Sat.Mar 13, 2021 - Fri.Mar 19, 2021

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The Social Impacts of the Pandemic

Disaster Zone Podcast

The coronavirus pandemic has multiple impacts to our society, ranging from medical, economic, education—you name it, nothing has remained the same. All this physical change has impacted how people interact and relate to one another. The social impacts to people have been huge. Besides the coronavirus itself there have been political and racial tensions in the United States.

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GEJET - Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (and Nuclear Release) - Tenth Anniversary

Emergency Planning

The tsunami museum at Rikusentakata, seen from atop the coastal tsunami barrier across the land that was devastated by the waves in March 2011 Thursday 11 th March 2021 was the tenth anniversary of the Japanese triple disaster: earthquake, tsunami and radiation release. I sent my greetings and respects to my Japanese colleagues and spent the day teaching my students about the event and its aftermath.

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Cyberattacks on hospitals 

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova reports on the dangers of ransomware attacks that healthcare institutions face

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Data governance: A best practices framework for managing data assets

CIO Governance

Data governance definition. Data governance is a system for defining who within an organization has authority and control over data assets and how those data assets may be used. It encompasses the people, processes, and technologies required to manage and protect data assets. The Data Governance Institute defines it as “a system of decision rights and accountabilities for information-related processes, executed according to agreed-upon models which describe who can take what actions with what in

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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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March 29 – April 1: Join Us for SIA’s 2021 Virtual Member Engagement Week

Security Industry Association

Attention SIA members! Join the Security Industry Association (SIA) March 29 to April 1 for the second annual Virtual Member Engagement Week, a series of virtual meetings and events with SIA’s committees, working groups and more. Don’t let social distancing get you down – join us to take advantage of these opportunities to engage with SIA volunteers and participate in SIA’s programs and initiatives.

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Should mismanaged issues mean that heads must roll?

Crisis Response Journal

Boards and individual directors are now in the crosshairs when their organisation is battered by an operational crisis or high-profile issue, writes Tony Jaques

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AI governance: Reducing risk while reaping rewards

CIO Governance

AI governance touches many functional areas within the enterprise — data privacy, algorithm bias, compliance, ethics, and much more. As a result, addressing governance of the use of artificial intelligence technologies requires action on many levels.

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Attackers disrupting COVID-19 efforts and critical supply chains

Behavior Group

Cyberattacks evolved in 2020 as threat actors sought to profit from the unprecedented socioeconomic, business and political challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, IBM Security reveals. Attackers disrupting COVID-19, supply chains In 2020 attackers were observed pivoting their attacks to businesses for which global COVID-19 response efforts heavily relied, such as hospitals, medical and… Continue reading.

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How to Create and Leverage a Business Continuity Checklist for Emergency Planning

Alert Media

The post How to Create and Leverage a Business Continuity Checklist for Emergency Planning appeared first on AlertMedia.

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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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Mental Models and Decision Making: The Map Is The Tool The Decision is Still Yours

Business Continuity Today

To solve this problem and make decisions, the mind creates maps (mental models) of reality in order to understand it, because the only way we can process the complexity of reality is through abstraction. However we don’t understand our maps or their limits. In fact, we are so reliant on abstraction that we will frequently use an incorrect model simply because we feel any model is preferable to no model.

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Alarm Science: Our Industry Cannot Make Assumptions When It Comes to Life Safety

Security Industry Association

No fire alarm notification by the remote station after receiving fire alarm signal(s) and then a cancel abort signal needlessly increases risks to consumers, alarm companies and central stations. Jeffrey D. Zwirn, IDS Research and Development, Inc. It is better to explain to a client why the remote station notified the fire department than to have to tell them why the remote station took no action.

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Enhancing Employee Safety for Remote Workers [Webinar Recap]

Alert Media

The post Enhancing Employee Safety for Remote Workers [Webinar Recap] appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Mental Models and Decision Making: The Map Is The Tool The Decision is Still Yours

Business Continuity Today

To solve this problem and make decisions, the mind creates maps (mental models) of reality in order to understand it, because the only way we can process the complexity of reality is through abstraction. However we don’t understand our maps or their limits. In fact, we are so reliant on abstraction that we will frequently use an incorrect model simply because we feel any model is preferable to no model.

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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.