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New CRs Report on the Disaster Relief Fund

Recovery Diva

New Report from the Congressional Research Service: Disaster Relief Fund State of Play: In Brief (15 pp)

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Countdown to DORA: Are you ready for January 17, 2025?

Zerto

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) deadline is fast approaching. By January 17, 2025 , financial institutions and ICT service providers in the EU must meet stringent requirements to enhance IT resilience, manage risk, and recover quickly from disruptions. Non-compliance with DORA isnt just about fines; it risks eroding customer trust, damaging your reputation, and jeopardizing business continuity.

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The Future of Cybersecurity in 2025: Navigating Challenges for the Midsize Market

NexusTek

The Future of Cybersecurity in 2025: Navigating Challenges for the Midsize Market January 14, 2025 Paul Barrett VP, Sales Enablement The world of cybersecurity is shifting fast, and midsize businessesmaybe like yoursare feeling the pressure. Cyber threats are evolving, becoming sharper and more focused, and the defenses you relied on last year might not be enough to protect you tomorrow.

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A Crisis Athletes Interview

Disaster Zone Podcast

This is a different type of Disaster Zone Podcast. The host, Eric Holdeman becomes the interviewee and Kim Guevara, is the interviewer. Kim has been researching different aspects of what it means to be an emergency manager. In her words, a crisis athlete. This is not about push-ups, but rather what does it take to be successful in becoming prepared for disasters, responding to them and then the disaster recovery.

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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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Rebuilding Issues in Los Angeles

Recovery Diva

From the Wash. Post: How will Los Angeles rebuild when fire is part of the landscape? “For those who plan to rebuild, a natural question has emerged: What can be done differently to prevent the sort of destruction that has killed at least 24 people, leveled thousands of structures and inflicted untold billions in damage?

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LA Fire Disaster: Protecting Children in Physical and Psychological Harm’s Way

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The massive fire catastrophe in LA will be remembered as one of the most devastating disasters in modern U.S. history. Having worked on the prevention of, response to, and recovery from megadisasters for many years, I have watched how the devastation of such events impacts communities and people, especially people with important vulnerabilities like chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, and other conditions, including people who are economically fragile.

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Ensuring Business Continuity for Logistics: Key Strategies

BryghtPath

Dive into the essentials of Business Continuity for Logistics, covering risk assessment, supply chain visibility, and creating resilient plans to navigate disruptions effectively. The post Ensuring Business Continuity for Logistics: Key Strategies appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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New Resources re Fire Disasters from Univ. of CO

Recovery Diva

See this notice from the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado: lists of publications, resources, and grant opportunities. This is a great central location for many useful items.

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Risks Associated With Business Task Automation and How to Mitigate Them

LogisManager

Risks Associated With Business Task Automation and How to Mitigate Them Last Updated: January 14, 2025 If your business is investing in task automation, you’ll benefit from increased efficiency and reduced manual tasks. While business task automation (BTA) offers companies a new way to manage workflows, it also comes with new risks. Risk managers need to understand their IT processes so they can find and prevent security threats for everyone.

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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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Acronis: The leader in EDR detection on Windows

Acronis

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Security + XDR was evaluated by SE Labs for its protection against targeted attacks from two advanced threat groups.

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Considerations for Disaster Recovery – Part 3: Networking

Zerto

In todays hyper-connected digital landscape, downtime is not merely an inconvenienceit is a threat to business survival. From lost revenue to reputational damage, the cost of operational interruptions can be staggering. To navigate these challenges, organizations must adopt a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) strategy. At the heart of any successful DR plan lies a robust networking infrastructure.

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Toxic Debris from CA Fires

Recovery Diva

TFrom the NY Times: Once the Fires Are Out, California Must Remove Tons of Dangerous Debris Clearing the toxic remnants of burned buildings around Los Angeles will require a complex and expensive mobilization. California has been there before.

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How to Safely Automate Employee Onboarding

LogisManager

How to Safely Automate Employee Onboarding Last Updated: January 14, 2025 Employees are a core part of any organization. After working hard to find and hire the best of the bunch, you might think you’re all set. But you still need to teach your new employees the ropes. For risk managers, onboarding is more than just welcoming new team members it’s about ensuring everyone understands compliance while preventing business risks.

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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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SQL Server Distributed Availability Groups and Kubernetes

Pure Storage

SQL Server Distributed Availability Groups and Kubernetes by Pure Storage Blog Summary This article shows how to seed a database from a SQL instance that is in a Windows availability group into a SQL instance running in a pod in a Kubernetes cluster using a distributed availability group. This article on SQL Server distributed availability groups originally appeared on Andrew Pruskis blog.

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Ensuring Business Continuity for Education: Key Strategies

BryghtPath

This is your guide to understanding Business Continuity for Education. Keep students safe & learning in 2024, no matter what disruptions may arise. The post Ensuring Business Continuity for Education: Key Strategies appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Watch Duty is Free App with Great Utility in CA and Potential for Others

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: How Watch Duty became the go-to wildfire app to track L.A. wildfires. Plus advice to stay informed and prepared as natural disasters become more common.

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The Benefits of Automating Contract Management

LogisManager

The Benefits of Automating Contract Management Last Updated: January 14, 2025 Contract management is the glue that holds organizations together. Businesses must draft and approve complex documents while keeping everyone happy and within legal bounds. Automation can help make this process faster, reduce inefficiencies, and mitigate risksbut its important to approach it with a focus on risk.

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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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Un-break your business model: Benchmarks and tools for MSPs

Acronis

For MSPs facing numerous and mounting challenges, maintaining a robust and resilient business model is essential for survival and advancement. MSPs need to embrace strategies and tools that can help them achieve financial stability and operational efficiency.

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Ensuring Business Continuity for Media: Key Strategies

BryghtPath

In the fast-paced media landscape, Business Continuity for Media is paramount. Learn how to safeguard your content, protect digital assets, and manage communication channels for ongoing success. The post Ensuring Business Continuity for Media: Key Strategies appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Building Resilience and Compliance in Finance: Insights from PagerDuty’s Lee Fredricks by Laura Chu

PagerDuty

In an era where regulatory frameworks like DORA and FCA PS21/3 and PRA PS6/21 demand higher standards for financial resilience, European financial entities face growing pressures to ensure compliance and operational excellence. To understand these challenges, we spoke with Lee Fredricks, Director of Solutions Consulting for EMEA at PagerDuty. Lees expertise in regulatory compliance and his work with financial entities across Europe provide valuable insights into navigating compliance demands, bu

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NexusTek CEO Hamilton Yu Recognized Among CRN’s “20 Biggest IT Executive Moves of 2024” List

NexusTek

NexusTek CEO Hamilton Yu Recognized Among CRNs 20 Biggest IT Executive Moves of 2024 List Denver, CO January 16th, 2025 NexusTek , a leading provider of comprehensive, secure, and scalable IT services, proudly announces that CEO Hamilton Yu has been named one of CRNs The 20 Biggest IT Executive Moves of 2024. This recognition reflects his pivotal role in strengthening NexusTeks position as a trusted IT partner and innovation leader for mid- to enterprise-level organizations in hospitality, fin

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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 is ML-based monitoring and alerting?

Acronis

Learn what ML-based monitoring and alerting is and how it improves efficiency by AI-driven approach to detecting and resolving system issues automatically

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Kickstart Your 2025 Training Program: Must-Have Skills for Business Continuity Success

BryghtPath

Training has become a cornerstone of effective business continuity planning. A well-trained team can make the difference between seamless recovery and costly downtime in the face of disruptions. As we step into 2025, it’s essential to prioritize training programs that not only prepare your team for potential crises but help build a resilience culture.

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2025 Starts Here: PagerDuty Innovations to Help You Tackle What’s Next by Cristina Dias

PagerDuty

As we enter 2025, we reflect on a year committed to innovation and customer success at PagerDuty. In 2024, we introduced capabilities that empowered operations teams to mitigate risks, protect customer trust, and improve business outcomes. From managing global outages to addressing complex digital operations, the PagerDuty Operations Cloud enabled organizations to respond faster, work smarter, and build operational resilience.

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Another Call to Make FEMA an Independent Agency

Recovery Diva

Former FEMA director to Congress: Give it back its independent agency status, direct access to president Former FEMA director to Congress: ‘Give it back its independent agency status,’ direct access to president Former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its independent agency status, allowing it direct access to the president which would, in his view, improve its overall operation.

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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