November, 2023

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The Importance of Emergency Communications

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Emergency Response Breakdowns put Maui Police at Risk.

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U.S. Climate Assessment: How Extreme Weather Will Impact You

DRI Drive

The latest U.S. climate assessment has familiar warnings for areas of the country most affected by extreme weather, along with new information that can help prepare for increasing threats. The Fifth National Climate Assessment, a congressional report released every five years, has been released. First, the good news: “Across the country, efforts to adapt to […] The post U.S.

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Crisis Communication Examples – The Good and the…Not So Good

Bernstein Crisis Management

Crisis Communication Examples – The Good and the…Not So Good In the realm of public relations and brand management, crisis communication plays a critical role. A well-handled crisis can significantly mitigate damage to a brand’s reputation, while a poorly managed one can amplify the negative impact. This post will explore some notable crisis communication examples from well-known brands in recent years, highlighting both effective and…let’s just say “not so ef

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Artificial Intelligence: A Dooms Day Risk?

Disaster Zone

Which will it be: a boon to how we interact with technology or technology run amuck?

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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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Pure Storage Is Once Again A Leader in the Distributed File and Object Storage Market

Pure Storage

Pure Storage Is Once Again A Leader in the Distributed File and Object Storage Market by Pure Storage Blog We’re proud to announce that for the third year in a row, Pure Storage has been named A Leader in the 2023 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage! Being recognized as A Leader in the Gartner ® Magic Quadrant™ is not just about technology; it’s about consistently delivering value and innovation to our customers.

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Post-Covid Effects on College Towns

Recovery Diva

From The Conversation: How the pandemic permanently altered college towns

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Event Spotlight: DRI’s One-Day Conference at NYU

DRI Drive

By Diego Robledo, CGA Graduate Vice President of ESG, Santander Corporate and Investment Banking The swift advancement of emerging technologies is paralleled by a proportional rise in their vulnerabilities. As the digital frontier advances, cyber resilience emerges as a beacon, shielding corporations and governments against multifaceted crises and escalating risk trends.

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Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List

Bernstein Crisis Management

Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List In a competitive market regularly impacted by events which disrupt the ability to operate, a volatile social climate, and rapidly shifting consumer expectations, what separates businesses that thrive and those that struggle is often their preparedness for crises. Crisis management planning is the strategic process of preparing for situations can threaten to interrupt reputation, operations, or the financial bottom line.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Gaming Cybersecurity Training

Disaster Zone

A different approach to training teams on cybersecurity.

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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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The Vajont Dam Disaster, Sixty Years On

Emergency Planning

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA Vajont is located about 100 km due north of Venice in the eastern extension of the Italian Dolomite Mountains, a part of the Alpine arc. It is also situated on the boundary between the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli Venezia-Giulia. The Vajont valley is an eastern lateral tributary to the Piave River, which flows into the Adriatic Sea northeast of the Venetian lagoon.

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A Sampling of Drone Policy in the USA

Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast we examine the current status of policies and best practices associated with non-military drone operations here in the United States. The podcast guest is Dr. Gloria Totoricaguena, a former university professor at Stanford University and University of Nevada, Reno, and now a policy consultant in Idaho. Her clients and projects in Idaho have included the ID Office of Emergency Management and its creation of a statewide Public Safety Communications Commission, in addition to its co

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New FEMA Guidance on Cyber Incidents

Recovery Diva

Planning Considerations for Cyber Incidents; Guidance for Emergency Managers. (57 pp).November 2023. The purpose of the document follows: Emergency management personnel play a central role in preparing for and responding to cyber incidents in their jurisdictions. Although emergency managers are not expected to be technical experts on cyber incidents, they do need to understand and prepare for the potential impacts of a cyber incident on their communities as well as on their emergency operations.

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Collaborative Partner Organization Spotlight: Holiday Edition

DRI Drive

As the leading nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on a wide network of partner organizations who share that mission and promote greater resiliency. DRI encourages Certified Professionals to actively support these valuable partner organizations. Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) New York: ISACA NYC’s […] The post Collaborative Partner Organization Spotlight: Holiday Edition appeared first on DRI Driv

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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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Choosing the Right Crisis Management Agency

Bernstein Crisis Management

Choosing the Right Crisis Management Agency In modern business having a reliable crisis management agency by your side is not just a safety net; it’s a strategic necessity. Whether you’re dealing with a PR fiasco, a legal challenge, or a social media mishap, the right agency can be the difference between a quietly resolved issue and a full-blown corporate catastrophe.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: The 10 R's of Crisis Management

Disaster Zone

Many a crisis has gone worse due to the public relations response.

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Lifecycle Management of Azure VMware Solution with Pure Cloud Block Store

Pure Storage

Lifecycle Management of Azure VMware Solution with Pure Cloud Block Store by Pure Storage Blog In our previous blog about Azure VMware Solution (AVS) and Pure Cloud Block Store ™ , we covered how to initialize the integration between an AVS private cloud cluster and Pure Cloud Block Store array. This blog focuses on the integration lifecycle management of AVS hosts, by leveraging Azure native resources to continuously monitor and automate the configured state of the storage provisioned.

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Gaming Cybersecurity Training

Disaster Zone Podcast

Cybersecurity training could seem as exciting as watching paint dry. However, the Idaho National Lab has found a way to make such training much more interesting. In this podcast I interview Jeff Hahn who is the project manager and Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Engineer at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). He leads the Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) training aligned with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

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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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VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 Recap

Zerto

Freshly back from the enchanting city of Barcelona, I’m already counting down the days until next year’s VMware Explore. Undoubtedly, VMware Explore stands out as one of my favorite events of the year. Zerto has etched its name in history with its swift RPOs and RTOs , showcasing its best-in-breed metrics that continue to impress our VMware customers even today.

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US Agencies Sound the Alert on Critical Infrastructure Resilience

DRI Drive

With critical national infrastructure (CNI) under constant and evolving cyber threats, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is heading up a new initiative to harden systems ahead of a disruption. November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, and CISA has launched its new “Shields Ready” campaign, developed with the Department of Homeland Security […] The post US Agencies Sound the Alert on Critical Infrastructure Resilience appeared first on DRI

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Three Education Sessions You Won’t Want to Miss at ISC East

Security Industry Association

ISC East 2023 is coming up Nov. 14-16 in New York City, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC East recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC East program , including keynote presentations from top luminaries and over 40 sessions from top industry expert speakers on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments.

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An Amazing Record of Safety — Air Travel

Disaster Zone

Close calls, but no major crashes.

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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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For Healthcare IT Challenges, Storage Subscriptions Could Be the Cure

Pure Storage

For Healthcare IT Challenges, Storage Subscriptions Could Be the Cure by Pure Storage Blog This year’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo theme of “Unleash Possibility” was fitting as all of us in IT collectively rebound from an intense few years and recalibrate for what’s next. No industry knows this better than the healthcare sector, which has faced rapid digital transformation and tight budgets, all while striving to improve patient outcomes.

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Idaho Office of Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

Each state emergency management agency has many commonalities and also differences. In this podcast, Brad Richy the Director of the Idaho Office of Emergency Management is interviewed. As the Director, he is responsible for Idaho’s emergency preparedness and response planning in support of the Idaho Homeland Security and Emergency Management Strategies.

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Scary DR Stories 2023 Recap

Zerto

On Halloween, we hosted our 8th annual Scary DR Stories where we heard from real customers about real IT nightmares in their past. This year we had three spine-tingling tales that covered everything from hardware failures and human errors to ominous outages, monstrous migrations, and a blindsiding bioterrorism attack! After customers shared their stories, we delved into the depths of how Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, makes a difference for their organizations and why you should bu

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Collaborative Partner News: Nov. 7, 2023

DRI Drive

As the leading nonprofit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on a wide network of partner organizations who share that mission and promote greater resiliency. DRI encourages Certified Professionals to actively support these valuable partner organizations. Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) New York: ISACA NYC’s […] The post Collaborative Partner News: Nov. 7, 2023 appeared first on DRI Drive.

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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