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“TARGET UP” for effective disaster plans

DisasterDoc

Measures of effectiveness describe the extent to which emergency operations accomplish our intended outcomes. Thus, effective planning represents the foundation for accomplishing the intended outcomes of group deliberation and execution. The post “TARGET UP” for effective disaster plans appeared first on DisasterDoc.

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EU Covid vaccination passports  

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova describes the initiative that is taking off this summer in the hopes of increasing travel and boosting tourism and trade

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Women in Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

There are more and more women entering the profession of emergency management or thinking about a career in this field. This podcast is an interview with Curry Mayer, Director, City of Seattle’s Office of Emergency Management. Curry has worked in both California and in Washington State as an emergency manager and also worked as a consultant. In this interview we talk about the opportunities and challenges that come with the profession and also how women can make a difference working in this fiel

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Data Replication VS Backup. What’s the Difference?

Assurance IT

Data Replication and Backup, what’s the difference? These data protection services are very popular but knowing the difference is important. Data backup is more popular with 90% of businesses backing up their data. Although, one is more popular, they are equally important and valuable services that your enterprise needs. Continue reading to see why.

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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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What is a CMDB? A data warehouse for your IT environment

CIO Governance

CMDB definition. A configuration management database (CMDB) is a data repository that stores information about all hardware and software assets in your IT environment. This critical component of the ITIL framework allows for efficient oversight and management of organizational assets, known as configuration items (CI), and delivers greater insight into how they relate to one other across the company.

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Staying Current: Why You Need to Keep Your BCM Plans Up to Date

MHA Consulting

Many organizations bring great energy to the job of creating new business continuity plans, then they put them on a shelf and allow the passage of time to make them … The post Staying Current: Why You Need to Keep Your BCM Plans Up to Date appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Introducing New Mobile App Features to Empower Anywhere Workers

Alert Media

The post Introducing New Mobile App Features to Empower Anywhere Workers appeared first on AlertMedia.

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How to Conduct Better Third-Party Risk Assessments

Risk Management Monitor

Today’s enterprises operate in a complex digital ecosystem that connects customers, vendors and partners and through which data is shared and transactions are processed. Because much of this is done through outsourcing of systems and services to third parties, many enterprises have dramatically increased the scale and complexity of their risk surface.

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3 Can’t-Miss Video Security Sessions Coming to ISC West

Security Industry Association

ISC West 2021 is coming up July 19-21 in Las Vegas, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC West recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC West program, including keynote presentations from top luminaries and 65+ sessions on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments. Among the robust lineup of conference sessions are several dynamic presentations on video security systems.

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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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Hurricane Season – can your plan survive the storm?

KingsBridge BCP

It happens every year at the same time. With the weather as unpredictable as it is, you would think that we would know how to weather any storm. Just like with hurricanes, our Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery plans are susceptible to the storms that might happen in the day-to-day running of our businesses. Are you watching the forecast? We all know the importance of planning.

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How to Conduct a Fire Drill at Work

Alert Media

The post How to Conduct a Fire Drill at Work appeared first on AlertMedia.

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What You Need in Your Business Continuity Plan

Assurance IT

Business continuity is a term that often gets thrown around but it has more than 10 parts to it. One blog is not enough to break down each part. So stay tuned for Assurance IT’s other blogs about business continuity. Only 20% of the businesses have a formal business continuity plan and this is not enough. Each business, regardless of the size, needs to have one.

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Security Industry Association Announces Winners of the 2021 SIA New Product Showcase Awards

Security Industry Association

Lumeo took the top honor in SIA’s annual award program recognizing innovative security products in partnership with ISC West. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2021 winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards , the flagship awards program presented in partnership with ISC West recognizing innovative security products, services and solutions.

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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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What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

BryghtPath

How many days can payroll be down before it impacts your business? What about the servers that power customer networks? Or that internal VPN employees use to work remotely? An hour? A day? A few weeks? If you’re like many companies we talk to, you may not know how long your business could survive without … The post What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

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Five Key Takeaways from the 2021 Business Continuity Event Impact Management Report

Castellan

BC Management recently released its 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report in partnership with Witt O’Brien’s. The latest report takes an in-depth look at some of the top trends we’re seeing across the business continuity industry today, including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on response and recovery planning. Here’s a quick look at some of the report highlights, including the top five takeaways, common challenges, and where we’re headed in the future.

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360 View of Ransomware and Prevention Methods

Assurance IT

The Co-founder of Assurance IT, Luigi Tiano and the Senior System Engineer from Veeam , Brandon McCoy got together for an interview about cybersecurity and protection. This is part one of the interview where they do a complete 360 view on ransomware and prevention methods. They reveal how Assurance IT’s EPR Methodology helps companies with ransomware, which verticals are at the most risk, how vulnerabilities in businesses are taking over their data and even more.

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Week in review: VMware critical updates, prevalent enterprise cybersecurity risks, 3 years of GDPR

Behavior Group

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: – Belgium’s Interior Ministry uncovers 2-year-long compromise of its network Belgium’s Federal Public Service Interior (i.e., the country’s Interior Ministry) has suffered a “complex, sophisticated and targeted cyberattack.” – New TSA security directive is a needed shock to the system The Department… Continue reading.

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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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What Dave Komendat, Boeing CSO and ISC West Keynote Speaker, Says Was His Hardest Career Challenge

Security Industry Association

The challenge he faced was even more difficult than what he encountered after Japan’s Fukushima earthquake of 2011. ISC West 2021 is coming up July 19-21 in Las Vegas, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC West have revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC West program, including 65+ sessions on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments and this year’s Keynote Series, featuring presentations from top luminaries.

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Lead with Clarity of Purpose, Plan, and Responsibility

Business Continuity Today

What is the difference between chaos and a plan? Having a plan is the difference between world-shaking impact and dreaded obscurity. Teams that achieve great things share one key habit–they are committed to clarity. Clarity is their hidden, often unspoken advantage. With clarity, teams and individuals know exactly what they’re doing, why they’re doing it, and who’s responsible.

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2021 Business Continuity Employment Market

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 70: Cheyene Marling of BC Management Powered by Castellan Solutions Contact Cheyene Marling at: [link] [link] Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Episode 70: Cheyene Marling of BC Management Powered by Castellan Solutions Contact Cheyene Marling at: [link] [link] Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

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Lead with Clarity of Purpose, Plan, and Responsibility

Business Continuity Today

What is the difference between chaos and a plan? Having a plan is the difference between world-shaking impact and dreaded obscurity. Teams that achieve great things share one key habit–they are committed to clarity. Clarity is their hidden, often unspoken advantage. With clarity, teams and individuals know exactly what they’re doing, why they’re doing it, and who’s responsible.

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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

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2021 Business Continuity Employment Market

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 70: Cheyene Marling of BC Management Powered by Castellan Solutions Contact Cheyene Marling at: [link] [link]. Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Episode 70: Cheyene Marling of BC Management Powered by Castellan Solutions Contact Cheyene Marling at: [link] [link]. Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link].

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2021 Business Continuity Employment Market

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 70: Cheyene Marling of BC Management Powered by Castellan Solutions Contact Cheyene Marling at: [link] [link]. Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Episode 70: Cheyene Marling of BC Management Powered by Castellan Solutions Contact Cheyene Marling at: [link] [link].

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SIA New Member Profile: Sitasys AG

Security Industry Association

Boris Stern, chief business development officer, Sitasys. New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Sitasys AG is a dynamic company that provides an innovative alarm management platform, fingerprint identification and secure train communication. The company is headquartered in Solothurn, Switzerland. SIA spoke with Boris Stern, chief business development officer at Sitasys, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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Security Industry Association Opposes Reintroduction of Facial Recognition & Biometric Technology Moratorium Act

Security Industry Association

The legislation would impose an unnecessary blanket ban and prevent government from leveraging the proven benefits of biometric and related image analytics. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) – the leading trade association representing security solutions providers – has announced its strong opposition to the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act, originally introduced in 2020 and reintroduced June 15 by Sen.