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Trouble in FL

Recovery Diva

From HSNewsWire: As Trump Mulls His FEMA Pick, a Political Land Mine Awaits in Florida. “Florida may also present Trump with one of his thorniest political challenges: FEMA is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elects favorite state.

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Crisis Management for Education: A Comprehensive Guide

BryghtPath

Discover the vital components of a robust Crisis Management for Education strategy, ensuring safety, reducing risks, & supporting your school community in times of crisis. Learn key steps to effective preparedness, response & recovery. The post Crisis Management for Education: A Comprehensive Guide appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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DRI International Releases 10th Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report

DRI Drive

Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience education and certification has published its Tenth Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report. The report provides an independent analysis of current and emerging risks as viewed by those directly involved in resilience management. Supported by the DRI Future Vision Committee (FVC), […] The post DRI International Releases 10th Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report ap

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Artificial [Un]intelligence and Disaster Management

Emergency Planning

There is currently intense interest in the possible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the management of disasters. To what extent is this a real prospect or, alternatively, the fascination of the shiny new toy that soon will be discarded? To begin with, there are two major arguments against artificial intelligence in its current form. One should note in passing that it is not a new concept but one that has only recently begun to impinge seriously on popular consciousness.

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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Lewin’s 3 Stage Model of Change Explained

BMC

Change behaviorhow humans accept, embrace, and perform changeis the core of modern change management. ITSM frameworks incorporate various approaches to change management, but one started it all: Kurt Lewins 3 Stage Model of Change. Lewins Model of Change Lewins model was developed by a pioneering psychologist in the field of social and organizational psychology in the face of change.

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Announcing the 2025 DRI Awards of Excellence Finalists!

DRI Drive

Each year, the DRI International Awards of Excellence program honors the leaders and innovators in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. Were pleased to announce this year’s finalists! Consultant of the Year Javed Abbasi, MBCP – GISBA Quinn Einck, CBCP – BDO Lisa Jones, MBCP – Control Risks Newcomer […] The post Announcing the 2025 DRI Awards of Excellence Finalists!

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Trust the Source: Why Authenticating Video Data Is Essential

Security Industry Association

Jason Crawforth is the CEO of SWEAR. Weve lived it. Weve experienced it firsthand. Artificial intelligence (AI) has had a big impact on the video surveillance and security sectors over the past year automating tasks such as threat detection, object recognition and predictive analytics with better accuracy than ever. These advancements have been essential tools to help empower security teams.

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Questions re FL 2025 Hurricane Planning

Recovery Diva

From the Florida Phoenix: Florida should use next six months to prepare for the 2025 hurricane season. Next years storms will likely be just as powerful as this years, but the Legislature says we cant talk about why.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data by Pure Storage Blog Summary Cyber extortion is a type of cybercrime thats surging. While these types of attacks can have dire and expensive consequences, taking preventative measures can help you reduce risk and safeguard your digital assets. Cyber extortion is a malicious practice where attackers threaten individuals or organizations with digital harmsuch as data breaches, denial of service attacks, or exposure of sensitive informationunless

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

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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Webinar: The RMM Roadmap to Clarity & Confidence

LogisManager

Webinar: The RMM Roadmap to Clarity & Confidence Duration: 50 Minutes What if you could eliminate uncertainty in your role and confidently connect your work to leadership priorities? In this engaging webinar, join Alyssa Pries, Customer Advocate at LogicManager, and Steven Minsky, Founder & CEO of LogicManager, as they guide you through the Risk Maturity Model (RMM) framework.

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What is COBIT? COBIT Explained

BMC

IT management abounds with best practice frameworks. These frameworks offer philosophies and tangible paths forward to improve cost and resource management, measure risk, speed up customer service, and innovate analysis through predictive methods. COBIT is one such best practice framework, but its scope is unique from most frameworks in that it focuses narrowly on security, risk management, and governance.

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Following Recent Incidents, U.S. House of Representatives Examines Counterdrone Protections

Security Industry Association

Top security industry takeaways from House Homeland Security Committee Hearing Safeguarding the Homeland From Unmanned Aerial Systems On Dec. 10, 2024, the House Homeland Security Committee held a joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence and Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security entitled Safeguarding the Homeland from Unmanned Aerial Systems.

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National Geographic on AI

Recovery Diva

The Diva was especially interested in the group of articles titled AI: Welcome to the New Age of Discovery, in the November issue of National Geographic. Most of the articles are of general interest, but there is one titled How AI will Help Predict Natural Disasters. Note: the video version linked above is different from the print version.

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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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Why Storage Is the Unsung Hero for AI

Pure Storage

Why Storage Is the Unsung Hero for AI by Pure Storage Blog Summary Storage is the backbone of AI, but as model complexity and data intensity increase, traditional storage systems cant keep pace. Agile, high-performance storage platforms are critical to support AIs unique and evolving demands. In the race toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), storage technology is setting the pace.

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A year in review: Acronis innovations and cybersecurity enhancements in 2024

Acronis

Over the last 12 months, the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud platform has expanded significantly with new solutions, features and capabilities to empower MSPs. In this blog, we take a look at whats new with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud in 2024.

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The Role of GRC Software in FedRAMP Compliance: Essential Features and Benefits 

Reciprocity

Achieving and maintaining FedRAMP compliance involves managing hundreds of security controls, extensive documentation, and continuous monitoring requirements. Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software has become an essential tool for organizations navigating this complex landscape. Let’s explore how the right GRC solution can streamline your FedRAMP compliance journey.

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What Is GRC? Governance, Risk, and Compliance Explained

BMC

Any organization seeking to meet its business objectives continues to face a myriad of challenges owing to the ever-changing complexity of the business environment: Regulation (e.g. SOX , HIPAA , GDPR, PCI-DSS ,) People (diversity, millennials, skills gap , etc.) Technology ( IoT , AI ) Processes Many more aspects For this reason, there is an increasing need for enterprises to put in place mechanics to ensure that the business can successfully ride the wave of these complexities.

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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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Why Disaster Survivors Feel the Government Has Failed Them

Recovery Diva

From the Wash Post: Why disaster survivors feel the Government has failed them. “The political hurdles exemplify what disaster survivors across the country say is a broken system one that forces them to wait for months or years before significant government help arrives, leaving many to rely on fundraising appeals or community aid until state or federal money starts flowing.

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Assessing Ransomware Risk with the Pure Storage Security Assessment

Pure Storage

Assessing Ransomware Risk with the Pure Storage Security Assessment by Pure Storage Blog Summary The Pure Storage Security Assessment is a comprehensive evaluation tool that helps organizations identify and address vulnerabilities in their storage environment and offers actionable steps to help them reduce exposure to threats. Ransomware is rapidly becoming one of the most pervasive and costly cyber threats facing businesses today.

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Introducing Acronis Security Posture Management for Microsoft 365

Acronis

The new Acronis Security Posture Management for Microsoft 365, part of Acronis Management, applies best practices to efficiently manage Microsoft 365 security posture and users across multiple clients.

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Introducing the Zerto Cloud Vault

Zerto

As the cyber threat landscape grows more complex, organizations are realizing that data protection and confidence in cyber recovery solutions are critical for surviving an attack. Most data protection solutions were not designed with cyber recovery as their primary focus. A recent IDC white paper, sponsored by Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company The State of Disaster Recovery and Cyber Recovery, 20242025: Factoring in AI reveals that organizations often pay ransoms not because backups ar

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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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Distrust of FEMA in NC

Recovery Diva

From the Wash Post: Some N.C. residents distrust FEMA so much theyre hesitant to apply for hurricane aid.

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The Crucial Role of Data Forensics in Post-cyberattack Recovery

Pure Storage

The Crucial Role of Data Forensics in Post-cyberattack Recovery by Pure Storage Blog Summary After a cyberattack, data forensics plays an important part in not only enabling you to dig deeper into what happened but also helping prevent being attacked again. Imagine coming home to find someone has broken into your house. Your first reaction is to make sure its safe to go inside.

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What is an IT service desk support? An extensive guide for MSPs

Acronis

Understand the difference between service desk support and help desk support and what are the benefits of using each one. Lean about the factors to consider when selecting the right software for your MSP or IT department.

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Elevating Your Business Continuity Posture: 2025 Business Continuity Resolutions

BryghtPath

In today’s volatile world, businesses face an ever-evolving landscape of risks, from cyberattacks and supply chain disruptions to natural disasters. A recent PWC survey highlights a stark reality: many organizations have recently experienced disruptions, emphasizing the need for a robust business continuity plan. Think of annual business continuity resolutions as a strategic health check for … The post Elevating Your Business Continuity Posture: 2025 Business Continuity Resolutions a

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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