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NIST crowdsourcing challenge to de-identify public safety data sets

October 7, 2020
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a crowdsourcing challenge to spur new methods to ensure that important public safety data sets can be de-identified to protect individual privacy. The Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge includes a series of contests that will award a total of up to $276,000 for differential privacy solutions for complex data sets that include information on both time and location. 
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Mitigating the risks of business travel during the pandemic

What security and risk management issues do you need to consider before business travel resumes?
Matthew Bradley
Matthew Bradley
October 7, 2020

Travel has been limited to prevent the spread of COVID-19; however, as restrictions relax and organizations start to return to operations, we’re beginning to see an increase in business travel. In fact, in May, Business Travel News estimated that 31% of travelers expected to start planning business travel within the next month and 50% of meeting planners anticipated resuming meetings from the months of June to September.


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National Harbor 2020 exercise tests interagency recovery and response

October 6, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined with public and private-sector partners to conduct an interagency Tabletop Exercise (TTX) called “National Harbor 2020 – Recovery Phase Exercise,” September 29 – 30, to test the processes and plans required by regional government and business partners following a notional catastrophic incident at National Harbor outside of Washington, D.C.
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Security Talk

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Maggie Shein
Maggie Shein
October 2, 2020

When I first entered the security industry, it was in the early 2000s. There was no social media, no iPhones, no podcasts. My first security tradeshow happened to be ISC West. Not only was I overwhelmed by the technology and the learning curve of understanding organizational and enterprise-level risks, mitigation and solutions, but I was struck by the sheer size of the show.


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Corning takes unified approach to pandemic response

A tightly coordinated pandemic response effort from Corning’s global security group enabled the company to continue business operations while protecting its employees, locations and communities.
Maggie Shein
Maggie Shein
October 1, 2020

A tightly coordinated pandemic response effort from Corning’s global security group enabled the company to continue business operations while protecting its employees, locations and communities.


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FEMA opens $660 million grant application process to build resilient infrastructure and communities

September 30, 2020
EMA will open applications on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 for two hazard mitigation grant programs totaling $660 million. The two grant programs, the Flood Mitigation Assistance grant and the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant, or BRIC, will provide funds to states, local communities, tribes and territories for eligible mitigation activities. These programs allow for funding to be used on projects that will reduce future disaster losses and strengthen our nation’s ability to build a culture of preparedness.
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