When Disaster Strikes, Today’s Teleports Keep You Connected

A COMSAT Perspective We’ve seen such happen all too often – large populations devastated by natural disasters through events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, fires and extreme weather. As we’ve witnessed in the past, devastation isn’t limited to natural occurrences, it can also be man-made. Whatever the event may be, natural or man-made, first responders and relief teams depend… Continue reading When Disaster Strikes, Today’s Teleports Keep You Connected

How Higher Education Can Get More From Mass Notification Systems

31More and more higher education institutions are including mass notifications as a vital component within their crisis communications plans. They’ve discovered that mass notifications are an efficient and effective way to communicate with campus stakeholders in a crisis, such as an active shooter scenario or a weather emergency. However, campuses are missing out. Most can… Continue reading How Higher Education Can Get More From Mass Notification Systems

Reinventing Financial Compliance

Reducing Cost and Complexity, Increasing Accuracy and Reliability   As we mark the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 banking crisis – considered by many to be the country’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression — the issue of financial compliance is trending. In this article, Verint’s VP of Financial Compliance Strategy, Phil Fry, explores… Continue reading Reinventing Financial Compliance

The effects of stress on incident teams and how to counteract them

Charlie Maclean Bristol, FBCI, looks at the physical effects which occur when individuals are faced with an incident and the methods that can be used to counteract them. You know the feeling, you are told the incident you never wanted to happen has just occurred, which sets off the sinking feeling in your stomach, the… Continue reading The effects of stress on incident teams and how to counteract them

More Bandwidth, More Features: Cisco Unveils 400G Switching Done Right

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Bandwidth and scale. These are two of the biggest challenges facing data center customers today. How can they support data-hungry apps like streaming video, or apps that use artificial intelligence and machine learning? And how can they keep growing their networks, without having to replace them every time? To meet the need… Continue reading More Bandwidth, More Features: Cisco Unveils 400G Switching Done Right

Young Professional Spotlight: Luis Tapia

After the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001, and Hurricane Katrina occurred while he was pursuing his bachelor’s degree, Luis Tapia wanted to help the communities recover and heal. He focused on his studies on hazards and disasters. At that time he worked at the American Red Cross in Dallas. This was a wonderful experience and… Continue reading Young Professional Spotlight: Luis Tapia

Developing Corporate Security Policies To Avoid Data Breaches

Minimizing D&O Cyber Liability   Companies of all sizes face constant cyber threats, ranging from corporate espionage and the piracy of proprietary information to digital thieves stealing funds from online accounts. While directors and officers must be concerned about these cyber threats to corporate assets, in recent years, widespread data breaches – particularly those involving… Continue reading Developing Corporate Security Policies To Avoid Data Breaches

Writing the future on World Cities Day

Urbanization is alive and growing: our cities are tipped to house an additional 2.4 billion people over the next 30 years). “Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities” is the theme of this year’s United Nations World Cities Day, and ISO standards are proving to be essential tools to do exactly that. How do you enhance a city’s attractiveness, and… Continue reading Writing the future on World Cities Day

They Survived Michael But Now Lack Health-Care Basics

(TNS) — For days, Lorraine DePriest has been patching the hole in her abdomen with only toilet paper and clear packing tape. They’re the closest things to medical supplies the 55-year-old in Panama City public housing has after Hurricane Michael swept through and destroyed the small monthly stockpile of colostomy bags she has relied on… Continue reading They Survived Michael But Now Lack Health-Care Basics

Few Hotels Open for Hurricane Survivors: Even Rough Conditions Are Appreciated by Those With Little or Nothing

(TNS) — A child rides his bike about 40 feet, turns and gives a few more pushes before it’s time to turn around again. He does this over and over, zipping past an open doorway where a man sleeps inside one of a motel’s run-down units. The bed’s box spring is directly on the floor.… Continue reading Few Hotels Open for Hurricane Survivors: Even Rough Conditions Are Appreciated by Those With Little or Nothing