DRI Drive
MARCH 16, 2023
As federal regulators take over Silicon Valley Bank in the wake of its collapse, many finance sector resilience professionals are looking at its risk management strategies to figure out what went wrong. When the SVB collapse was announced on Mar. 10, it surprised many in the banking and finance industry, along with number of workers […] The post Risky Business at Silicon Valley Bank: What Happened?
Disaster Zone Podcast
MARCH 14, 2023
In this podcast we will be talking about technology in general and more specifically about data, the use of data and how we can mine it and apply it to a variety of purposes, using tools like GIS. The podcast guest is Jim Featherstone , He is a native of Washington D.C. and a veteran of the United States Navy, Jim began his public service to the City of Los Angeles in 1986 with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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Recovery Diva
MARCH 13, 2023
FEMA is seeking comments on its new draft guide titled Achieving Equitable Recovery; a Post Disaster Guide for Local Officials. Note the guide is 111pp. Click to access fema_achieving-equitable-recovery-a-post-disaster-guide-local-officials-draft.
Disaster Zone
MARCH 13, 2023
Drought, rain, snow, more snow, rain, more rain. More drought?
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.
DRI Drive
MARCH 15, 2023
DRI International is proud to announce that Roberto (Rob) Zegarra, MBCP, CCRP has been named Director of Education, taking over for retiring director (and recent Honor Roll Award recipient) Gary Villeneuve. “Rob is a truly excellent addition to the team. He and I have worked together on various projects over more than a decade,” said […] The post DRI Announces Roberto Zegarra as Director of Education appeared first on DRI Drive.
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Recovery Diva
MARCH 17, 2023
As regular readers know, the Diva has been very busy providing essential postings in recent days. If you appreciate the effort, please consider donating to support this blog. Please use the Donate Now button in the right hand column. The blog has been running for 13 years, and an archive exists for articles still available via the search function. Funds are needed to maintain the site with WordPress.
Disaster Zone
MARCH 14, 2023
Finding your technology path going forward.
DRI Drive
MARCH 13, 2023
Modern response to flood risk hasn’t been enough to withstand the constant threat they create in nearly every populated area. And with the projected outlook only getting worse, how can organizations hope to manage these risks? In “Staying Above Water: A Systemic Response to Rising Flood Risk,” researchers built on the World Economic Forum’s latest […] The post Current Flood Risk Management Isn’t Enough – How Can You Prepare for What’s to Come?
The Rand Blog
MARCH 14, 2023
Bank runs as a source of systemic risk are nothing new. To manage systemic risks in the age of social media, regulators may need to anticipate where the crisis will go and build in automatic brakes to slow them down. There likely won't be time to react at the speed of negotiation between regulators and bankers.
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!
Recovery Diva
MARCH 15, 2023
Just out today from the GAO, this two page report titled: Disaster Assistance: Action Needed to Improve Resilience, Response, and Recovery. It offers a big picture overview of several recent GAO reports on disasters.
Disaster Zone
MARCH 16, 2023
It is not an after-action report, it a map forward for businesses and governments.
Security Industry Association
MARCH 16, 2023
New Security Industry Association (SIA) member LONG Building Technologies combines building automation, HVAC equipment, HVAC service, security solutions and parts to provide a simple solution for maximum building performance and peace of mind. SIA spoke with Chris Bracken, Alaska branch manager at LONG Building Technologies, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.
MHA Consulting
MARCH 16, 2023
The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. In today’s post, we’ll list and link to some of MHA’s best-ever resources on the art of communicating during a crisis. Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources From the Frying Pan into the Fire Last week MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog where he listed, linked to, and described some of the best blog posts and other
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.
Recovery Diva
MARCH 15, 2023
From the San Francisco Chronicle: What’s the best way to survive an earthquake? Protect your democracy. The authors conclusion: “The lesson for my new neighbors in the United States: corruption and the erosion of democracy aren’t simply injustices, they’re deadly.
Zerto
MARCH 15, 2023
IT is filled with acronyms. From A to Zerto Virtual Manager Appliance (ZVMA) , there’s no shortage of letter combinations that make up technical jargon. However, these acronyms help us quickly describe the relationship between technical functions, like two that we hear often when talking about application infrastructure: SRE and DR. Site reliability engineering (SRE) and disaster recovery (DR) are two important activities that ensure the availability and resilience of an organization’s app
Pure Storage
MARCH 14, 2023
Beef Up Security Against Physical and Cyber Attacks with Purity//FA 6.4.3 by Pure Storage Blog New Rapid Data Locking (RDL) key helps safeguard data in high-risk environments. The post Beef Up Security Against Physical and Cyber Attacks with Purity//FA 6.4.3 appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.
Security Industry Association
MARCH 13, 2023
Security Industry Association (SIA) members and the security industry are mourning the recent loss of Ron Spiller, principal at R.F. Spiller & Associates, a SIA and industry icon who passed away on March 6. Spiller, who actively participated in SIA for over 20 years, began his security industry career in 1969 as the general manager of Bourns Security Systems.
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.
Recovery Diva
MARCH 14, 2023
Back in November of 2022, I did a posting about a new report on recovery from the GAO. See: [link] The challenge is to see what GAO recommended and what FEMA actually did in the new disaster recovery report now out for comment. [See previous posting on this site for access.] The best analyses will be published on this site in the future.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 14, 2023
If the U.S. military shoots down a North Korean ICBM fired in the direction of the United States and its territories, North Korea will regard it as an act of war. Even in the realm of North Korean rhetoric, this is extreme.
National Fire Protection Association
MARCH 13, 2023
An area of refuge is one way to satisfy the accessible means of egress requirements. One of the most common questions when it comes to areas of refuge besides “What is an area of refuge?” is “Do the exit stairs need to be oversized?” Like so many other code questions the answer is “It depends.” It is going to depend on what is serving as your area of refuge.
Disaster Zone
MARCH 16, 2023
TikToc is a poster child for this.
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
Recovery Diva
MARCH 11, 2023
From the WashPost: Insurers slashed Hurricane Ian payouts far below damage estimates, documents and insiders reveal
The Rand Blog
MARCH 13, 2023
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough recently announced formation of an equity team to examine and address racial differences in disability compensation grant rates. This is encouraging progress, particularly after years of reluctance on the part of the department to acknowledge there might be a problem.
Citrix
MARCH 13, 2023
Citrix Gateway service now supports Loss tolerant mode (preview), which uses EDT Lossy transport protocol to enhance the end-user audio experience for users connecting through networks with high latency and packet loss. In recent years, remote work has become increasingly … The post Preview: EDT Lossy on Citrix Gateway service first appeared on Citrix Blogs.
Disaster Zone
MARCH 16, 2023
The march toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues.
National Fire Protection Association
MARCH 15, 2023
NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® Section 110.5(M)(1) requires auditing of your electrical safety program (ESP) to determine if the ESP continues to comply with current NFPA 70E requirements. Section 110.5(F) requires that the ESP identify the controls by which it is measured and monitored. Electrically safety in the workplace will stagnate without this step where improvements for safety are implemented.
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