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NEW RESILIENCE RESOURCE: ?Continuity Professionals Pulse

DRI Drive

WHAT IS IT? Continuity Professionals Pulse is a weekly newsletter and website, produced by Aggregage in cooperation with DRI International. This resource curates valuable and relevant articles, research studies, and thought-leadership blogs from hundreds of leading sources. WHY SHOULD YOU CHECK IT OUT? You’re busy. Let Continuity Professionals Pulse do the work for you, sharing articles […].

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. Editors : Claire Connolly Knox and Brittany “Brie” Haupt Title : Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. [link] April 2020. ISBN: 978-0-367-32183-3; Pages: 276; paperback price $49.95.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Distributing Post Disaster Supplies to the Public

Disaster Zone

Community Points of Distribution (CPODS) planning in Washington state.

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Community Points of Distribution (CPODS)

Disaster Zone Podcast

Eight counties in Western Washington State have banded together to do regional planning. The effort has been funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant (RCPG) A 2019 grant is being administered for the region by Snohomish County’s Department of Emergency Management Jason Biermann, Director for the county is interviewed in this podcast about how the RCPG grant process works for the eight counties and then he provides details on the CPOD

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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 Great Facebook Outage of 2021: 4 Key Lessons

DRI Drive

On Oct. 4, Facebook suffered one of its longest outages of nearly six hours, which was long enough to majorly disrupt online retail and global communications networks and create panic and confusion among users. What can resilience professionals learn from the social network’s surprise crash? Human error happens – but you can plan for it: […]. The post The Great Facebook Outage of 2021: 4 Key Lessons appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Developing A Disaster Recovery Plan

everbridge

Disaster Recovery vs. Business Continuity Planning. While it may seem like a disaster recovery plan and a business continuity plan are the same, businesses must consider their differences. A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is an umbrella program comprised of various smaller parts that aim to keep operations running smoothly before, during, and after a disaster occurs.

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Weather Disasters in 2021

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Already, 18 weather disasters costing at least $1 billion each have hit the U.S. this year. 2021 is on pace to be among the most active and costliest years for such disasters, which are becoming more frequent.

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Gen. Charles Flynn Says Army Has Crucial Role in the Pacific Theater

The Rand Blog

What is the U.S. Army's role in an oceanic theater that spans half the globe, where China increasingly asserts itself for strategic advantage? Gen. Charles A. Flynn, head of the U.S. Army Pacific, discussed this and other topics related to the Army's role in the Pacific theater at a recent event at RAND.

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How Politics are Polarizing the Pandemic Response

Disaster Zone

Ethical leadership is needed.

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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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Basics of Means of Egress Arrangement

National Fire Protection Association

Buildings must be designed so that exits are always readily accessible and access to those exits is arranged so that they can be reached at all times. To do this, there are some fundamental design concepts to follow to ensure that the means of egress is arranged for an exit to be reached by occupants in a safe and efficient manner. Means of egress design must consider the distance occupants. [[ This is a content summary only.

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New Course Coming Soon: Learn How to Apply for and Win Grants for Security Projects

Security Industry Association

This fall, the Security Industry Association (SIA) is launching the first-ever industry training program designed to help security businesses take advantage of government funding opportunities. Being able to navigate the federal grants landscape is an opportunity for your company to provide added value to your customers, and SIA’s new Federal Grants Certificate Program will help you boost your knowledge and success.

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Is the Fight for $15 Going to Cost Low-Wage Workers Their Health Insurance?

The Rand Blog

Minimum wage increases can lead to reductions in employer-sponsored health insurance for some workers and their dependents. If policymakers want to raise the minimum wage, they should look beyond standard labor market outcomes and take into account other potential effects.

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A Tale of Two Cities Impacted by Climate Change Fueled Flooding

Disaster Zone

Once again, financial means makes a difference.

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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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How Pure Supports Women Returning to the Workforce

Pure Storage

Across the US, the effects of the last year and a half have hit female workers hard. In 2020, 2.3 million women left the US workforce, representing a staggering 80% of the population exiting the labor force.¹,² This month, Pure launched a new Returnship program through Women Back to Work to help professionals return to work after a career break. Here’s a closer look at why and how the program works.

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Zerto Innovates with Mobility and Resilience to New Platforms and Full Protection of Kubernetes Components

Zerto

Earlier this year, Zerto established its leadership in the Kubernetes data protection space with the release of Zerto for Kubernetes, bringing continuous data protection for backup and disaster recovery (DR) to a native Kubernetes (K8s) experience. . IT pros and organizations are starting to realize the importance of protecting their Kubernetes applications.

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Protecting the Elderly from Financial Exploitation

The Rand Blog

Older adults are more vulnerable to scams than others and there are no good ways of protecting them. Policy solutions that provide protection against financial fraud could help older adults to live more financially stable lives.

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Energy Shortages are Here--Worldwide

Disaster Zone

Balancing energy needs and climate change.

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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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Security Industry Association to Present Bonnie Michelman With 2021 SIA Insightful Practitioner Award

Security Industry Association

Michelman will be recognized for her industry expertise and leadership in corporate and health care security at the 2021 SIA Honors reception. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Bonnie Michelman as the 2021 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award , an honor recognizing excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions.

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3 Ways Data Center Interconnection Works for Your Business

Talkingpoint

Is data center interconnection the missing link in your data center strategy? Whether you’re looking to improve business continuity or help bring data processing closer to your users, you can stand to benefit from data center interconnection. Connecting your data […]. The post 3 Ways Data Center Interconnection Works for Your Business appeared first on TierPoint.

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Product’s Perspective: How Much Can You Automate Assurance?

LogisManager

Product’s Perspective: How Much Can You Automate Assurance? From the perspective of our Product team, the challenges of risk and compliance professionals are at the forefront. This collaborative group of developers, designers, lawyers and risk managers uses those insights, along with rigorous R&D, to inform the way LogicManager works. It’s no question that they’ve got a lot to share, so we’ll be publishing these insights to our blog to help you make more informed business decisions.

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COOP, COG and Now ECG

Disaster Zone

A new July 2021 publication from FEMA

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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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Unlock New Levels of Innovation and Business Agility with Intelligent Automation

BMC

As companies continue to pivot and adapt in response to the pandemic, more of them have turned toward automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML)—the trifecta behind intelligent automation—to help them streamline their business processes and better prepare for future “what if” scenarios. In its Automating with Intelligence study, Deloitte saw a significant uptick […].

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SIA New Member Profile: SecureBI

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member SecureBI specializes in business and strategic advisory for companies in the physical security and Internet of Things industry. The company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves clients across the United States and internationally. SIA spoke with Brandon Reich, founder and CEO of SecureBI, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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What is “Dispatchable Location”?

everbridge

All businesses in the United States must now comply with Section 506 of the RAY BAUM Act. This requires organizations to automatically provide emergency call centers, or Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), with “dispatchable location” information alongside every emergency call placed from their network. However, defining exactly what that information must include can be a challenge.

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18 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in 2021 — So Far

Disaster Zone

Crank up the printing presses, we will need more money!

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Pure Does it Again! Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage

Pure Storage

I’m proud to share that for the eighth consecutive year, Gartner has recognized Pure as a leader in storage. And for the second year in a row, Pure is a leader in both the Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision axes in the recently published 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage. I came to Pure a little over a year ago because of Pure’s leadership and what I had heard from customers: both in terms of talent and also technology.