June, 2018

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Nurses Reaching Out celebrates its new status as a UK registered charity 

Crisis Response Journal

On June 8, 2018 Nurses Reaching out (NRO) held a celebration event to launch its new status as a UK registered charity at the Anise Bar in London’s Cinnamon Kitchen, writes Brian Dillon.

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Majority of Businesses View GDPR as Opportunity to Improve Data Privacy and Security

Behavior Group

A study from IBM reveals that nearly 60 percent of organizations surveyed are embracing the GDPR as an opportunity to improve privacy, security, data management or as catalyst for new business models, rather than simply a compliance issue or impediment. Improve Data Privacy and Security, incident response The study indicated that the majority of companies… Continue reading.

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Smile: You’re on Candid Camera! Facial Recognition Comes of Age

Marketpoint Recall

AR, VR, autonomous cars are three technologies that once seemed like futuristic science fiction, yet they are mainstream today. Facial recognition is another amazing technology that has arrived on the scene and is dramatically changing how we conduct our personal and professional lives. Singapore’s Changi airport is testing a facial recognition system to expedite travelers.

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PLANNING FOR AN EMERGENCY? DON'T FORGET YOUR VOLUNTEERS

CCEM Strategies

At the 2018 annual Clean Pacific conference in Portland, OR, we attended a session on volunteer planning in oil spill response. The presentation focused on the different types of volunteers that can emerge during an oil spill (affiliated, spontaneous and micro), and how they can be integrated into response planning. The Clean Pacific conference is focused on oil spill response and prevention, but volunteers can be engaged in any type of emergency response—floods, wildfires, earthquakes and acts

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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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AlertMedia Named Austin Best Place To Work Second Year In A Row

Alert Media

The post AlertMedia Named Austin Best Place To Work Second Year In A Row appeared first on AlertMedia.

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The principles of human performance 

Crisis Response Journal

Welcome to the third blog in our Human Performance series, writes Teresa Mullen, and thank you for the feedback to the second blog in this series (if you missed the blogs, you can read them here and here).

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Pressures impacting security pros are up, threats are turning up the heat

Behavior Group

Trustwave released the 2018 Security Pressures Report based on a global survey of 1,600 full-time IT professionals who are security decision makers or security influencers within their organization. threats are turning up, managed security, security pressures, security services Findings show that a majority of IT and cybersecurity professionals experienced increased pressures in 2017 when compared… Continue reading.

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Peter Gillett - CEO of Zuant & Marketpoint Recall Interview

Marketpoint Recall

“ Always set much higher sales goals than anyone else thinks you could achieve or the business will be able to handle. ” Peter Gillett is CEO of Zuant where he drives product development and client roll-outs of the company’s award-winning mobile lead capture app across US corporations. He is also CEO of Marketpoint Recall, a global recall and crisis management company.

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The A to E of cyber maturity

SRM

In a recent report, the Philippine government’s Department of Information and Communications Technology (created in 2016) outlined a scale of cyber resilience based on an A to E grading system. With ‘A’ being the most robust in terms of cyber security maturity and ‘E’ being the weakest, it put the Philippines in class D. The reasoning behind this grade stems from the fact that they are reactive to attack using only the available tools and technologies.

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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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How Leading Companies Prepare for and Recover from Hurricanes

Alert Media

The post How Leading Companies Prepare for and Recover from Hurricanes appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Business Continuity and Culture

Plan B Consulting

After spending this week in South Africa, Charlie shares his thoughts on the impact of culture on business continuity. This week I have been teaching MSc students in South Africa and I thought I would share my views on how business continuity can be affected by the culture of the country. I was only in the country for four days, so my impression was perhaps a little superficial and I may not have got my perceptions quite right.

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S2, Episode 8 - Tuba Gursoy

The Business Continuity Podcast

Inspired by the stories we heard from Katherine Corbishley earlier in the season, we spoke to hospitality veteran Tuba Gursoy to find out what we can learn from someone working at the coal-face, in an industry where dealing with incidents and difficult situations is an everyday occurrence. Inspired by the stories we heard from Katherine Corbishley earlier in the season, we spoke to hospitality veteran Tuba Gursoy to find out what we can learn from someone working at the coal-face, in an industry

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Why You Should Conduct Risk Assessments Before Buying New Cybersecurity Products

Behavior Group

Don’t spend big money on that next cybersecurity product until you’ve checked these boxes first. Conduct Risk Assessments, denial of service attack The worldwide market for cybersecurity products and services will surpass $95 billion this year, according to Gartner. That’s a staggering amount of money, and it represents an ­8­ percent increase in the size… Continue reading.

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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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Your Recall Task Force

Marketpoint Recall

Your Recall Task Force These are the people who jump into action in the event of a crisis. Your recall task force are the inside experts to help guide through every aspect of the product recall. Their overall knowledge of the company and the recall process is imperative to ensure that a product recall is handled efficiently, effectively and with minimal brand damage.

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Multi Cloud Resilience with Veritas and AWS

VOX Veritas

Veritas Resiliency Platform keeps you in control.

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KNOW. ACQUIRE. PREPARE: HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AN EMERGENCY

CCEM Strategies

Public perception often places government at the core of emergency management and planning. And while this is largely true, it doesn’t necessarily represent the full picture of emergency preparedness in Canada. With wildfire season upon us, it’s time to break down the responsibilities of emergency management - your business included. Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens.

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Is social media changing?

Plan B Consulting

With the recent Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal influencing new restrictions surrounding social media platforms, I consider whether the use of social media during incidents will change. Over the last few weeks we have seen the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data scandal unfolding. The incident led to Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testifying before members of Congress and answering questions on privacy, data mining and regulations.

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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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Business Continuity and Culture

Plan B Consulting

After spending this week in South Africa, Charlie shares his thoughts on the impact of culture on business continuity. This week I have been teaching MSc students in South Africa and I thought I would share my views on how business continuity can be affected by the culture of the country. I was only in the country for four days, so my impression was perhaps a little superficial and I may not have got my perceptions quite right.

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What CISOs can learn from Tyrion on Game of Thrones

Behavior Group

Game of Thrones is a gripping, global phenomenon. One of the main reasons for its popularity is its nuanced portrayal of characters who are not 100% good or evil. CISOs, game of thrones Over seven seasons, the HBO show has spun a complex web of personas. Some reveal their motivations and fears, often at perilous… Continue reading. The post What CISOs can learn from Tyrion on Game of Thrones appeared first on Behaviour Portugal.

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Scammers are using GDPR email alerts to conduct phishing attacks

Behavior Group

Malicious actors posing as well-known businesses using the guise of GDPR to steal personal data. conduct phishing attacks, GDPR, dpo, data protection Threat detection specialists have uncovered a new trend of malicious actors using GDPR compliance as a cover to target businesses with email phishing attacks. Hackers, according to cyber security company Redscan, are impersonating… Continue reading.

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How To Measure Sales Fitness

Marketpoint Recall

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Sure new technologies in other industries can be a little daunting. Think about: AI, robotics, autonomous driving, Uber flying taxis, Amazon delivery drones.

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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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What Does Facial Recognition Tech Mean for Marketing?

Marketpoint Recall

Panos Moutafis, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and President of Zenus Inc., which specializes in facial recognition systems for multiple applications. A computer scientist by trade, he is well-known for his work ethic, diligence, and persistence. I caught up with him over breakfast in Houston recently, keen to discover if facial recognition technology could become mainstream, or sit on the fringes like many other great ideas such as RFID and iBeacons.

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Reclaim your weekends with Resiliency Platform

VOX Veritas

Resiliency Platform allows organization to automate the resiliency of their business services. Spend the weekends with the family rather than in the data center.

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Veritas Appliances receive ENERGY STAR certification

VOX Veritas

Combining Corporate Responsibility with innovative data management solutions, the Veritas Manufacturing and Supply Chain team worked closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partners to attain ENERGY STAR certification for NetBackup 5340, Access 3340, and Flex 5340 appliances.

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“Peace in our time” – Donald and Kim: A Crisis Communications View

Plan B Consulting

Following the first summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, Charlie outlines how crisis communications can be used effectively to manage an incident and meet the expectations of stakeholders. There was no doubt that the meeting between President Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un was historic, but the debate surrounded how successful it was.

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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