DRI Drive

JULY 25, 2024

As the leading nonprofit helping organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on groups that promote greater resiliency. We encourage our Certified Professionals to support these valuable partners. Continuity Professionals of Ohio – CPO’s online Fireside Chats are held on the third Wednesday of each month, while its 2024 Summit will be held Sept. 26. […] The post Collaborative Partner Spotlight: Activities and Events for Fall 2024 appeared first on DRI

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Activation Continuity Professionals Resilience 195

Recovery Diva

JULY 16, 2024

From Inside Climate News: Hurricane Beryl Was a Warning Shot for Houston The category one storm dealt the city disastrous damage. Houston’s first direct hit from a hurricane in decades showed how vulnerable the nation’s energy capital remains.

Vulnerability 189

Vulnerability 189

Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 23, 2024

Government and businesses work side by side to prepare their respective organizations to become disaster resilient. In this podcast we focus on what that looks like for businesses; how that matches up government emergency management; and then we delve a little bit into emergency management in the military due to our guest’s professional experiences while serving in the US Army.

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Business Continuity Disaster Preparedness Management Authorization 130

Zerto

JULY 22, 2024

In an era where data is the lifeblood of organizations, ensuring its resilience against unexpected outages is paramount. The recent CrowdStrike outage that impacted millions of Microsoft Windows devices worldwide has highlighted vulnerabilities within many companies’ disaster recovery frameworks. This brings the essential role of robust disaster recovery and business continuity solutions like Zerto to the fore.

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Outage Resilience Disaster Recovery Vulnerability 126

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.

Activation

PagerDuty

JULY 22, 2024

While they are untimely, stressful and likely to highlight communication breakdowns within an organization; incidents can be a powerful tool for learning and growth in organizations. When an incident occurs with a large impact, which it feels like we read about this happening in the news on a weekly basis, oftentimes the focus is on two things: stabilizing the situation, and controlling the narrative.

Outage 116

Outage Evaluation Communications Resilience 116

The Rand Blog

JULY 7, 2024

What will define the next 75 years of the NATO? We asked 30 RAND researchers about the major challenges facing the alliance today—and what opportunities NATO could seize to help secure its future. Here's what they said.

Security 111

Security 111

Recovery Diva

JULY 12, 2024

From HSToday: FEMA and HUD Partner to Boost State Housing Recovery and Resilience. “Yesterday, FEMA in partnership with the U.S. Department of Urban Housing and Development (HUD), published the Pre-Disaster Housing Planning Initiative Report to promote collaborative approaches to disaster housing recovery challenges and to bolster state planning for housing recovery before disasters occur.

Resilience 188

Resilience Publishing Capacity 188

LogisManager

JULY 30, 2024

8.5 Million Crashes Later: Why CrowdStrike’s Blunder Is Your Risk Management Wake-Up Call Last Updated: July 30, 2024 On July 19, 2024, the world got a brutal wake-up call. CrowdStrike , an American cybersecurity company, pushed out a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor software, causing approximately 8.5 million Microsoft Windows systems to crash.

Risk Management 98

Risk Management Management Outage Banking 98

BryghtPath

JULY 25, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of business, change is the only constant. This truth extends to the realm of business continuity planning, where the strategies and approaches implemented to ensure resilience in the face of disruptions must evolve over time to remain effective. As organizations grow, technologies advance, and new threats emerge, business continuity plans must … The post Evolving Business Continuity Plans: Adapting to Change Over Time appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Continuity Planning Business Continuity Resilience Technology 98

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!

Mitigation

IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. But as a reminder, here are some key facts about the CrowdStrike incident: CrowdStrike is a publicly listed security company, which provides security software to – among many other large organisations – Microsoft. The primary incident was a breach of integrity and availability , not confidentiality.

Business Continuity 90

Business Continuity Insurance Insurance Outage 90

Acronis

JULY 1, 2024

SE Labs, an AMTSO member and independent, UK-based testing laboratory evaluated Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Acronis Advanced Security + EDR. The solution garnered a 100% Detection Accuracy Rating against every element of the attacks, from initial delivery to subsequent malicious activities.

Security 111

Security Evaluation Activation Cybersecurity 111

The Rand Blog

JULY 10, 2024

The changing climate will strain the basic functions that underpin American society. Core services such as supplying water and electricity, providing medical care, and responding to emergencies like floods will face regional- or even national-level disruptions in the years to come.

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Recovery Diva

JULY 5, 2024

From CNN: Opinion: Our disaster responders are exhausted. This puts Americans at risk The author, Peter Gaynor, is a former FEMA Administrator.

Authorization 189

Authorization 189

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.

Evaluation

LogisManager

JULY 16, 2024

Why Are So Many Companies Stuck in GRC? It’s Time for a Change! Last Updated: July 16, 2024 Let’s be real: the risk management world is buzzing, but far too many companies remain entrenched in outdated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software. Seriously, why? And more importantly, how many risk management failures will it take for companies to reevaluate their relationship with GRC?

Strategic 98

Strategic Risk Management Healthcare Marketing 98

BryghtPath

JULY 31, 2024

Explore key crisis management plan contents that safeguard your business and ensure a swift, effective response in any crisis. The post Key Crisis Management Plan Contents Unpacked appeared first on Bryghtpath.

Crisis Management 97

Crisis Management Management 97

Pure Storage

JULY 16, 2024

Learn AI’s Capabilities and Our Responsibilities on AI Appreciation Day by Blog Home Summary AI Appreciation Day gives us the opportunity to look back on achievements organizations have made in their use of AI from improving efficiency to enhancing customer experiences to saving lives. In today’s news cycle, it feels like every day is “AI Day.

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Entertainment Sports Healthcare Manufacturing 75

Acronis

JULY 31, 2024

These lessons learned from the CrowdStrike outage can help your business better defend itself against such incidents.

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Outage Backup 105

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.

The Rand Blog

JULY 3, 2024

Ann Marie Dailey, a policy researcher at RAND, is an expert on some of the most pressing questions now facing the United States and its global allies: How to help Ukraine. What to expect from Russia. How to position NATO for the next 75 years.

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Recovery Diva

JULY 24, 2024

From FastCompany: This study shows where the highest concentration of FEMA disaster areas are, and it’s not where you think. Disasters along the coasts get all the exposure, but extreme storms are happening all the time in hot spots like Vermont, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. “What the data tell us is that the frequency and severity of disasters at local-state scales is increasing with rural, suburban, and urban places being affected nationwide,” Susan Cutter, co-director of the Hazards

All-Hazards 100

All-Hazards Hazard Vulnerability Resilience 100

PagerDuty

JULY 11, 2024

The digital landscape is evolving at a breathtaking pace. PagerDuty and our customers are at the forefront of this transformation, continually redefining operational excellence in the era of AI and automation. We launched PagerDuty on Tour in May to showcase our solutions and help attendees expand their skills and hear real-world stories on using incident management, AI and automation to unlock efficiency, accelerate productivity, and mitigate risk.

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Banking Alert Resilience High Availability 73

BryghtPath

JULY 30, 2024

The upcoming United States elections pose significant operational risks, necessitating proactive measures for organizations to mitigate potential impacts and ensure resilience. The upcoming 2024 presidential election has the potential to introduce a variety of uncommon yet severe and significant challenges. These include potential issues such as voter manipulation and physical violence, which have prompted authorities … The post Intelligence Briefing: Threats and Risks Associated with the

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Authorization Mitigation Resilience Crisis Management 97

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

Entertainment

Pure Storage

JULY 9, 2024

DXC Technology: Turning Ideas into Real Business Impact by Blog Home Summary When this leading technology services provider needed a robust disaster recovery (DR) solution for its Managed Container Services platform, DXC Technology chose Portworx by Pure Storage. With IT evolving quickly, organizations need innovative solutions to ensure business continuity and data integrity.

Technology 69

Technology Banking Disaster Recovery Failover 69

Acronis

JULY 24, 2024

Improve your cyber resilience to address HIPAA 2024, NIS 2, and other IT compliance updates

Cyber Resilience 98

Cyber Resilience Resilience Cybersecurity 98

The Rand Blog

JULY 8, 2024

It is commonly believed that stronger Japan-NATO cooperation benefits both sides. But this begs an important question: why? What are the practical areas of cooperation for Japan-NATO ties?

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Recovery Diva

JULY 23, 2024

New Report From the National Academy of Sciences that is free to download: (1) Intensifying Pace and Severity of Extreme Events Increases Risks of Compounding Disasters and Demands Rethinking of U.S. Emergency Management.

Management 100

Management 100

PagerDuty

JULY 31, 2024

Incidents can happen anywhere at any time. They can be small, well-defined, and easily contained. They can be large, messy, and complex, like the major outage we saw recently. Or they can be somewhere in between. When incidents occur, mobilizing and coordinating responders is crucial to restoring service, protecting the customer experience, and mitigating business risks.

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Outage Marketing Activation Mitigation 65