Items Tagged with 'COVID-19'

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As Organizations Become Aware of Security Vulnerabilities in Cloud-Based Collaboration Applications, It’s Time to Act

May 28, 2020

New security threats are surfacing every day, driving IT and security operations teams to quickly understand and address significant security threats.

The Expanding COVID Attack Surface

How We Can Come Together to Defend Against Cyberattacks to Emerge Stronger

Tom Patterson

May 28, 2020

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COVID-19 is a killer virus, with deadly outcomes every day that are profoundly impacting lives, economies and futures.

Proposed Legislation Would Cover Pandemic Business Interruption

May 27, 2020

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H.R. 7011, the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020 (PRIA), would create the Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program, a system of shared public and private compensation for business interruption losses resulting from future pandemics or public health emergencies.

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Making the Security Case to the C-Suite

Greg Schreiber

May 27, 2020

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Perhaps the most significant security advancement made at the enterprise level over the last two decades has not been technology, but rather its perception.

84% of Businesses Will Increase Work-from-home Capacity Beyond Pandemic Despite Security Concerns

May 27, 2020

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Despite security issues and concerns resulting from the massive and sudden increase in work-from-home (WFH) initiatives caused by the global COVID-19 healthcare crisis, one-third (38%) of U.S. companies observed productivity gains during remote work and 84% anticipate broader and more permanent WFH adoption beyond the pandemic

Acting Secretary of DHS Announces Additional Support to Firefighting Organizations

May 26, 2020

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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf announced changes to the FY2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant program that would allow more firefighting organizations to take advantage of the grants.

MTA Launches Pilot with UVC to Kill COVID-19

May 26, 2020

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced an ultraviolet (UV) light pilot program that reportedly kills COVID-19, with the first phase set to launch on subways, buses and other New York City Transit facilities throughout the system this week.

CDC Releases Resources to Assist States to Open

May 26, 2020

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To help states, tribes, localities, and territories, as well as businesses and community organizations operate as safely as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC released two new resources to aide in reopening.

NIST Study Measures Performance Accuracy of Contactless Fingerprinting Tech

May 22, 2020

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has evaluated several commercially available contactless fingerprint scanning technologies to compare their performance.

Facebook Announces Permanent Remote Work Option for Employees

May 22, 2020

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will allow permanent remote work for many of its existing employees.

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Covid-19 and Healthcare Security: Responding to the Unpredictable

Listen to healthcare security experts as they discuss their journey through the Covid-19 pandemic – from response to recovery, what they saw, and what they learned. This webinar will discuss how these experts reacted to the pandemic, the planning, the changes in their operations and staffing, and dealing with this new unforeseen risk. Read More

Maximizing 8K Resolution for Stadiums, Municipalities, Government, and Other Large Venues

This presentation will show you the benefits of using high resolution cameras to monitor large venues. This will enable cost savings from reduced camera count. Various intelligent features and functions will be discussed that allow for ease of monitoring and searching videos as well as bandwidth reduction.

Chad Schermerhorn, Security Expert at Brivo, will discuss how your physical security stack should be an operational asset. It should be based on the strongest, and most-up-to-date smart security that can protect you today and adapt for unexpected threats that may come.

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Security Magazine

2020 May

This month in Security magazine, we highlight COVID-19 and enterprise security's response. How has the pandemic changed business continuity plans, and what lessons have been learned? Also this month, we profile Chris Hallenbeck, CISO at Tanium, his view on metrics and information security. In addition, security experts discuss video analytics, how to make AI work within your cyber strategy and more.

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