July, 2021

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Why does US policy ignore disaster prevention?

DisasterDoc

Wouldn’t it be great if the US had a policy for preventing the kinds of tragedies that just occurred in Florida? Wouldn’t it be great if “the whole community—from community. The post Why does US policy ignore disaster prevention? appeared first on DisasterDoc.

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21st Century Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems

Disaster Zone Podcast

Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems remain the backbone of communications for first responders across the spectrum of agencies and disciplines. In this Disaster Zone Podcast Todd Perdieu , Vice President of Products and strategy with L3Harris provides information on how LMR systems function. He goes into more depth about the challenges of coordinating radio spectrum issues in the design of new systems.

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Kaseya VSA Security Alert

Scott R. Davis

Updated 7/2/2021 - 17:51 ET. Shortly after 2PM on Friday July 2, 2021 administrators of the Kaseya VSA (Remote Monitoring and Management) Software as a Service began to experience issues where users were locked out and customer agents were receiving scripts to deploy ransomware. By 3PM Kaseya had shut down and placed all cloud servers in maintenance mode and has put out communication for all self-hosted VSA partners to shut down their servers.

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Pandemic effects on crisis responders and emergency planners 

Crisis Response Journal

The pandemic has affected all of us and uncertainty is mentally and emotionally uncomfortable. The last 18 months have been uncertain on a life and death coin toss for some.

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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 Key to Modern Access Control: How Biometric Solutions Can Offer Both Security and Convenience

Security Industry Association

Maria Pihlström, senior global marketing manager, Fingerprints. Meeting the security challenges of modern office environments is a complex and long-standing issue for many organizations. Businesses use a range of enterprise technologies to boost productivity, connect employees, and accommodate a more distributed and flexible workforce. However, with greater flexibility come increasing security demands – both in and outside the office.

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Reduce the Risk from Digital Transformation

Pure Storage

If you’re like most IT professionals, your digital transformation journey has accelerated in the last year. Whether you’re a CIO tasked with managing complex resources; part of the DevOps team that’s leading cultural change; or an application architect specifying compute, storage, and networking requirements; you’re putting data at the center of your business. .

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Building for Disaster Resilience

Disaster Zone Podcast

Building for disaster resilience requires a concerted effort to build disaster resilient buildings with new building materials and siting buildings in the right location to limit the impact of natural hazards. Evan Reis , Executive Director for the US Resiliency Council shares how they are working to improve building codes and construction methods and processes.

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7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails

NexusTek

READ TIME: 5 MIN. July 28, 2021. 7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails. Too often cybersecurity is viewed as an IT cost rather than a business requirement. But the problem with that is: Cybersecurity, and the impacts of a lackluster implementation, is everyone’s problem. The consequences of a successful cyberattack can include: An expensive data breach The average cost was $3.86 million in 2020.

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Call for evidence: A call to arms 

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: Phil Trendall comments on the importance of the call for evidence on the National Resilience Strategy and explores the opportunities that could arise from the process

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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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Getting to Know Us: The Summer Internship Program

Donyati

Eager to recruit the best, Donyati opens its arms every year to aspiring interns. The Summer Internship Program, a key recruiting channel, has grown in just three years from one to 10 interns – and has led to four full-time hires. Running from May to August, the Program offers professional networking, career advancement and guided discovery opportunities.

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MSPs Gain a New Voice with the National Society of IT Service Providers

Acronis

Today was a pivotal day in the history of the service provider channel. The inaugural meeting of the National Society of IT Service Providers (NSITSP) was held to bring the MSP community together and begin the regulation discussion that will help shape the channel for years to come.

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The Year That Changed Security: How the Pandemic Shaped the Use of Technology in 2020 and Going Forward

Security Industry Association

Alan Stoddard, president, Cognyte Software North America. To say that the year 2020 was challenging is a huge understatement. In March of last year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life around the world. Regular business operations and the economy came to a halt. Businesses such as those in retail, stadiums, casinos, hotels and restaurants were particularly hard hit.

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Media’s Use of Drones

Disaster Zone Podcast

One segment of our community that is using drones more and more includes the television media. This podcast is an interview with Greg Thies, News Operations Manager at King Television in Seattle, a NBC affiliate. In this podcast we learn about what the safety and operational protocols are in use to provide the safe operation of drones by the media. There is also information on how they approach working with first responders when they arrive on a disaster site.

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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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Customer Value Story: Planning for the Unexpected

LogisManager

Customer Value Story: Planning for the Unexpected. The pandemic has disrupted operating models of businesses across the globe. Since the beginning of 2020 – and since the launch of our company in 2006 – LogicManager has been working with our clients to help them pivot and prepare. We have over 15 years of experience under our belt of helping customers avoid all sorts of risks and scandals.

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When it all goes wrong, at least get the response right 

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: There are so many ways a kidnapping can go wrong for the victim and the victim’s family, writes Stephen Grossman, so it is vitally important to involve people who have experience in this field

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Facebook Prophet and the Stock Market (Part 1)

Advancing Analytics

Using Facebook’s Prophet library to forecast the FTSE 100 index. By Dan Lantos. Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash This article (part of a short series) aims to introduce the Prophet library, discuss it at a high level and run through a basic example of forecasting the FTSE 100 index. Future articles will discuss exactly how Prophet achieves its results, how to interpret the output and how to improve the model.

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Cyber Security: 8 Steps to Cyber Resilience

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN. July 7, 2021. Cyber Security: 8 Steps to Cyber Resilience. You’ve heard of cyber security, but have you heard of cyber resiliency? Let’s start with definitions: Cybersecurity includes the technologies and measures utilized to thwart cyber threats. Cyber resilience is the ability to maintain business operations despite a cyber attack or breach.

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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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SIA New Member Profile: Credo Cyber Consulting LLC

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Credo Cyber Consulting LLC specializes in cyber and physical security consulting and training, helping organizations build comprehensive security programs rooted in their business objectives. The company is headquartered in the New York metropolitan area and works with regional, national and global accounts.

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New Cellular Service Opportunities for First Responders

Disaster Zone Podcast

T-Mobile is now the second largest wireless carrier in the United States. Their recent merger with Sprint has given them some significant advantages in coverage and emergency and disaster capabilities. This interview is with Craig Martinez, a public safety advisor to T-Mobile with a long background in law enforcement. In the interview we discuss the many strong attributes that T-Mobile now has to support first responder agencies, police and fire—including being able to provide free cellular serv

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Who Are Ransomware Attackers and What Are They After?

Pure Storage

Over July 4 weekend, perhaps the largest global ransomware incident occured. Behind the attack: REvil, a ransomware cyberhacking collective operating out of Russia. The attack hit at least 17 countries and impacted thousands of businesses. Their demand? $70 million in Bitcoin to de-encrypt all the companies’ data at once. . REvil is just one example of today’s sophisticated hackers.

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Protecting livestock in hurricanes 

Crisis Response Journal

Continuing her blog series, Lyzi Cota outlines the dangers for livestock during hurricane season, as well as the potential subsequent floods, and she provides steps for safeguarding animals

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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

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Top 5 Pitfalls of Business Continuity Planning

On Solve

No business is immune to disruption. Organizations across industries are at risk for cyberattacks, natural disasters, workplace violence, supply chain interruptions, mechanical failures and countless other disturbances. Disruptions are often more than a mild inconvenience because they typically cost companies significant money and long-lasting damage to brand reputation.

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Webinar: Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery (BCM&DR) on a Limited Budget

Virtual Corporation

In this session, Michael Beth , Host and BCM Practice Lead for Virtual Corporations Professional Services, shares some ideas on how to manage, grow and mature a BCM&DR program with limited funding and staff.

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What Recurring Monthly Revenue Means for Integrators: As Use of the Cloud Expands, So Do Opportunities for RMR

Security Industry Association

Kim Loy, chief product officer, ACRE. The recurring monthly revenue concept in the security industry was once defined as integrators monitoring and managing monthly contracts with end users. With the increase of cloud-based technology, however, the RMR definition has expanded. Companies no longer just sell systems, they also provide services. With these advancements in cloud technologies, not only do integrators benefit, but their customers do, as well.

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#BHUSA or bust: Hopes and expectations for Black Hat 2021

Acronis

Since 1997, Black Hat has been a staple in the world of cybersecurity conferences. Having been in cybersecurity for nearly a decade, I’ve been aware of Black Hat, but haven’t had the opportunity to attend. Sure, I’ve attended DEF CON and some local cybersecurity conferences, but never one with a corporate focus.

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British Grand Prix: A Data-driven, Dramatic Win for the Mercedes F1 Team 

Pure Storage

While data is widely used in auto racing, its value was dramatically highlighted in real time during this past week’s British Grand Prix. Formula 1 is the world’s fastest motorsport, with cars reaching speeds of more than 200 mph and accelerating to 60 mph in under two seconds. No driver could be expected to keep track of everything happening during a race.

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