DRI Drive

JANUARY 7, 2025

New York, NY Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, has published its 10th Annual Predictions Report resilience predictions for the profession, by the profession. The report provides an in-depth look ahead to major global issues that resilience professionals may deal with in the coming year. […] The post DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 202

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Pure Storage

JANUARY 8, 2025

Downtime Will Cost You: Why DRaaS Is No Longer Optional by Pure Storage Blog Summary Unforeseen disruptions like natural disasters, cyberattacks, or hardware failures can pose a significant threat to companies and their financial and reputational health. Investing in disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) can help businesses stay resilient. In todays digital economy, constant uptime is crucial to maintaining productivity, revenue, and customer trust.

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NexusTek

JANUARY 23, 2025

How Cybercriminals Are Leveraging AI to Build Better Attacks January 23, 2025 Paul Barrett VP, Sales Enablement With decades of experience in the IT and cybersecurity space, Ive had the privilege of guiding midsize businesses through the complexities of an ever-changing technology landscape. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as both a transformative force for innovation and a potent tool for cybercriminals.

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Recovery Diva

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

If you like this site, please donate to help the Diva get the occasional technical support she needs to keep it going. This is the 14th year she has donated her time and resources to provide information about disaster recovery and related topics. Use the Donate Now button in the right hand column. Thank you.

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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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BMC

JANUARY 1, 2025

Jargon permeates the software development industry. Best practices. Artifacts. Scope creep. Many of these terms are so common as to be called overused, and it is easy to assume we understand them because they seem so obvious. Still, we sometimes find new depth when we examine them closely. In this post, let us muse on pattern, and its somewhat lesser known counterpart, the anti-pattern.

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Zerto

JANUARY 16, 2025

In todays hyper-connected digital landscape, downtime is not merely an inconvenienceit is a threat to business survival. From lost revenue to reputational damage, the cost of operational interruptions can be staggering. To navigate these challenges, organizations must adopt a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) strategy. At the heart of any successful DR plan lies a robust networking infrastructure.

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Solutions Review

JANUARY 1, 2025

The editors at Solutions Review have compiled this list of the best Veeam courses and online training for 2020. Veeam Backup & Replication is a data protection and disaster recovery solution for virtual environments of any size. It provides fast, flexible, and reliable recovery of virtualized applications and data. The provider unifies backup and replication in a single solution, increases the value of backup, and reinvents data protection for VMware VSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual env

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AWS Disaster Recovery

JANUARY 23, 2025

Well, its been another historic year! Weve watched in awe as the use of real-world generative AI has changed the tech landscape, and while we at the Architecture Blog happily participated, we also made every effort to stay true to our channels original scope, and your readership this last year has proven that decision was the right one. AI/ML carries itself in the top posts this year, but were also happy to see that foundational topics like resiliency and cost optimization are still of great int

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The aftermath of a major wildfire presents a grim landscape: communities devastated, homes reduced to ash, and recovery teams racing against time to assess the extent of the damage. In the U.S., a preliminary damage assessment supports a request for federal assistance through a Stafford Act Presidential Disaster Declaration. This often involves labor-intensive, on-the-ground fieldwork, requiring significant time and resources.

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KingsBridge BCP

JANUARY 10, 2025

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DRI Drive

JANUARY 6, 2025

New York, NY Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, has published its 10th Annual Predictions Report resilience predictions for the profession, by the profession. The report provides an in-depth look ahead to major global issues that resilience professionals may deal with in the coming year. […] The post DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 202

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Pure Storage

JANUARY 6, 2025

What Are Air Gaps and Are They Effective Data Security Strategies? by Pure Storage Blog This is part one in a series about air gaps and resiliency architectures. Read part two: Without A Tiered Backup Architecture, Are You Truly Resilient? Ransomware attackers are ruthless opportunistsbut that doesnt mean we should make their jobs any easier. Take the attack on Colonial Pipelines back offices.

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NexusTek

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Latest Microsoft Ignite and Im Not Mad About It January 10, 2025 JP Pilkin Vice President, Advanced Solutions Group This years event in Chicago was packed with insights on how Microsoft plans to leverage its massive user base, drive AI adoption, address security challenges, and continue leading innovation in the cloud. Here are my top observations: 1.

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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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Recovery Diva

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Scholars Circle Reforming Federal Emergency Management Agency of USA The Diva was one of three participants i this discussion.

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BMC

JANUARY 5, 2025

No matter your industry, the time will come when you must submit a Request for Proposalknown simply as an RFP. At some point, your company must purchase a product or service from a third-party vendor. The RFP is a solicitationyou ask vendors whether and how they can solve your problem and support your project. Although RFPs are a prevalent standard in the business world, they still lead to a lot of confusion for many.

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LogisManager

JANUARY 14, 2025

Business Process Automation: What It Is and How to Use It Last Updated: January 14, 2025 Business process automation (BPA) is critical in a constantly advancing landscape. With increasing regulatory pressures and a need for operational agility, your role as a risk manager becomes more complex and essential. There’s where BPA steps in as a game-changer, automating processes to save time, reduce costs and enhance efficiency across your organization.

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Zerto

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

With the help of UserEvidence, we recently surveyed more than 100 Zerto users to learn why they purchased their Zerto solution, whats their approach to cyber resilience, and what they are looking for in a cyber vault. Here are some of our key findings. Why our customers purchased Zerto Zerto combines ransomware resilience , disaster recovery , and multi-cloud mobility into one solution.

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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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Security Industry Association

JANUARY 6, 2025

Christa Decker of Whitman, Requardt & Associates and Amy Dunton of Ameristar will oversee the subcommittees efforts to support the protection of crowded spaces, critical infrastructure and government facilities. SILVER SPRING, Md. The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named two industry leaders Christa Decker, vice president of the Protective Design Group at Whitman, Requardt & Associates (WRA), and Amy Dunton, business development specialist at Ameristar to serve as co-chairs o

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Acronis

JANUARY 8, 2025

Acronis has named Gerald Beuchelt as its new CISO. He will play a pivotal role in expanding Acronis' influence in the cybersecurity community. Beuchelt will lead new research, reports and threat intelligence initiatives from the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU).

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 16, 2025

The massive fire catastrophe in LA will be remembered as one of the most devastating disasters in modern U.S. history. Having worked on the prevention of, response to, and recovery from megadisasters for many years, I have watched how the devastation of such events impacts communities and people, especially people with important vulnerabilities like chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, and other conditions, including people who are economically fragile.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In todays bulletin, Charlie looks at the cyber attack that has affected Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and discusses the impacts of the attack. This week, I conducted an exercise with a client in the financial sector. At the end of the exercise, we discussed how long it would take the organisation to recover all its systems after the attack we had used in our scenario.

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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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DRI Drive

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The first accredited emergency center worldwide to receive this DRI accreditation New York, NY February 5, 2025 Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience education and certification, is pleased to announce that The Abu Dhabi Crisis Management Center (ADCMC) has received the DRI accreditation of Resilient Enterprise […] The post DRI International Awards ‘Resilient Enterprise’ Designation to ADCMC appeared first

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Pure Storage

JANUARY 23, 2025

Turning Setbacks into Strengths: How Spring Branch ISD Built Resilience with Pure Storage and Veeam by Pure Storage Blog Summary Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston experienced an unplanned outage. Preparation and planning were key to their recovery, as well as the integrated Pure Storage and Veeam solutions, which enabled them to restore large amounts of data quickly and efficiently.

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NexusTek

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Future of Cybersecurity in 2025: Navigating Challenges for the Midsize Market January 14, 2025 Paul Barrett VP, Sales Enablement The world of cybersecurity is shifting fast, and midsize businessesmaybe like yoursare feeling the pressure. Cyber threats are evolving, becoming sharper and more focused, and the defenses you relied on last year might not be enough to protect you tomorrow.

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Recovery Diva

JANUARY 16, 2025

New Report from the Congressional Research Service: Disaster Relief Fund State of Play: In Brief (15 pp)

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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.

Reciprocity

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Third-party vendor risk begins at onboarding. Manual processes create security gaps through scattered documentation and missed compliance checks. ZenGRC transforms this process with automated workflows and centralized risk assessment, enabling secure vendor relationships from day one. Schedule a demo to see how ZenGRC can strengthen your vendor onboarding process.

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LogisManager

JANUARY 14, 2025

Risks Associated With Business Task Automation and How to Mitigate Them Last Updated: January 14, 2025 If your business is investing in task automation, you’ll benefit from increased efficiency and reduced manual tasks. While business task automation (BTA) offers companies a new way to manage workflows, it also comes with new risks. Risk managers need to understand their IT processes so they can find and prevent security threats for everyone.

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Zerto

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The ability to seamlessly integrate various IT systems and applications is more critical than ever. Organizations need robust solutions that can adapt to their unique environments, ensuring data protection , disaster recovery , and business continuity. Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, stands out in this arena with its powerful integration capabilities.

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