurity 111

Solutions Review

MARCH 27, 2023

Data Protection Demo Day Q1 2023 will feature live product demonstrations from leading enterprise storage and data protection vendors Arcserve and VAST Data. What is Data PDemo Day? Data Protection Demo Day for Q1 2023 is an exclusive virtual event featuring an inside look at the technologies of prominent enterprise storage and data protection solution providers.

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Backup Financial Services High Availability Disaster Recovery 105

Security Industry Association

MARCH 29, 2023

This year’s meeting – the largest event for the security industry in Latin America – takes place April 18-20, 2023, in Mexico City. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) and Expo Seguridad Mexico have announced SIA’s new role as Premier Sponsor of Expo Seguridad Mexico , the largest event for the security industry in Latin America.

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Security Marketing Manufacturing Education 98

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.

Recovery Diva

MARCH 27, 2023

From the WashPost: Everything is gone’: Loss and destruction in a small Mississippi town. Poor people, mostly mobile homes, few with personal property insurance, and almost complete destruction of buildings. This is a sad case that will require an unusual amount of federal assistance and outside help for recovery.

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Insurance Insurance 100

Acronis

MARCH 28, 2023

On this second day of Cyber Protection Week, we examine how recovery from cyber disasters is as important as cybersecurity. Disaster recovery enables organizations to restore operations after a disruptive event. It involves a set of procedures, policies, and technologies that aid in the swift resuscitation of activities after an attack, to prevent financially devastating downtime.

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Disaster Recovery Cybersecurity Activation Technology 104

The Rand Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

The historic ambition contained within Japan's new defense strategies is notable. But the reality is that an extraordinary alignment of political, economic, fiscal, and other stars will be necessary for Japan's government to fully implement their stated ambitions over the next 5–10 years.

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Security Government 95

Security Industry Association

MARCH 27, 2023

With expectations high for the first postpandemic ISC West, the March/April SIA Security Market Index survey of security professionals found that 80% of respondents have a positive view of the industry’s current condition. SILVER SPRING, Md. – As the security industry prepares to descend on Las Vegas for ISC West, the latest Security Industry Association (SIA) Security Market Index has found that four out of five security leaders surveyed have a positive view of the sector’s current condition.

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Security Marketing Government Education 98

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

Entertainment

Recovery Diva

MARCH 27, 2023

From CNN: Record snowpack, nearly full reservoirs: Here’s the state of California’s drought after an epic winter

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Acronis

MARCH 27, 2023

At Acronis, our #CyberFit Partner Program ensures partners are well equipped to bring their clients the best in cyber protection solutions. That's why we’re proud to announce that the Acronis #CyberFit Partner Program is an official 2023 CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star Award winner — an award that recognizes the hard work and effort we’ve put into building our partner programs.

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Backup 98

The Rand Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Early grade retention is getting more attention as a potential way to make up for missed learning during the pandemic. But retaining kids without providing the necessary supports or failing to identify the right kids using objective criteria will likely yield ineffective results or even lead to adverse effects.

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Pandemic 95

Security Industry Association

MARCH 30, 2023

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Seneca, an Arrow company , offers innovative video appliances that support mission-critical physical security installations. SIA spoke with Darren Crawford, North America sales leader at Seneca, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA. Tell us the story of your company. Darren Crawford, North America sales leader, Seneca Darren Crawford : For more than two decades, Seneca has been the trusted name for innovative video appliance

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Manufacturing Marketing Retail Security 98

Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2023

Solutions Review’s Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories. In this feature, Veritas Technologies ‘ Lisa Erickson offers some World Backup Day tips for successful data management and data protection. Data is expected to grow exponentially to 51 zettabytes by 2025 and, as a result, the safe keeping of that data is more critical and complicated than ever.

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Backup Management Government Disaster Recovery 93

NexusTek

MARCH 29, 2023

READ TIME: 4 MIN March 29, 2023 Old IT…What’s the Worst That Could Happen? We’ve all been there at least once. You’ve developed a nice stable relationship with your technology—say, your computer, or your cell phone, or your laptop. And then someone comes along and says, “Oh wow, you’ve got to update that thing!” And you blanch. You’re aware of your device’s weaknesses, sure, and you know there are newer models on the market that might seem snazzier or more sophisticated.

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Technology Manufacturing Internet Vulnerability 88

MHA Consulting

MARCH 30, 2023

Sometimes questions arise about the relationship between the business continuity management (BCM) team and the enterprise risk management (ERM) department. The fact is, both units—as well as the organization—benefit when BCM and ERM are BFFs (or best friends forever, as the kids say). Related on MHA Consulting: The ABCs of ERM: The Rise of Enterprise Risk Management Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity From time to time, clients of ours express confusion about the roles and relationship of th

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BCM Risk Management Business Continuity Strategic 88

Security Industry Association

MARCH 27, 2023

Digital Twins Provide New, Dynamic Views of Building Operations Stephane Levyis the founder and CEO of BeamUP. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous; however, when it comes to the enterprise, physical security has remained within the domain of forensics, with outdated manual methods and tools keeping these departments in the dark ages.

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Risk Management Security Management Technology 97

The Rand Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

There will always be situations in which military intervention is the best or only option for the United States. But policymakers must also recognize that in many cases, the best response to a crisis or potential threat is to take no military action at all and rely instead on diplomacy or sanctions—or simply learn to live with an elevated threat.

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Citrix

MARCH 29, 2023

This is a guest blog post by Sydney Atlass, Marketing Operations Specialist at IGEL. In 2022, 25 percent of ransomware attacks targeted healthcare organizations. This equates to more than 300 hospitals that were hit with ransomware, resulting in compromised … The post The prescription to secure endpoints in healthcare is IGEL OS first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Healthcare Security Hospitality Marketing 81

Solutions Review

MARCH 30, 2023

Ransomware attacks have consistently been on the rise in recent years. In fact, VMware research shows that nearly 60 percent of companies surveyed experienced a ransomware attack in the past 12 months, while 65 percent noted an increase in attacks since Russia invaded Ukraine. The bigger challenge, however, isn’t that these attacks are becoming more prominent – but that the nature of the attacks has significantly changed.

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Backup Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery Internet 80

National Fire Protection Association

MARCH 30, 2023

At least 39 migrants being held in a detention center in Ciudad Juárez, a city located just south of El Paso, Texas, on the United States–Mexico border, died Monday evening after a massive fire tore through the facility. In the aftermath of the event, which was one of the deadliest fires in recent history in Mexico, fire safety experts from NFPA® are detailing the measures detention and correction facilities can take to prevent future tragedies like this from occurring.

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Publishing Authorization Media Security 75

The Rand Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

This weekly recap focuses on preventing school violence, dealing with drug cartels, the benefits of a neurodivergent national security workforce, and more.

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Security 86