Disaster Zone Podcast

MAY 1, 2025

There are all sorts of projects, large and small. Ive advocated that all work is usually done in the form of a project. Really large projects require a huge investment in time and other resources to be successful. No one plans on failing, but there have been some very public failures in the past. In this podcast well examine some general themes for those failures and also solutions you can put to use for your own projects to hopefully ensure success.

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 28, 2025

From the AP: Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects “The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the towns overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured electrical wires funded through a program to help communities protect against natural disasters and climate change would safeguard in

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BMC

APRIL 28, 2025

Technology is best described by the adage from Greek philosopher Heraclitus: The only constant thing is change. In this age of digital transformation, customers and competitors can find solutions and alternatives at the touch of a button. This speed means that service providers stay ahead only by embracing and executing change quickly, yet maintaining sufficient control to manage risk.

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FS-ISAC

MAY 1, 2025

The financial services sector has known for some time that cybersecurity leaders communication skills have impact far beyond the IT department. Cyber leaders ability to explain risks and technology in business terms influences day-to-day operations, long-term business stability, and ultimately, our customers trust. But business is evolving, cybercriminals are increasingly sophisticated, and risks like fraud are on an upswing.

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NexusTek

APRIL 30, 2025

Unlocking GenAIs PotentialCrawl, Spacewalk, Teleport April 30, 2025 Hamilton Yu Chief Executive Officer Buckle upwere moving at warp speed. Engineering is in my DNA. Ive been through the sprints, stage gates, and structured rollouts that bring innovation to life while mitigating risk. Theres a familiar rhythm to ittest, refine, scale. Thats how transformational technology usually gets implemented.

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PagerDuty

MAY 2, 2025

The cloud is the backbone of modern businesses, revolutionizing the trajectory of innovation, technology and business itself. While its promise of instant scalability and flexibility drives unprecedented growth, these same advantages can become a double-edged sword. The ease of spinning up new resources, automating deployments, and expanding services across regionsall of which make the cloud so powerfulcan quickly lead to sprawling infrastructure and runaway costs if not carefully managed.

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Reciprocity

APRIL 30, 2025

Organizations are breaking free from reactive compliance cycles by adopting future-proof GRC strategies that balance current requirements with adaptability to change. By implementing scalable control frameworks, integrated governance, centralized data, automation, and continuous monitoring, companies transform GRC from a burden into a strategic advantage that reduces risk while supporting growth.

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 30, 2025

There had been a major delay in making the new book available, but it is ready now: U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century. [link] It is available in several formats – hard copy, paper back, and electronic.

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Pure Storage

MAY 1, 2025

From Evergreen to FlashArray//RC20: Innovation Flies Again by Pure Storage Blog Summary FlashArray//RC20 is a capacity-optimized entry-level enterprise storage array built using renewed and brand-new components. Made possible by Evergreen, FlashArray//RC20 showcases our engineering discipline, customer-first design, and strategic reuse model. Picture this: A rocket that lands itself, gets refueled, and launches againreliably, and more affordably than ever before.

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Speaker: Erroll Amacker

Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.

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PagerDuty

APRIL 28, 2025

Downtime isn’t just an inconvenienceit’s a revenue killer that can cost millions and shatter customer trust. While critical incidents pile up in ticketing queues, support teams drown in manual triage, racing against time to spot fires before they become infernos. Enter the PagerDuty Operations Cloud + ServiceNow integration. ServiceNow excels as a system of record a requirement for many large enterprises providing best-in-class ITSM capabilities for tracking and compliance.

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KingsBridge BCP

MAY 1, 2025

5 Steps to Build a BCP Business Continuity Plan You know you need a BCPbusiness continuity planbut where do you start? While understanding what a Business Continuity BCP is lays the foundation, this guide focuses on what comes next: the steps to build one. Whether youre creating a BCP from scratch or improving your current […] The post BCP Business Continuity Plan: 5 Steps to Build Yours appeared first on KingsBridgeBCP.

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Constellation

MAY 1, 2025

Consumers value sustainable e-commerce when they are deciding where to buy. 85% of consumers have changed where they purchase products in the last five years, favoring online retailers with more eco-friendly e-commerce practices. The post 8 Tips for Sustainable E-commerce appeared first on Constellation Residential and Small Business Blog.

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DRI Drive

MAY 2, 2025

As the leading nonprofit helping organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies ongroups that promote greater resiliency. We encourage our Certified Professionals to support these valuable partners. Business Resiliency Professionals of Wisconsin On May 8, BRPW will host An Introduction to Adaptive Business Continuity with Mark Armour online; on […] The post Collaborative Partner Spotlight: Summer 2025 appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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PagerDuty

MAY 1, 2025

PagerDuty is committed to redefining what digital operations look like in the era of AI and automation. This vision drives us to continuously innovate and enhance the PagerDuty Operations Cloud, ensuring every update brings our customers closer to achieving operational excellence. Building on the momentum of our Spring product launch at PagerDuty On Tour , were excited to showcase what weve shipped this quarter.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 29, 2025

The State of 5G: New Report Takes Telecom Industry Pulse by Pure Storage Blog Summary A recent survey of telco executives revealed that there is still work to do when it comes to achieving 5G success. At the same time, however, a brighter future is ahead, with 6G on the horizon in a few years. The journey to 5G has followed the classic technology hype cycle, with early inflated expectations giving way to a more realistic assessment and some disappointment.

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NexusTek

MAY 2, 2025

How Do You Know Youre Ready for AI Readiness? May 2, 2025 Jay Cuthrell Chief Product Officer Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming businesses of every size, creating a $4.4 trillion opportunity in productivity growth. But as AI adoption accelerates, a new challenge is emerging: AI readiness. Implementing AI isnt just about having the latest toolsits about ensuring your organization has the right foundation to support, scale, and secure AI-driven initiatives.

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Solutions Review

MAY 2, 2025

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of May 2, 2025. 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 st

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Reciprocity

MAY 2, 2025

Overview The University of Alaska system faced unique challenges in implementing a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program across its vastly dispersed campuses. With millions of miles of coastline, connectivity challenges, and a decentralized organizational structure, establishing a cohesive GRC function required careful planning and the right technology partner.

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Pure Storage

MAY 2, 2025

Unlocking Business Potential through Expert Data Consultation by Pure Storage Blog Summary Through the Consult phase, Pure Storage Advanced Services helps organizations develop a clear, structured transformation strategy that reduces risks, enhances efficiency, and aligns with long-term growth objectives. Data is the cornerstone of innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage.

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Security Industry Association

APRIL 29, 2025

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member AURA offers a technology platform that makes emergency response services more accessible and affordable. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with its U.S. operations based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area; national footprints in South Africa and the United Kingdom and additional operations in other parts of Africa.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 28, 2025

In this weeks bulletin, Charlie discusses deepfakes and how organisations can be better prepared for them. Images, throughout history, have been used to tell stories and to emphasise their importance and to flatter individuals or to mock and belittle them. Deepfakes are the modern manifest of this trend. Next week, I am going to be taking part in Databarracks wargame entitled Defending Deepfaked and Disinformation, and so I thought in todays bulletin I would share a few of my thoughts on the sub

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During a crisis, successful organizations are led by strong leaders who communicate continuously with all stakeholders and have plans that are flexible enough to allow changes to be made on the fly. What You'll Learn: Understanding the characteristics of actionable business continuity plans. Step-by-step guidance on building robust and adaptable BCPs.

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Reciprocity

APRIL 29, 2025

Understanding the relationships between Governance, Risk, and Compliance is essential for organizations, as these three distinct pillarsoften collectively referred to as “GRC”must each be fully addressed and integrated; neglecting any single component compromises the entire structure. While each component serves a distinct purpose, their integration creates a powerful foundation for organizational resilience and success.

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Recovery Diva

MAY 2, 2025

From HS Today: President Trump Appoints New Members to Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council President Donald J. Trump has appointed several new members to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council, a bipartisan group tasked with reforming and streamlining the nations emergency management and disaster response system, according to a press release on April 28.

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Security Industry Association

APRIL 29, 2025

Security can now be smart, proactive and preventative Jody Russell is a senior solutions engineer at Ambient.ai. For decades, security has been built around static cameras, door and motion sensors, and access control systems that rely on predefined triggers. These systems, though, do not understand context. They just detect movement, record activity, and sound alarms, flooding security teams with false positives and forcing human operators to filter through the noise.

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Security Industry Association

MAY 1, 2025

Adam Stahl of the Transportation Security Administration will offer expert insights at SIAs public policy and government security technology conference, happening May 20-21 in Washington, D.C. SILVER SPRING, Md. The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced Adam Stahl of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as the opening keynote speaker for the 2025 SIA GovSummit , SIAs annual public policy and government security technology conference.

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Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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