DRI Drive

APRIL 24, 2022

While we’re certainly not done with the pandemic, two years of experience has given us a great deal of insight on how we identify and manage systemic risks, as a new report illustrates. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has released a new report that presents findings from five case studies in […]. The post COVID-19: 5 Lessons Learned in Understanding and Managing Risk appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Risk Reduction Management Pandemic Risk Management 360

Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. When disaster strikes, these networks are capable of transmitting impacts through a variety of domains and system states, each of which produces different consequences. The cascade is a result of the progression of a shock through different kinds of vulnerability.

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Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 26, 2022

In our 21st Century workplace and personal lives, technology has dominated, and thus cybersecurity has become an ever more important consideration. For each and every organization, be it public or private, along with cybersecurity comes the need to protect the privacy of people and organizations. In this podcast Ginger Armbruster, Chief Privacy Officer for the City of Seattle shares some best practices concerning integrating privacy protections into work that organizations are doing on cybersecu

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Crisis Response Journal

APRIL 26, 2022

April 2022: Mostafa Sayyadi explores how fostering a positive corporate culture can enhance company performance, how to enable better leadership strategies and also provides a new definition for knowledge management

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Management 130

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.

Activation

Recovery Diva

APRIL 23, 2022

Website Shows Women How to Succeed in Emergency Management. The site has an abundance of information for women interested in emergency management and related fields, including a resume section, a data section, articles and lists of colleges and universities for training. But they did not know about this site!!

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Management 140

everbridge

APRIL 26, 2022

Accelerated trends toward hybrid and remote work compounded with the increasing frequency of critical events — such as severe weather, violence, and other threats — have made it more difficult for organizations to keep their people safe. Thankfully, today’s HR professionals are rising to the challenge with the help of technology. HR leaders have been hard at work finding new ways to keep employees safe while championing and embracing new and innovative ways to work , laying the foundation for a

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Crisis Response Journal

APRIL 24, 2022

April 2022: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be caused by a wide variety of situations, says Matt Minshall, who describes how a UK-based charity is providing much needed care and treatment for sufferers

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Recovery Diva

APRIL 28, 2022

GAO’s Oversight of the Pandemic Response. In March 2020, Congress passed the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, a multi-trillion dollar stimulus bill, to respond to the economic downturn caused by the pandemic. The CARES Act also includes a provision for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to regularly report on the pandemic response by the federal government.

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Pandemic Government Security 113

Disaster Zone

APRIL 26, 2022

This is a two edged sword of challenges.

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Cybersecurity 189

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!

Mitigation

Acronis

APRIL 29, 2022

While managed service providers (MSPs) have been around for some time, there is another acronym for a different type of service provider – an MSSP. If you are confused by these terms and the types of services each provides, you will want to read on to discover the differences between an MSP and MSSP.

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Management Backup Cybersecurity 118

Security Industry Association

APRIL 28, 2022

Lee Odess, general manager at Latch, serves as chair of SIA’s Proptech Advisory Board. The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently announced the Proptech Advisory Board , as you may be aware. The mission of this group is to foster engagement between the proptech community and the global security industry through partnerships, education and thought leadership.

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Retail Education Technology Marketing 115

Recovery Diva

APRIL 29, 2022

From Issues.org: Rethinking Infrastructure in an Era of Unprecedented Weather Events. A more integrated and systemic approach is needed to ensure the nation’s resilience in the face of a changing climate.

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Resilience 100

everbridge

APRIL 29, 2022

Some critical events may be familiar to organizations, they may happen repeatedly or even on a set schedule. Others may present new challenges that responders haven’t seen or experienced before. In a worst-case scenario, events could even happen concurrently, forcing responders to split their attention while trying to anticipate and account for the combined effects.

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Emergency Response Emergency Response Response Plan Communications 116

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.

Evaluation

Pure Storage

APRIL 27, 2022

This article first appeared on Veeam.com and is pubished with permission from the author. . Over the past couple of years, it’s not surprising that many organizations accelerated their planned digital transformation (DX) projects to adapt to an all-remote workforce. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, like Microsoft 365, have seen substantial growth during this time. .

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Backup Media Application Publishing 111

Disaster Zone

APRIL 26, 2022

Either one is not good.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

For decades, elected officials brushed off harm reduction as a viable option for reducing the harms of drug use over concerns of enabling drug consumption. But now, these strategies are front and center, spoken aloud, from the largest podium in the land, and during primetime. What caused this historic about-face?

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BryghtPath

APRIL 25, 2022

You are a true believer and an expert in business continuity planning. Within your authority and job description limits, you have brought your organization up to a minimal level of business continuity compliance. Your IT is backed up off-site, and your disaster recovery plan looks good on paper, but how do you talk to your … The post How to talk with your CEO about business continuity appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Authorization Continuity Planning 105

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.

Pure Storage

APRIL 29, 2022

We are delighted to once again receive recognition as a 2022 Customers’ Choice for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage on the Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” report. This distinction is particularly meaningful to us since it comes directly from anonymous reviews based on real customer experiences with Pure. This past year has been a tremendous one for FlashBlade , and our customers deserve the credit for making it possible.

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Marketing Capacity Architecture Evaluation 98

National Fire Protection Association

APRIL 28, 2022

The use of vertical openings within buildings is a common design feature. Large spaces, typically in the center of a building, created by vertical openings through floors and ceilings are commonly referred to by architects as an atrium. Atriums are desirable to some building designs because they allow for light and ventilation within a space and allow for many parts of a building to feel. [[ This is a content summary only.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

After two months of fighting in Ukraine, some longer-term geostrategic consequences are coming into focus. Russia may emerge as a massive loser. Perhaps not since the collapse of the USSR has European security been so challenged. But Ukraine and its Western partners are showing that aggression in Europe may not pay.

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Security 109

BryghtPath

APRIL 26, 2022

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.” -Jim Collins In his book, aptly named “Good to Great,” Collins uses this principle to explain why so many, from schools, government, and businesses, to individual people—squander their potential and stay stuck in … The post Starting a Business Continuity Program appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Business Continuity Government Impact Analysis BCP 98

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

Entertainment

Pure Storage

APRIL 26, 2022

Driver expectations are evolving. While the emphasis was once on a car’s design, comfort, and speed, users now have an appetite for electric engines, innovative features like driverless experiences, and flexible ownership. Customers worldwide want an increasingly optimized, enhanced, and safe user experience. . As part of this transition, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are pulling in vast amounts of data from test cars for detailed scrutiny and analysis.

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Automotive Outage Manufacturing Data Integrity 98

Zerto

APRIL 25, 2022

The estimated global cost of ransomware by 2031 ¹ is $265 billion dollars—and just one click by an otherwise-conscientious employee exposes you to data loss, business disruption, potential brand reputation damage, and financial cost. With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating more employees working remotely, the potential of distractions of the home office are just one example of how the possibility of an attack increases.

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The Rand Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Permanent daylight saving time is widely favored by the public, and the House of Representatives may or may not follow the Senate in its recent approval of such a change in law. But that delicious extra hour of evening recreation in the spring and summer comes at a major cost to people's sleep, mood, alertness, and productivity for the remainder of the year.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 28, 2022

If a disaster strikes one of your organization’s critical sites, you might need to temporarily shift its operations to a home away from home. To be ready for this eventuality, … The post A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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NexusTek

APRIL 27, 2022

READ TIME: 3 MIN. April 27, 2022. How Cloud Computing Furthers Your Sustainability Goals. In contemporary society, consumers and businesses alike place increasing weight on the sustainability implications of a company’s practices. The pervasiveness of technologies to facilitate critical business functions has led to an explosion in demand for data processing, raising concerns about the cloud’s energy consumption and prompting the question: Is cloud computing better for the environment than on-pr

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