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Remaking CISA Cybersecurity Efforts

Disaster Zone

It starts with your own internal staff.

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How the Government is Failing Victims of Disasters

Recovery Diva

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Might Russia Turn to Terror Bombing Civilians in Ukraine?

The Rand Blog

Recent Russian missile attacks against civilian targets in cities far away from the front lines have killed scores of Ukrainians, leading to widespread outrage. These events raise the question of whether the war in Ukraine is entering a new phase in which terror attacks might become common.

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How to Recover Unsaved/Deleted Word Document in 2022 - Ultimate Guide

Acronis

There are few experiences as universally familiar as losing a Word document. Everyone from high schoolers with Catcher in the Rye book reports to business executives with quarterly earnings knows the panic of their work disappearing when it’s just a few crossed-t’s away from being completed.

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Oregon State Office of Emergency Management

Disaster Zone

Major changes have been made!

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Is ESG really making a difference or just making your job harder?

Crisis Response Journal

July 2022: Tony Jaques asks if ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting is achieving its purpose

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Another 'Hotline' with China Isn't the Answer

The Rand Blog

While well-intentioned, another U.S.-PRC hotline would give false hope that the two countries would resolve disputes more rapidly during a crisis. The United States is better off changing its expectations, understanding how the PRC views crisis communications, and shifting the focus to the internal, inter-agency process by which U.S. policymakers would coordinate in a crisis with Beijing.

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Job: Seattle Emergency Management Training and Exercise Coordinator

Disaster Zone

This position is in Seattle Public Utilities.

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5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Storage as-a-Service

Pure Storage

This blog was also written by Rahul Shah. As digital transformation efforts pick up steam, organizations are prioritizing simplicity and flexibility in their procurement decisions more than ever. This means finding ways to avoid upfront capital expense, overprovisioning, disruptive maintenance and upgrades, expensive migrations, downtime and waste that increase storage complexity and risk and reduce ROI.

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How to Put Your Business Continuity Plans into Action

During a crisis, successful organizations are led by strong leaders who communicate continuously with all stakeholders and have plans that are flexible enough to allow changes to be made on the fly. What You'll Learn: Understanding the characteristics of actionable business continuity plans. Step-by-step guidance on building robust and adaptable BCPs.

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As Cities Face Violent Crime Surge, Tide Is Changing on Use of Facial Recognition

Security Industry Association

On Thursday, July 21, the city council of New Orleans, Louisiana, approved an ordinance that restores use of facial recognition technology tools to aid criminal investigations by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), though under new “guardrails” and subject to a comprehensive use policy approved by the state and federal government. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell expressed support for the measure, which reverses a ban in effect since 2020, and is expected to approve it when it reaches her

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Truth, Lies and BCDR: Global Deduplication

Unitrends

The business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) landscape is incredibly dynamic. Advancements in technology transform how we deliver and consume data, and organizations must adapt with agility to protect workloads spread across on-premises infrastructure, remote endpoints, cloud and SaaS applications. As vendors drive change in the space, how do you cut through the marketing noise […].

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When Is a Disaster Plan Out of Date?

Disaster Zone

See my July IAEM Bulletin Disaster Zone Column.

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Stop Blaming Climate for Disasters

Recovery Diva

From Nature.com: Stop Blaming Climate for disasters. “Natural hazards such as floods, droughts and heatwaves become disasters as a result of societal vulnerability, that is, a propensity of people, societies and ecosystems to be harmed. Often, people’s social, political and economic status determines the nature of differential and disproportionate impacts1.

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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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Automating manual and mundane tasks with brand-new Cyber Scripting

Acronis

The Advanced Management pack’s Cyber Scripting feature increases your IT administrator’s efficiency by eliminating manual and mundane tasks and automating the process with community-driven, out-of-the-box or self-created scripts.

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Building Your IT Dream Team Requires Creative Thinking and Simplicity

Pure Storage

A new era of digital transformation is taking shape, and, more than ever before, it’s defined by people. “People” doesn’t just mean customers; it includes employees, whom many IT leaders struggle to find—and keep. Indeed, the current state of transformation is all about skills, like the in-demand public cloud practitioners who are hard to find and even harder to hang on to.

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Upgrade your Zoom Meetings with The Owl System

Disaster Zone

Hybrid meetings means you need a new solution.

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New NAS Book on Infrastructure Investments

Recovery Diva

New Book available from the National Academy of Sciences: Equitable and Resilient Infrastructure Investments. As usual with the NAS, you can download a pdf version free.

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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape

Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Managing Zerto Class at Discover 2022

Zerto

What does Zerto do? How can you learn about Zerto and deploy labs—while earning a certification? Enter “Managing Zerto: Setup, Protection, and Recovery,” a new instructor-led training taught by expert HPE instructors. HPE Discover 2022 marked the first time this course was taught in person. Students came early for two packed days of pre-conference training—the perfect way to tee up the rest of the exciting week at HPE Discover!

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What’s new in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud? — July, 2022

Acronis

As the number of cyberattacks continue to increase and grow more sophisticated in nature, Acronis is committed to making it easy for MSPs to extend their offerings and effortlessly manage Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud to ensure their clients’ systems, applications and data are protected. Check out the numerous improvements in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud release 22.07 we've released this month.

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CISA Job: Critical Infrastructure Specialist

Disaster Zone

Come work in Seattle at CISA Region X.

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How to Choose the Best Business Continuity Software

BryghtPath

You know you need business continuity software. But translating that need into actually getting it done can feel about as overwhelming as starting your tax prep on April 14th. There are a lot of business continuity software solutions on the market. But which ones are the best? What factors should you consider in choosing one … The post How to Choose the Best Business Continuity Software appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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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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Balancing Your Business’ Innovation With A Resilience Mindset

Castellan

Article Originally Published on Forbes in June 2022. If you ask any business leader whether innovation is a good thing, they’ll most likely say yes. However, the key to introducing value via innovation is keeping your business’ resiliency in mind and avoiding unacceptable risks. Being resilient means focusing on avoiding disruptions to your productivity when possible, establishing fast-acting recovery strategies and effectively responding to any crisis situation.

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Call for Speakers Open for the IAHSS Annual Conference

Security Industry Association

SIA Invites Members to Share Their Expertise With Health Care Security Leaders. The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) is seeking session proposals for the IAHSS Annual Conference , taking place May 1-3, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. The Security Industry Association (SIA) invites members to submit proposals for consideration and share their knowledge with health care security leaders and prospective customers.

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Disaster Zone TV - A changing climate and summer hazards.

Disaster Zone

Heat, wildfires and wildfire smoke are impacting communities.

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How the City of New Orleans Prepares for Disasters

Pure Storage

How long can your IT systems be out of service without causing major, life-altering ramifications for the people you serve? The impact of losing data from a natural disaster can be devastating. A company that suffers an information technology (IT) disaster might never fully recover or may take months to recover. In fact, according to a survey by Evolve IP , 93% of companies that lost their data for 10 days or more filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster.

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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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Top Takeaways from the BCI’s Operational Resilience Report 2022

Castellan

Now that the BCI’s Report on Operational Resilience 2022 , sponsored by Castellan, is a few weeks old and having been introduced live in London and internationally via webinar, I thought it was about time to build on the Foreword to the report I wrote and share a few additional thoughts on key findings and professional reactions from numerous experts.

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The Mutual Rewards of Hiring a Veteran: Q&A with Kyleanne Hunter and Kayla Williams

The Rand Blog

July 25 is National Hire a Veteran Day, and its purpose is to encourage employers to look to this diverse pool of workers to fill positions. Employers stand to benefit from the experience and skills that veterans acquire during military service. For veterans, a fulfilling career can ease the transition to civilian life.

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GAO Found Gap in Dirty Bomb Prevention

Disaster Zone

Low tech, high consequences!

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