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Staff Learn to Fight Wildfires with Legislation

Recovery Diva

From HSN: Congressional Staff Learn to Fight Wildfires with Legislation. “Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment recently hosted a first-of-its-kind “boot camp” in which congressional staffers got a crash course from experts in climate, forestry, fire science, utilities, insurance, and other wildfire-related topics.

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Election cybersecurity: Why businesses are at risk, too

Acronis

Election cybersecurity is not just about protecting voting machines. With emotions running high, people are the ultimate targets.

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Russia Is Riding an Anti-Colonial Wave Across Africa

The Rand Blog

Modern authoritarian regimes exploit anti-colonial rhetoric to advance their own geopolitical agendas and undermine Western influence. Unlike the genuine anti-colonial movements of the Cold War, today's wave is driven by opportunistic regimes using propaganda and disinformation to inflame grievances and distract from their own interventionist actions.

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Context is Key – For Both People and Artificial Intelligence

Security Industry Association

Multimodal systems can make the leap from identifying to understanding Jonathan Wender, Ph.D., is the president and CEO of Polis Solutions. A group of people rushes into a store and coordinates to quickly steal a large amount of high-value merchandise. A belligerent hotel guest confronts and threatens a front desk clerk working alone late at night. A security officer at a large office park finds an intoxicated, mentally ill trespasser wandering around a parking garage.

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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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Is AI Threatening Health Care Jobs? Or Just Changing Them?

The Rand Blog

Are artificial intelligence (AI)–based chatbots coming for your health care job? As with any new technology, fears over potential unintended consequences of AI abound, but haven't been realized—for now.

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Mastering cybersecurity preparedness with Everbridge

everbridge

Cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated and frequent, posing significant risks to business operations, financial stability, and reputational integrity. For modern organizations, cybersecurity preparedness is not just a strategic advantage, but a critical necessity. Everbridge, a leader in critical event management, offers a comprehensive approach to cyberattack prevention that transforms how businesses respond to and recover from cyber incidents.

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Introducing PagerDuty Commons: Our New Community for Digital Operations Enthusiasts by Xenda Amici

PagerDuty

Whether you’re building an incident workflow, a CI/CD pipeline and need help with an issue, integrating PagerDuty with monitoring tools and want to check out best practices, or just finished tackling a critical incident and could use some time to relax and chat with fellow digital operations professionals that understand your challenges, PagerDuty Commons is the place for you.

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Creating an Effective Emergency Response Plan for Universities: A Step-by-Step Guide

BCP Builder

Universities are dynamic environments that face a wide range of potential emergencies, from natural disasters to security threats. A well-crafted emergency response plan is essential for ensuring the safety of students, staff, and faculty, while also minimizing disruptions to university operations. Developing a robust emergency response plan involves thorough preparation, coordination, and ongoing training.