Sat.Jul 30, 2022 - Fri.Aug 05, 2022

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Are You Part of the Corporate Strategy Planning?

DRI Drive

As risk and resilience planning begins to impact the cyber and environmental aspects of corporate strategy, a new survey sees more risk professionals are getting a seat at the table. The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has published its bi-annual Risk Manager Survey. Its findings saw an increase in the number of risk […].

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Extreme Summer Disasters

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Extreme Summer. ‘They are not slowing down’: The rise of billion-dollar disasters. One battered N.C. community illustrates how summer, fueled in part by climate change, is proving an especially perilous and costly season.

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“Flood shots” and other dangerous myths

DisasterDoc

I just read that a flood affected US health department “staged a mobile clinic Tuesday with an emphasis on tetanus and hepatitis A shots” (despite a total lack of real. The post “Flood shots” and other dangerous myths appeared first on DisasterDoc.

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Preparedness month: 30 days in 30 ways 

Crisis Response Journal

August 2022: There’s been no let-up in the crisis response world, writes Monika Al-Mufti as she outlines plans for this year's 30 days 30 ways preparedness month in the UK

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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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U.S. Intelligence Sounds Alarms on Security Impacts of Climate Change

DRI Drive

The effects of climate change will be increasingly felt by businesses and communities in the coming years. But a recent report from the National Intelligence Council outlines the many ways it could lead to global security tensions in the short and long term. The first-ever National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change, based on data from […].

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Review of New Book on the Pandemic

Recovery Diva

From the Wash Post, this book review: How decades of greed and bad choices left us vulnerable to a pandemic , Review of a new book titled: “The Making of a Pandemic: Social, Political, and Psychological Perspectives on Covid-19, “… the book turns out to be an examination, indeed an indictment, of the last few decades of American politics, business and society.

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'The Future Could Be Brilliant': RAND's CEO Is an 'Apocaloptimist'

The Rand Blog

Jason Matheny, RAND's new president and CEO, explains why he's cautiously optimistic about the future of humanity, the importance of public service, and RAND's role in shaping policy solutions.

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New Study Shows How Fast a Tsunami Could Flood an Inland City

DRI Drive

Earthquakes and resulting tsunami events have long been a worry for the U.S. west coast – but while the main area of concern has been for coastal communities, a new study shows how quickly it could overwhelm a major inland city like Seattle. The study, published by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, examined […]. The post New Study Shows How Fast a Tsunami Could Flood an Inland City appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Understanding the Wildfire Threat to Homes

Disaster Zone

It is fire season and you need this information.

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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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Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS): What It Is & How It Works

Unitrends

Ransomware — a word that sends shivers down the spine of even the most experienced cybersecurity experts. Simply hearing this word evokes frightening images of business disruptions, customer outrage, tarnished brand reputation, heavy financial losses and even the subsequent attacks that often follow. Ransomware is a growing menace and continues to haunt businesses of all […].

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How Policies That Punish Pregnant Women Backfire

The Rand Blog

There is overwhelming evidence and consensus from the medical and public health communities that supportive approaches are what help pregnant women with substance use disorders. Unfortunately, the overturning of Roe v. Wade has opened the door for more policies that police and punish women rather than evidence-based solutions that we know can, do, and will save lives.

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Formula One Simulators and Data

Pure Storage

Before the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix, Sky Sports reporter Rachel Brookes asked Fernando Alonso, who was starting at P2 on the grid, “I know you’ve joked about passing Max into turn 1. Is that a realistic possibility, do you think? Podium today?”. “It depends how we do the first 50 meters,” Alonso replied. “In the simulations we have; it’s not realistic.

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New! Common Automated Diagnostics for AWS Users by Jake Cohen

PagerDuty

Today’s modern cloud architectures centered on AWS are typically a composite of ~250 AWS services and workflows implemented by over 25,000 SaaS services, house-developed services, and legacy systems. When incidents fire off in these environments—whether or not a company has built out a centralized cloud platform—distinct expertise is often a necessity.

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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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Recession or Not? For Security Industry, the Real Question Is Still the Supply Chain

Security Industry Association

During this time of Schrodinger’s Recession – with the U.S. economy simultaneously in a recession and not in one – the resilience of the security industry during downturns is being tested. The economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.9% during the second quarter, following 1.6% shrinkage from January to March, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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What is a business continuity plan?

Acronis

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is an executive-sponsored, executive-approved document that provides a roadmap for how an organization will restart operations in the event of an unforeseen, natural or human-made disaster, such as a hurricane, fire, or data breach.

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Helping Achieve Sustainable IT in the Retail Industry

Pure Storage

Everywhere you look in the retail industry, the business landscape is changing. Omnichannel marketing is revolutionizing how retailers reach customers. Behind the scenes, analytics and artificial intelligence are busy crunching the vast new waves of data being generated. But it’s not all about the IT department. . Another topic shaking up retail is sustainability.

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Russia's Withdrawal from the ISS, Another Sign of Its Space Decline?

The Rand Blog

Russia's threatened exit from the International Space Station could simply be more bluster from Moscow at a time of heightened tension between Russia and the West over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But it also appears to be another signal that Russia's profile in space is in decline, a trend that is likely to continue and that the United States could be preparing for now.

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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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How People Analytics Can Enhance Your Company’s Workforce Development Strategy

Security Industry Association

Jill Frack is a senior project manager at Integrated Security Technologies, Inc. In the Security Industry Association’s (SIA’s) 2022 Security Megatrends report , workforce development was listed as the Nov. 5 Security Megatrend, citing the biggest area of pain for integrators was finding the talent needed to get the work done. With the labor shortage integrators are experiencing, the employee processes within the security industry need to be reexamined when it comes to employee empowerment, em

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Best Practices for Data Loss Protection (DLP)

Acronis

Businesses can use data loss prevention (DLP) best practices to secure information across their operations and comply with data security requirements.

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CISA: Active Shooter Preparedness Webinar

Disaster Zone

Someone please send this to Texas.

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After the al-Zawahiri Strike, the U.S. May Lack Capabilities in Afghanistan

The Rand Blog

The U.S. drone strike that killed Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan took out one of the last remaining key figures behind the 9/11 terror attacks. But it also highlighted how little the United States got out of its 2020 bargain with the Taliban, and raised questions about the U.S. ability to adequately monitor the developing threat from this quarter going forward.

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SIA New Member Profile: SHP

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member SHP is a team of dynamic architects, engineers and designers whose product FrameFrog was developed to help the security and access control industry complete fully functioning installations. SHP is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and its subsidiary company Tadpole Products, creator of the FrameFrog solution, is based in Bellevue, Kentucky. .

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BCM Basics: Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. by Richard Long. If you spend any … The post BCM Basics: Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Donate Money, Not Stuff, to Disaster Victims in Kentucky

Disaster Zone

Up to 60 percent of goods donated during times of disaster go to waste.

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Seven Ways to Build a Truly Equitable DEI Strategy

The Rand Blog

Despite growth in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) roles worldwide, not much has changed with the power structure in DEI spaces, which still center on the C-suite and tend to be populated with groups that are less knowledgeable on research in DEI. Here are seven strategies for building a more-equitable DEI program.

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Security Industry Association Applauds Passage of Chips Bill

Security Industry Association

Provisions Support Security Supply Chain, U.S. Competitiveness. On July 27, the Chips and Science Act of 2022 cleared its final hurdle with passage in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now moves to President Biden’s desk for his signature, following 18 months of negotiations over the final provisions of the measure to boost U.S. competitiveness globally in science and technology and within key industry sectors.

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Why remote radiology needs bridges, not barriers

Citrix

In November last year, the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed that over the next 12 months, £248m of recently announced departmental funding will be spent improving digital connectivity across diagnostic services, with a major focus on … The post Why remote radiology needs bridges, not barriers first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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What is a whaling attack?

Acronis

A whaling attack is a type of spear phishing attack targeting high-profile employees and C-suite executives.

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Got a Labor Shortage? Make It Easier to Work

The Rand Blog

If the United States wants to avoid a long-term worker shortage, it should look to what policy can—but has failed to—fully address. We have a long history using carrots and sticks, but this is a problem we may not be able to cajole or punish our way out of. Finding workers can be as simple as giving more people a chance to work.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: School Shootings

Disaster Zone

The School Resource Officer's role and school shootings in general.

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