DRI Drive
MAY 9, 2022
A recent United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction report highlighted a sharp increase in disasters with the vast majority of effects borne by low-income countries. With this in mind, the Council on Foreign Relations, with input from an advisory committee including DRI President and CEO Chloe Demrovsky, describes the need for information and policy […].
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Recovery Diva
MAY 10, 2022
Editorial Opinion from the WashPost: One million died. It didn’t have to happen — and it must not again. Powerful piece from the editors of the WashPost.
Disaster Zone Podcast
MAY 10, 2022
Keith Krach is the former chairman and CEO of DocuSign. He has been recognized for his work in B2B Commerce and Digital Transaction Management. He has held leadership positions with Angie’s List and General Motors. Formerly he was Chairman of the board of Trustees for Purdue University. Lastly, he served as the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment in the last presidential administration.
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DRI Drive
MAY 11, 2022
By now, when you see a headline about a sudden shortage of something you can guess “strained supply chain.” But as panicking parents work overtime to hunt down a case of baby formula on store shelves, a more complicated – and potentially dangerous – reason has emerged. Abbott Laboratories, a Michigan-based baby formula manufacturer, shut […]. The post Tracking the True Cause of the Baby Formula Shortage appeared first on DRI Drive.
Continuity Professional Pulse brings together the best content for business continuity professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Recovery Diva
MAY 12, 2022
Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L. Waugh, Jr. Vol. 25. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Emerald Publishing Ltd. 2022. (199 pp.). Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.
Pure Storage
MAY 12, 2022
We’re living in a time of constant disruption. New technology—both hardware and software—evolves every day. Change is constant. But when big, seismic shifts occur, they get big names. “Web 3.0” isn’t just a new iteration of the web, it’s a new paradigm—for individuals and businesses. Here’s a look at the evolving tech stack shaping Web 3.0 and how (and why) enterprises can embrace it.
DRI Drive
MAY 12, 2022
If you’re one of the triskaidekaphobics around the world who woke up with a sense of dread, today’s the day you’ve been bracing for – and while Friday the 13th may just be a silly superstition, that doesn’t mean it’s not also a historic day for disasters. A few disasters, at least are predictable – […]. The post It’s Friday the 13th: Are You Prepared for the Worst?
Security Industry Association
MAY 10, 2022
On April 27, 2022, a bill was enacted in Virginia to replace the state’s complete ban on local law enforcement use of facial recognition technology with a comprehensive set of rules for its use. Virginia is only the latest and largest jurisdiction where policymakers are rethinking blanket bans and seeking to establish guardrails ensuring the technology is used accurately and effectively to aid criminal investigations, fight human trafficking and help citizens in need while limiting the potential
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.
Recovery Diva
MAY 7, 2022
Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Publisher : Routledge by Taylor and Francis Group London and New York. ISBN: 978-1-138-80562-0(hbk); ISBN: 978-1-032-16272-0(pbk); ISBN: 978-1-315-75216-7(ebk);DOI: 10.4324/9781315752167.
Pure Storage
MAY 9, 2022
What happens when you build modern applications but leave legacy storage to do the heavy lifting? According to a survey of 200 IT professionals, 72% of respondents realize storage can affect the performance of their apps and app development altogether. Yet, 65% admit their storage is too old to handle some of these new workloads. Does that sound familiar?
Security Industry Association
MAY 9, 2022
New Security Industry Association (SIA) member ThreatModeler is an automated threat modeling solution that fortifies an enterprise’s software development life cycle by identifying, predicting and defining threats, empowering security and DevOps teams to make proactive security decisions. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, with additional employees and consultants across the United States.
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!
The Rand Blog
MAY 10, 2022
Monday's all-but-official election of Bongbong Marcos as the next president of the Philippines will hold significant implications for Manila's foreign policy. He is likely to be influenced by the policies of both his father, former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, yielding a new government interested in engaging China while keeping the United States close by.
Acronis
MAY 9, 2022
Why Acronis Backup is the better choice when it comes to data recovery. Data recovery from totally destroyed data carriers is possible through forensic methods, but expensive. A cost-effective alternative is data security locally, remotely and in the cloud with Acronis Backup.
Zerto
MAY 10, 2022
According to a recent IDC report, 79% of respondents have activated a disaster response in the past 12 months, while 61% of DR responses were triggered by either ransomware or other malware. Ransomware is a growing threat that continues to be profitable for attackers. Even with organizations becoming more aware of ransomware and taking security-minded steps toward prevention, the rate of attacks keeps increasing.
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.
BryghtPath
MAY 9, 2022
It is hard to believe that some offices are approaching the two-year mark of having sent their employees to work from home. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to evolve, it is hardly any wonder that many companies have felt the pressure to continue to keep their workforce away from the office. Even though many … The post Crisis Management for the Work from Home Team appeared first on Bryghtpath.
Acronis
MAY 9, 2022
The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a platform that delivers over 90 information technology services (aka products), which businesses, IT professionals, and developers can leverage to work more efficiently, gain more flexibility, and/or enable a strategic advantage.
Security Industry Association
MAY 9, 2022
Hey SIA members! Here are the top things you need to know about our latest activities and resources, upcoming events and opportunities and more. Welcome, New Members! The Security Industry Association (SIA) would like to welcome its newest members: ARX Perimeters , ASR Enterprises , Bastille , Hochiki America Corp. , Identity One LLC , Metrasens , Red Bison Technology Group , TechnoGen Cyber Security LLC , Theseus Professional Services LLC and Total Security Solutions.
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.
The Rand Blog
MAY 13, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is probably motivating Taiwan to better secure its own future versus China. But many of the challenges currently facing Taiwan, such as shortcomings in reservist training or lingering confusion over its military strategy, are difficult to fix, assuming they are even fixable.
National Fire Protection Association
MAY 10, 2022
According to Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFi), there were 126 electrical fatalities in 2020, which is down 24 percent over 2019 numbers. Electrical fatality rates reflected 0.9 fatalities per 100,000 workers, of which 0.6 fatalities per 100,000 workers were in the construction industry. Private industry accounted for 118 of the 126 fatalities.
Advancing Analytics
MAY 9, 2022
For any service company that bills on a recurring basis, a key variable is the rate of churn. Harvard Business Review, March 2016. What is churn? Customer churn, also known as customer attrition, is when customers stop using a service or product offered by a company. In simplistic terms, it is when a customer leaves or ceases to be a client any longer.
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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