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FEMA Launches Full National Risk Index for Emergency Assessment and Planning

DRI Drive

After a preliminary rollout, FEMA has unveiled its fully operational tool to help organizations and communities analyze their biggest risks to help them better prepare. FEMA’s U.S. National Risk Index was initially introduced in Nov. 2020 on a limited basis. Now it has launched the full application for users. It’s an online mapping resource that […].

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Getting the Power Back On — Post Disaster

Disaster Zone Podcast

This Disaster Zone Podcast is a very interesting interview with Tom Moran who was instrumental in managing the early stages of the All Hazards Consortium One of the key messages Tom shared was to let the private sector lead public-private efforts. Government endeavors just don’t seem to survive changes in leadership and funding. Then, in the guts of the podcast we discuss his experiences in electrical power restoration from a coordination perspective.

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The longest hour – Afghanistan’s refugee question takes centre stage 

Crisis Response Journal

Luavut Zahid, CRJ’s Pakistan correspondent, takes an in-depth look at the implications for those fleeing Afghanistan

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Congratulations to the First Recipients of the SICC!

Security Industry Association

The Security Industry Association (SIA) is proud to recognize the first group of professionals to earn the Security Industry Cybersecurity Certification (SICC), a new industry credential developed by SIA with support from PSA Security Network and Security Specifiers and the first-ever certification focused specifically on cybersecurity and physical security convergence.

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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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Hamilton Health Care System Sets Its Sights on Five-Star Patient Care

Pure Storage

America’s leading healthcare institutions share one common trait: they refuse to compromise on the patient experience. For Georgia-based Hamilton Health Care System (“Hamilton”), excellent patient experiences start with well-informed clinicians who have real-time access to the diagnostic tools and data they need to deliver care to each person who comes through its doors. .

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Lunch & Learn – September 13

Online Computers

September 13, 2021 at 12:30pm EST. Add to Calendar. A Master Class on IT Security: Roger Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation. Cyber-criminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization’s potential damage and their payoff. Protecting your network from their growing threat is more important than ever. And nobody knows this more than Roger A.

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Your Guide to Smart Washers and Dryers

Constellation

Laundry is an unavoidable chore for many, but there are ways to take it one step closer to effortless and get better performance from your appliances. The revolution in home automation extends even. (This is a content summary only. Click on the blog title to continue reading this post.).

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Product’s Perspective: How to Build an “ESG Bowtie”

LogisManager

Product’s Perspective: How to Build an ESG Bowtie. 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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Digital technology can make life simple again

Citrix

Surprisingly, the town of Coburg, Germany, is famous for a very long list of things. Among them is Veste Coburg, a vintage 1225 castle. It was at this site that Martin Luther translated the Bible into German in the 1550s. … The post Digital technology can make life simple again first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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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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Improve Open Source Database Operations with AWS Outposts by 4x

Pure Storage

AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that offers AWS infrastructure, services, and APIs as an on-premises and hybrid-cloud solution. An AWS Outpost can utilize block storage, such as Pure Storage® FlashArray//X or FlashArray//C for application data through iSCSI connectivity. FlashArray™ achieved Outposts Ready designation late last year. We put the integration to the test to understand some performance characteristics of the solution for critical database applications.

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While Some Things Change, Others Remain the Same: Human Beings

FEI

FEI’s Crisis Management customers comprise of private companies, educational institutions, and government institutions. We help our customers prepare for, respond to, and recover from catastrophic or overwhelming events. In our 40-year history, FEI has responded to more than a hundred crisis events. Examples include 9/11, the crash of Egypt Air 990 into the Atlantic, terroristic events in France and Pakistan, and multiple natural disasters.

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Ransomware + Cryptocurrency = Costly for Your Business

NexusTek

READ TIME: 5 MIN. August 18, 2021. Ransomware + Cryptocurrency = Costly for Your Business. Bitcoin. Ethereum. Dogecoin. You’ve probably heard of at least one of these cryptocurrencies that are now all the rage. The cryptocurrency craze has grown in the past few years, with prices jumping in 2017 and simply skyrocketing in 2020. Simultaneously, ransomware attacks increased: The number of cases reported to the FBI increased 66% last year.

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How Rakuten Creates Cohesive Safety Programs

Alert Media

The post How Rakuten Creates Cohesive Safety Programs 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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Modern Enterprise Data Protection: A How-To Guide

Pure Storage

While the concept of enterprise data protection is nothing new, it certainly has taken center stage in recent months with the rise of headline-grabbing ransomware attacks. According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report , the Internet Crime Complaint Center received 791,790 cybercrime complaints in 2020, with reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion.

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Communicating When Disaster Strikes – Tips for Preparedness

KingsBridge BCP

One of the first things people do when disaster strikes is start communicating. Someone calls 911. Emergency response groups learn and relay important facts about the incident. And people speculate about what happened, why it happened, and what will happen now. As a business, it is vital to be ready to respond when disasters occur. In order to keep gossip to a minimum and maintain a positive reputation, clear communication about the incident must occur in a timely fashion.

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As Colleges Re-Open, Keep Campus Fire Safety at the Forefront

National Fire Protection Association

With the new school year approaching fast, college students are returning to campus, many for the first time in over a year, marking the start of new classes, new friends, and new living spaces. Through their Campus Fire Safety for Students campaign, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) are working together to ensure living spaces are as. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Tips to Improve RTO and RPO

Unitrends

Disruptions are inevitable in business and preparation is key to maintaining continuity. Implementing a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plan is critical to ensure your business functions as usual when disasters do strike. To build a comprehensive BCDR strategy, determining your Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is vital.

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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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Acronis Detection and Response: The last line of defense if cyberthreats get through

Acronis

At some point, a cyberattack will be able to bypass the roadblocks you have deployed. What then? Having a solution that automatically finds and disables those attacks is the only way an organization can keep up with the fast-changing threat landscape.

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FIDO2 and Citrix Workspace: Leave your passwords behind

Citrix

Passwords are as insecure as I was in high school. I know what you’re saying. “But SeanDo, how could you be insecure with that tuba wrapped around you, a bright – red polyester sport coat, and a Justin Bieber haircut, … The post FIDO2 and Citrix Workspace: Leave your passwords behind first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Keeping Up with Today’s Data Protection Challenges

Zerto

The data protection workload grows more challenging with every passing year. Today, ransomware attacks—the latest and arguably the most serious threat—put a great deal of pressure on IT managers to ensure the resiliency of digital assets. According to IT Central Station members, the Zerto platform helps them achieve this objective within a single cloud solution.

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Is Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Better?

Talkingpoint

With many types of disaster recovery solutions available, is disaster recovery in the cloud a better option? We explain why it is. The post Is Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Better? appeared first on TierPoint.

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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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The State of Retail IT and Digital Transformation

Pure Storage

Without question, 2020 has been the biggest disrupter of the retail industry in modern times. Organizations are still reeling from the impact. The pandemic has forced years of planned retail digital transformation to take place in months, not years. While many retailers have attempted to make changes, only the most future-facing IT teams have succeeded.

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Citrix and ServiceNow integrations simplify IT, improve productivity 

Citrix

Secure, simple and consistent access to virtual apps and desktops is mission critical for many organizations across the globe to ensure employees and work teams have authorized access from anywhere on any device to the corporate apps, data, and intelligence … The post Citrix and ServiceNow integrations simplify IT, improve productivity first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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A Guide to Fire Alarm Basics – Emergency Control Functions

National Fire Protection Association

A fire alarm system is a crucial part of the overall fire protection and life safety strategy of a building. A fire alarm system serves many functions and the differences between the functions can be a bit confusing, so I created a visual guide to fire alarm basics. The objective of this blog series is to discuss some of the major components and functions of a fire alarm system.

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Think Defense: Learning from the Defense Dept. About Operational Risk

BCM METRICS

Business continuity professionals can learn a lot from the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s approach to operational risk management. In today’s post, I’ll summarize the DOD’s five-step approach to ORM and explain how each step might be helpful to your organization. Learning from the Military I’ve always admired the U.S. military’s ability to take […].

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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