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21st Century Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems

Disaster Zone Podcast

Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems remain the backbone of communications for first responders across the spectrum of agencies and disciplines. In this Disaster Zone Podcast Todd Perdieu , Vice President of Products and strategy with L3Harris provides information on how LMR systems function. He goes into more depth about the challenges of coordinating radio spectrum issues in the design of new systems.

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Rising sea levels: Relocating indigenous people in Panama 

Crisis Response Journal

July 2021: CRJ Partner, PIX4D explains how drone mapping helped an overpopulated island threatened by climate change off the Panama coast

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The Key to Modern Access Control: How Biometric Solutions Can Offer Both Security and Convenience

Security Industry Association

Maria Pihlström, senior global marketing manager, Fingerprints. Meeting the security challenges of modern office environments is a complex and long-standing issue for many organizations. Businesses use a range of enterprise technologies to boost productivity, connect employees, and accommodate a more distributed and flexible workforce. However, with greater flexibility come increasing security demands – both in and outside the office.

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7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails

NexusTek

READ TIME: 5 MIN. July 28, 2021. 7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails. Too often cybersecurity is viewed as an IT cost rather than a business requirement. But the problem with that is: Cybersecurity, and the impacts of a lackluster implementation, is everyone’s problem. The consequences of a successful cyberattack can include: An expensive data breach The average cost was $3.86 million in 2020.

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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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4 Steps to Conduct a Business Threat Assessment

Alert Media

The post 4 Steps to Conduct a Business Threat Assessment appeared first on AlertMedia.

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The Year That Changed Security: How the Pandemic Shaped the Use of Technology in 2020 and Going Forward

Security Industry Association

Alan Stoddard, president, Cognyte Software North America. To say that the year 2020 was challenging is a huge understatement. In March of last year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life around the world. Regular business operations and the economy came to a halt. Businesses such as those in retail, stadiums, casinos, hotels and restaurants were particularly hard hit.

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#BHUSA or bust: Hopes and expectations for Black Hat 2021

Acronis

Since 1997, Black Hat has been a staple in the world of cybersecurity conferences. Having been in cybersecurity for nearly a decade, I’ve been aware of Black Hat, but haven’t had the opportunity to attend. Sure, I’ve attended DEF CON and some local cybersecurity conferences, but never one with a corporate focus.

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The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty

MHA Consulting

You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element … The post The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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What is the Correct Particle Size for Your Destroyed Media?

Prism International

It is understandable that most organizations today want to do the right thing when destroying discarded media on which is recorded personal and competitive information. And, in this regard, it is also understandable that their initial focus is determining the appropriate particle size for the media they wish to destroy. Unfortunately, when searching for such guidance online, the only information available often pertains to government classified information, resulting in unnecessary expense and o

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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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SIA New Member Profile: Credo Cyber Consulting LLC

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Credo Cyber Consulting LLC specializes in cyber and physical security consulting and training, helping organizations build comprehensive security programs rooted in their business objectives. The company is headquartered in the New York metropolitan area and works with regional, national and global accounts.

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9 #SysAdminDay gifts under $25 your IT team will love

Acronis

Happy #SysAdminDay! Today’s your opportunity to thank the sysadmin in your life with a small token of recognition and appreciation. But instead of another Starbucks gift card, why not check out these nine handpicked gifts perfect for the geeky, tech-savvy IT pro that keeps your business in business.

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Technology as an enabler of business success for today and tomorrow

Citrix

This is a guest blog post by Nancy Pautsch, President of Envision IT. In today’s business landscape, employees want to work how, when, and from where they want. However, this is a careful balancing act with how businesses need … The post Technology as an enabler of business success for today and tomorrow first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Implementing Multi-Region Disaster Recovery Using Event-Driven Architecture

AWS Disaster Recovery

In this blog post, we share a reference architecture that uses a multi-Region active/passive strategy to implement a hot standby strategy for disaster recovery (DR). We highlight the benefits of performing DR failover using event-driven, serverless architecture, which provides high reliability, one of the pillars of AWS Well Architected Framework. With the multi-Region active/passive strategy, your workloads operate in primary and secondary Regions with full capacity.

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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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What Recurring Monthly Revenue Means for Integrators: As Use of the Cloud Expands, So Do Opportunities for RMR

Security Industry Association

Kim Loy, chief product officer, ACRE. The recurring monthly revenue concept in the security industry was once defined as integrators monitoring and managing monthly contracts with end users. With the increase of cloud-based technology, however, the RMR definition has expanded. Companies no longer just sell systems, they also provide services. With these advancements in cloud technologies, not only do integrators benefit, but their customers do, as well.

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Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud now integrates with Jamf Pro

Acronis

At Acronis, we strive to ensure that our service provider partners can make full use of our comprehensive cyber protection solutions alongside the tools that they already rely on. Today, we’re pleased to announce that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud now integrates with Jamf Pro, a comprehensive enterprise management solution for the Apple ecosystem, enabling MSPs to strengthen their cyber protection services for clients’ macOS devices while simplifying internal processes.

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Building Enterprise Resilience: Lessons from COVID-19

Citrix

This is a guest blog post by Dr. Chris Marshall, Associate Vice President, IDC Asia Pacific. You can connect with him on LinkedIn. The last 18 months has been blighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With countries hesitantly coming … The post Building Enterprise Resilience: Lessons from COVID-19 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Microsoft 365 Cloud PC [Insights & Information]

LAN Infotech

Microsoft 365 Cloud PC: What Are The Benefits. Less than a month after announcing the release of Windows 11 as its latest desktop operating system, Microsoft has announced Windows 365, a new solution aimed at helping companies manage current and future demands of remote and hybrid work. Windows 365 takes Windows 10 and Windows 11(when it becomes available) to the Microsoft cloud.

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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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Touchless Entry Is Here to Stay: How Modifications to Building Access Promote Both Security and Safety

Security Industry Association

Greg Schreiber, senior vice president of sales, Boon Edam. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immense impact on nearly every aspect of our lives, including how people interact and perform their jobs and even how buildings are designed. The goal of all these changes? Reducing human-to-human contact and, thus, slowing or stopping the spread of the virus.

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VMworld 2021 Preview: Containers, Cloud, and Ransomware (Oh My!)

Pure Storage

As we get ready for VMworld 2021, it’s a good time to look back—and look forward. For the past 10 years or so, putting an application into a virtual machine was a clear winner. And for a multitude of reasons: flexibility, scalability, mobility… Name an -ility in IT and it’s likely a benefit of virtualization. In 2021, virtualization still makes sense for many (and maybe even most) applications.

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A2K and Citrix bring value to customers through a shared success approach

Citrix

This is a guest blog post by Ray Wolf, Chief Executive Officer of A2K Partners. It’s no secret that the workforce of today looks very different than it did 16 months ago, with the rapid shift to a distributed … The post A2K and Citrix bring value to customers through a shared success approach first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Do Macs need cybersecurity interventions?

Online Computers

Macs have a reputation for having good cybersecurity, as Apple has made it their top priority to maintain the integrity of the Apple ecosystem. All things considered, Macs remain some of the most secure computing devices on the market. But that doesn’t mean that Macs are invulnerable. Internet crooks are always seeking ways to exploit any operating system’s vulnerabilities — and that includes Mac’s proprietary operating system, macOS.

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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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Bantam wait

Oz's Business Continuity Blog

If you’ve been on tenterhooks for the last few weeks waiting for news of the bantam’s fate (see ‘The bantam menace‘), I apologise profusely for keeping you hanging, but you can now relax and unhook your tenters as the wait […].

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Understand Your Customers to Build a World-Class Risk Management Program

Fusion Risk Management

Solutions Customer Summit Series. Achieving a world-class risk and resilience program requires running your program like a business. Rather than think about the profits you want to make and the success you want to personally feel, you need to focus on what your program’s customers (the internal stakeholders) want and need. Then, you must entice engage them to become advocates for the program – not simply go through the motions when tasks need to be completed – by creating a memorable brand that

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Submit your session proposals for Citrix Converge 2021!

Citrix

Are you a coder, scripter or builder working with Citrix technology? Do you have expertise and experience to share with your peers in the community? We’re inviting you to submit your session proposals for Citrix Converge 2021! Citrix Converge 2021 … The post Submit your session proposals for Citrix Converge 2021! first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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How Did Kubernetes Become so Important?

Pure Storage

This is the third post in a series about exploring the changing landscape of modern applications. In Part 1 , I discuss how organizations started knocking down the wall between software engineers and administrators. In Part 2 , I explore the history of containers and how they solved problems for developers and enterprise IT. Before we continue our journey, here’s a brief synopsis of what we’ve covered so far. .

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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