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Profile of FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell

Recovery Diva

From CNN.com: How Deanne Criswell blazed a trail from fighting fires to running FEMA. An excerpt: “She joined FEMA during the Obama administration, helping to oversee the agency’s response to natural disasters across the country. In 2019, she became the first woman to lead New York City’s Emergency Management Department, where — less than a year into the job — she helped navigate the city through the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Rebroadcast: Space Weather Warnings

Disaster Zone Podcast

A recent cascade of solar flares and coronal mass ejections has ignited vibrant auroras, stretching as far south as Alabama and Northern California. However, alongside this spectacle comes the potential for disruptions to Earth's communications systems throughout the upcoming weekend. This special rebroadcast episode covers "space weather". Everyone is familiar with the functions of the National Weather Service (NWS) and its role in forecasting the weather here on earth.

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Emerging Threats to Financial Markets

The Rand Blog

The greatest danger to the U.S. financial system is the constant assault on reality—the deepfake videos and manipulated AI—that could weaken the system over time. It will be slow, but it will be steady and hard to stop—more like financial climate change.

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A Deming Cycle Approach to Business Continuity Strategy

Alert Media

Build your business continuity strategy with a Design-Test-Reflect-Iterate approach to ensure adaptability and effectiveness against various hazards.

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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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Terraform vs. Docker: What’s the Difference? 

Pure Storage

Terraform vs. Docker: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog Building and managing infrastructure is a complex but essential task for modern applications. Thankfully, innovative tools like Terraform and Docker, each with its own strengths, are available to simplify these processes. Terraform and Docker have become indispensable for DevOps, offering unique solutions to streamline processes, optimize resources, and enhance scalability.

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How CISOs Can Reduce Third-party Attack Vectors

Pure Storage

How CISOs Can Reduce Third-party Attack Vectors by Pure Storage Blog Cybercrime is regularly in the news, but in recent years, many reports of hacks and breaches include references to third-party software or the “digital supply chain.” The last year has seen such attacks hit Bank of America , Home Depot, T-Mobile , Okta , and Citrix. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2023 data breach report , incidents directed through supply chain vectors reached an all-time high in 2023, affect

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National Security Memorandum 20 and the Challenge of Operational End-Use Monitoring

The Rand Blog

The U.S. Department of Defense's internal efforts to address civilian harm due to U.S. military operations should be closely integrated with the goal of increasing accountability in arms transfer decisions. Making conditions associated with the transfer of U.S. arms more explicit is an important first step in being able to enforce them.

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Terraform vs. Docker: What’s the Difference? 

Pure Storage

Terraform vs. Docker: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog Building and managing infrastructure is a complex but essential task for modern applications. Thankfully, innovative tools like Terraform and Docker, each with its own strengths, are available to simplify these processes. Terraform and Docker have become indispensable for DevOps, offering unique solutions to streamline processes, optimize resources, and enhance scalability.

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Crowning Achievement? Kaan and Turkey's Defense-Industrial Achievements

The Rand Blog

In February, Turkey successfully completed the maiden test flight of its prototype Kaan fighter, the culmination of long-term investment in the country's defense technology and industrial base. But Turkey clearly has more development and testing work to do if Kaan is to reach its potential.

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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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CEF’s Dreams and Disruptions Game Won the APF IF 2023 Awards!

Engaged Foresight

The Center For Engaged Foresight won the Most Significant Futures Work at the 2023 APF IF Awards for games, inclusive. This recognition is not just an award—it’s a testament to the vision, creativity, and passion that went into this project.

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7 Pure Partner Leaders Celebrated by CRN

Pure Storage

7 Pure Partner Leaders Celebrated by CRN by Pure Storage Blog I am thrilled to spotlight our Pure Storage partner leaders who have been recognized by CRN as Women of the Channel 2024. Each has made a significant impact at Pure and in the broader technology and channel communities. I am very proud to work with them as they drive innovation to empower our partner community.