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Disaster Readiness in the Pacific Northwest

Disaster Zone Podcast

What does disaster readiness look like for the Pacific Northwest from a person coming to the topic with a fresh point of view? Brian Landon , an attorney, writer and director is working on a master’s degree and his project is examining how the Cascadia Subduction Zone will impact the State of Oregon and other parts of the Northwest. He comes to the task with more of a world view having lived and worked in other countries.

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Powder letters in the Netherlands and Belgium 

Crisis Response Journal

The challenge of white powder letters has resurfaced for emergency responders in Europe, writes Lina Kolesnikova

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How These 3 Companies Use AlertMedia To Communicate With Remote Workers

Alert Media

The post How These 3 Companies Use AlertMedia To Communicate With Remote Workers appeared first on AlertMedia.

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IT Resilience Within AWS Cloud, Part I: Mindset and Culture

AWS Disaster Recovery

As customers migrate to the cloud, many struggle to adapt business continuity and operational plans from their on-premises environments. This affects the resilience of critical business applications and can stall cloud adoption. This two-part blog series will provide guidance on implementing IT resilience strategies. In Part I, we’ll review challenges commonly experienced by executive builders.

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The Complete Guide to IT Disaster Recovery Planning

Safeguard your IT infrastructure with our essential guide to IT Disaster Recovery (IT/DR). Learn how IT/DR supports your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to ensure resilience in the face of inevitable disruptions. Inside the guide: BCP vs. IT/DR: Understand their roles and how they work together Key IT/DR components: Runbooks, contact lists, testing Compliance: Align with industry regulations Integration tips: Streamline planning and response Why download?

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Autism Awareness Week 2021 and Advancing Analytics

Advancing Analytics

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex, lifelong developmental disability. Because autism is a spectrum disorder, each person will have a distinct set of strengths and challenges. Characteristics may present as: finding it hard to communicate and interact with other people finding it hard to understand how other people think or feel getting anxious or upset about unfamiliar situations and social events taking longer to understand information repetitive thoughts or behaviours Some

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Top 20 project management methodologies

CIO Governance

With the right project management methodology, project management offices (PMOs) can assist their organizations in improving business outcomes — but this requires more than recognizing organizational priorities. For most companies, recent external forces such as COVID-19 and industry disruptions brought about by the pace of digital change have shifted company goals and priorities, making it necessary to re-evaluate whether the project methodologies they have in place can effectively and efficien

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The Difference Between IT & “Almost” IT

NexusTek

READ TIME: 5 MIN March 31, 2021 The Difference Between IT & “Almost” IT What is IT and Almost IT? Well, IT is a Managed Service Provider (MSP), that employs hundreds of tenured IT experts available 24/7/365. Almost IT are 10 IT professionals in a 20-person company with 200 customers. Think Amazon versus a local delivery service: one has a multitude of staff, resources, and partnerships to deliver purchases the next dayor even the same dayacross the country, and the other is a ki

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Security Policy Brief: What Right to Repair Legislation Means for the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

In this video, learn about several recently introduced Right to Repair bills and how SIA is engaging on behalf of members on this issue. “Right to Repair” legislation, as introduced in several states in 2021, would mandate original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide unauthorized repair providers with diagnostic and repair information, along with tools, related parts and software – but without requiring any of the critical consumer protections afforded by authorize

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International Trans Day of Visibility 2021 and Advancing Analytics

Advancing Analytics

Today is International Trans Day of Visibility! An annual commemoration dedicated to raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as a celebration of their contributions to society. One of the core tenets of the culture at AA is that everyone should feel able to come as they are, that the environment we foster shouldn’t cause anyone to feel discriminated against, or unable to be their whole selves no matter the reason.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls In Automation: Keep Humans In the Loop

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.

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Location Intelligence: What You Need to Know

Alert Media

The post Location Intelligence: What You Need to Know appeared first on AlertMedia.

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One in four people use work passwords for consumer websites

Behavior Group

Employees working from home on a company-provided computer are demonstrating a clear lack of cybersecurity knowledge through high-risk behavior, according to a report released by Ivanti. passwords, consumer websites Using work passwords for consumer websites The report found that one in four consumers admit to using their work email or passwords to log in to… Continue reading.

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SIA New Member Profile: Riley

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Riley provides a global security risk management system that streamlines security risk management policy implementation, including duty of care compliance. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with an additional office in St. Augustine, Florida. SIA spoke with Jake Allen, president and CEO of Riley, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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Operational Resilience: Is it just business continuity done properly?

Plan B Consulting

What Operational Resilience really means, and how it compares with business continuity. This week a couple of things have come together to inspire this bulletin. I have been working on an operational resilience exercise for a client, which is based around taking a ‘severe but plausible scenario’ and then checking whether the scenario breaches the organisation’s impact tolerances.

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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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Using Decision Making Fast and Accurate, OODA Loop and the POP-DOC Loop

Business Continuity Today

John Boyd created a four-step process for making effective decisions in high-stakes situations called the OODA Loop. It involves collecting relevant information, recognizing potential biases, deciding, and acting, then repeating the process with new information. Eric McNulty and his team at the NPLI took Boyd’s concept a little farther with the POP-DOC Loop by adding two steps.

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The changing face of journalism and how it should be reflected in our plans

Plan B Consulting

This week I shares my thoughts on the evolution of journalism and how crisis communication plans should be adapted to keep up with the changes. I have been working on some strategic/crisis level plans and have been thinking about what should go into the crisis communication section of the plans. In quite a number of plans I have seen details of how the organisation would run a press conference, especially those whose plans were written ten years or so ago.

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Credential Stuffing – A different type of cyber attack

Plan B Consulting

This week I discuss credential stuffing, a type of cyber attack which you should be looking out for! “The irony of credential stuffing is that organisations that have not suffered a direct data breach often become indirect victims when their users’ accounts are compromised due to someone else’s data breach” Debbie Walkowski, F5 Labs. Look after your passwords I like to try and use my browser to save all my passwords, as I have recently been trying to change all my log in passwords so that I have

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Operational Resilience: Is it just business continuity done properly?

Plan B Consulting

What Operational Resilience really means, and how it compares with business continuity. This week a couple of things have come together to inspire this bulletin. I have been working on an operational resilience exercise for a client, which is based around taking a ‘severe but plausible scenario’ and then checking whether the scenario breaches the organisation’s impact tolerances.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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The changing face of journalism and how it should be reflected in our plans

Plan B Consulting

This week I shares my thoughts on the evolution of journalism and how crisis communication plans should be adapted to keep up with the changes. I have been working on some strategic/crisis level plans and have been thinking about what should go into the crisis communication section of the plans. In quite a number of plans I have seen details of how the organisation would run a press conference, especially those whose plans were written ten years or so ago.

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Credential Stuffing – A different type of cyber attack

Plan B Consulting

This week I discuss credential stuffing, a type of cyber attack which you should be looking out for! “The irony of credential stuffing is that organisations that have not suffered a direct data breach often become indirect victims when their users’ accounts are compromised due to someone else’s data breach”. Debbie Walkowski, F5 Labs. Look after your passwords.

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Using Decision Making Fast and Accurate, OODA Loop and the POP-DOC Loop

Business Continuity Today

John Boyd created a four-step process for making effective decisions in high-stakes situations called the OODA Loop. It involves collecting relevant information, recognizing potential biases, deciding, and acting, then repeating the process with new information. Eric McNulty and his team at the NPLI took Boyd’s concept a little farther with the POP-DOC Loop by adding two steps.

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Demonstrating business continuity’s return on investment

Plan B Consulting

ROI on budget? Worried about your business continuity budget? This week I discuss how to demonstrate BC’s return on investment within your organisation. Every year you get a budget of £20,000 (some of you are already saying “I wish”) and you have this money to deliver your business continuity programme. Your organisation buys into business continuity as it feels it protects value within the organisation and there is a demand from numerous suppliers to have it in place, so it is assured tha

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Business Continuity Plan Testing Made Simple: A 5-Step Lifecycle Overview

Discover a clear, 5-step roadmap for business continuity plan testing. Whether you’re refining your existing business continuity plan or building one from scratch, understanding the right steps will make all the difference. Download the infographic to learn how to: Quickly identify and assess critical risks to your operations Conduct a focused Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to prioritize what matters most Develop a practical, action-ready business continuity plan tailored to your needs We’re her

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Demonstrating business continuity’s return on investment

Plan B Consulting

ROI on budget? Worried about your business continuity budget? This week I discuss how to demonstrate BC’s return on investment within your organisation. Every year you get a budget of £20,000 (some of you are already saying “I wish”) and you have this money to deliver your business continuity programme. Your organisation buys into business continuity as it feels it protects value within the organisation and there is a demand from numerous suppliers to have it in place, so it is assured tha