This informational deck outlines the Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST) training/exercise plan from Epicenter Media & Training.
State, county, local, and other regional government organizations can request this training/exercise offering as an entire package or its single elements. Epicenter Media & Training's team of VOST trainers and facilitators have years of virtual operations support experience and have built VOSTs across North America and beyond.
Contact us for information - we can help your agency build a VOST from scratch or support your already-existing virtual team with enhanced training and capacity-development!
I4ADA 2019 - Presentation Jacques Kruse BrandaoPaul van Heel
See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age
I4ADA 2019 - Presentation Cedric WachholzPaul van Heel
See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age
I4ADA 2019 Presentation Stepheni barakiPaul van Heel
See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age
This informational deck outlines the Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST) training/exercise plan from Epicenter Media & Training.
State, county, local, and other regional government organizations can request this training/exercise offering as an entire package or its single elements. Epicenter Media & Training's team of VOST trainers and facilitators have years of virtual operations support experience and have built VOSTs across North America and beyond.
Contact us for information - we can help your agency build a VOST from scratch or support your already-existing virtual team with enhanced training and capacity-development!
I4ADA 2019 - Presentation Jacques Kruse BrandaoPaul van Heel
See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age
I4ADA 2019 - Presentation Cedric WachholzPaul van Heel
See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age
I4ADA 2019 Presentation Stepheni barakiPaul van Heel
See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age
Introduction to National Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security: Background a...Jack Whitsitt
Given at SOURCE Boston 2013, this presentation is one of the only places you will find the conceptual and policy underpinnings of U.S. national cyber security and critical infrastructure protection efforts and information about the recent White House Cyber Executive Order
NZ VOST Training Guide
12th October 2012 v1
This guide was delivered to Civil Defence volunteers in 2012 by Caroline Milligan.
Authors: Team Lead Caroline Milligan ( Twitter: @Caz_Milligan ) and NZ VOST member Scott Reuter ( Twitter: @sct_r ) for New Zealand Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST) regional training.
This guide was published in 2012 and was updated in 2015 (contact @Caz_Milligan for details regarding new digital volunteer strategy, policy, SOP's, guidelines, training, exercises and resources).
This presentation discusses macro technology trends in disaster management and provides an overview of digital volunteerism. In addition, examples of digital volunteer groups and technologies are provided.
When Worlds Collide: Tracking the Trends at the Intersection of Social, Mobil...mkeane
The american workplace is in a period of unprecedented change as the combination of mobile technology and social media is changing the "who, what, when and where" of work.
How digital volunteers and VOSTs can assist official government agencies and emergency management organizations. A brief overview of the experience so far.
Designing Security Across Boundaries: mapping disperse data to collaborative...Trilateral Research
Katrina Petersen from Trilateral Research presented work carried out within the IN-PREP project at the "Data-Power: Global In/Securities" event. The presentation focused on the ethical issues that emerge when preparing for disasters by sharing data across borders/boundaries.
Empower your emergency response and crisis management teams with state-of-the-art software solutions. Our advanced tools streamline coordination, data analysis, and communication, ensuring faster and more effective disaster preparedness and response. Don't wait for the next crisis – invest in cutting-edge technology today for a safer tomorrow.
Get Ahead of Cyber Security by Tiffy Issac, Partner EY IndiaRahul Neel Mani
Internet of Things “IoT” can be defined as physical objects that connect to the internet through embedded systems and sensors, interacting with it to generate meaningful results and convenience to the end-user community. According to industry estimates, machine-to-machine communications
alone will generate approximately US$900 billion in revenues by 2020.
In a world filled with uncertainties, empowering resilience through effective Emergency Response & Crisis Management is crucial. Explore the vital role these strategies play in preparing for and mitigating crises. Learn about key approaches, teamwork, and preparedness that enable communities and organizations to navigate challenging situations with confidence. Discover the tools and knowledge that foster a culture of resilience, ensuring you're ready to respond effectively when it matters most. Strengthen your ability to face adversity and emerge stronger. Join us in the journey towards a more resilient future.
The Open Internet has demonstrated to be a powerful driver for social, technical and economic interaction. The success of the Internet is based on a number of Invariants[1], among which are Global connectivity and integrity, Accessibility, permissionless innovation, interoperability and mutual agreements. Those properties not only bring prosperity, they grow the attack surface too.
When it comes to Internet Security on a global scale the general approach to security may not be all that applicable. That general approach is usually inward facing: whereby actors look at their own assets and how to protect them in a way that makes economic sense.
Security policies are often premised at stopping bad things and not on what the properties are that need protected. When thinking about security for the Internet, then, individual actors also need an external perspective in order to trade off their actions towards the bigger internet: Collaborative Security.
Within that context we reflect on resiliency, about outward facing security, governance, and give some examples of collaborative security and the difficulty of them getting traction.
Introduction to National Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security: Background a...Jack Whitsitt
Given at SOURCE Boston 2013, this presentation is one of the only places you will find the conceptual and policy underpinnings of U.S. national cyber security and critical infrastructure protection efforts and information about the recent White House Cyber Executive Order
NZ VOST Training Guide
12th October 2012 v1
This guide was delivered to Civil Defence volunteers in 2012 by Caroline Milligan.
Authors: Team Lead Caroline Milligan ( Twitter: @Caz_Milligan ) and NZ VOST member Scott Reuter ( Twitter: @sct_r ) for New Zealand Virtual Operations Support Team (VOST) regional training.
This guide was published in 2012 and was updated in 2015 (contact @Caz_Milligan for details regarding new digital volunteer strategy, policy, SOP's, guidelines, training, exercises and resources).
This presentation discusses macro technology trends in disaster management and provides an overview of digital volunteerism. In addition, examples of digital volunteer groups and technologies are provided.
When Worlds Collide: Tracking the Trends at the Intersection of Social, Mobil...mkeane
The american workplace is in a period of unprecedented change as the combination of mobile technology and social media is changing the "who, what, when and where" of work.
How digital volunteers and VOSTs can assist official government agencies and emergency management organizations. A brief overview of the experience so far.
Designing Security Across Boundaries: mapping disperse data to collaborative...Trilateral Research
Katrina Petersen from Trilateral Research presented work carried out within the IN-PREP project at the "Data-Power: Global In/Securities" event. The presentation focused on the ethical issues that emerge when preparing for disasters by sharing data across borders/boundaries.
Empower your emergency response and crisis management teams with state-of-the-art software solutions. Our advanced tools streamline coordination, data analysis, and communication, ensuring faster and more effective disaster preparedness and response. Don't wait for the next crisis – invest in cutting-edge technology today for a safer tomorrow.
Get Ahead of Cyber Security by Tiffy Issac, Partner EY IndiaRahul Neel Mani
Internet of Things “IoT” can be defined as physical objects that connect to the internet through embedded systems and sensors, interacting with it to generate meaningful results and convenience to the end-user community. According to industry estimates, machine-to-machine communications
alone will generate approximately US$900 billion in revenues by 2020.
In a world filled with uncertainties, empowering resilience through effective Emergency Response & Crisis Management is crucial. Explore the vital role these strategies play in preparing for and mitigating crises. Learn about key approaches, teamwork, and preparedness that enable communities and organizations to navigate challenging situations with confidence. Discover the tools and knowledge that foster a culture of resilience, ensuring you're ready to respond effectively when it matters most. Strengthen your ability to face adversity and emerge stronger. Join us in the journey towards a more resilient future.
The Open Internet has demonstrated to be a powerful driver for social, technical and economic interaction. The success of the Internet is based on a number of Invariants[1], among which are Global connectivity and integrity, Accessibility, permissionless innovation, interoperability and mutual agreements. Those properties not only bring prosperity, they grow the attack surface too.
When it comes to Internet Security on a global scale the general approach to security may not be all that applicable. That general approach is usually inward facing: whereby actors look at their own assets and how to protect them in a way that makes economic sense.
Security policies are often premised at stopping bad things and not on what the properties are that need protected. When thinking about security for the Internet, then, individual actors also need an external perspective in order to trade off their actions towards the bigger internet: Collaborative Security.
Within that context we reflect on resiliency, about outward facing security, governance, and give some examples of collaborative security and the difficulty of them getting traction.
Tips to Make an Incident Response Plan to Tackle Cyber Threats and Safeguardi...Ahad
With this, the corporations are adapting foolproof methods and adhering to UAE personal data protection law to protect themselves from these types of attacks, suffering great losses. It has been observed that most businesses become victims of cyber attacks regardless of their updated cyber security.
Visit : https://ahad-me.com/solutions/iso-27001-implementation/6
Cybersecurity: Protecting Local Government Digital Resources ReportSamantha Wagner
While cybersecurity is addressing the need for computer security, most local governments still don't have a solid understanding of what policies and procedures they should follow to protect their computer systems from future attacks. That's why ICMA has partnered with Microsoft to develop a new report on cybersecurity to ensure that local leaders are aware of what it takes to protect their computer systems and what current and future leading practices might look like.
The study provides valuable insight into the change in agency investment, awareness, and support for cybersecurity – as well as the challenges and barriers faced in achieving these goals.
Notable Takeaways:
• Financial Risks: According to a 2016 BetaNews article, “the total average cost of a data breach is now put at $6.53M, which includes $3.72M in lost business. Forensic investigations can cost up to $2,000 an hour, and the average annual salary of a security engineer is $92,000. With these high costs, proper preventative attack measures and cybersecurity insurance are crucial for the financial safety of organizations
• Employee Risks: A sizeable percentage of local agencies responded to never having taken cybersecurity awareness training for citizens (71.4%), contractors (61.9%), and local elected officials (50.1%). Given that human error creates vulnerabilities for breaches through targeted attacks like spear-phishing – employee education, RBAC measures, and RMS are of critical importance for agencies.
• What Agencies Want: The top three actions that were recommended by the respondents of the study were (1) Higher funding for cybersecurity; (2) Better cybersecurity polices; and (3) Greater cybersecurity awareness among employees in their local governments.
Security - intelligence - maturity-model-ciso-whitepaperCMR WORLD TECH
A Time of Great Risk: The Time Between Compromise and Mitigation
In most organizations today, threat detection is based on various security sensors that attempt to look for anomalous behavior or for known signatures of malicious activity. These sensors include firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), application gateways, anti- virus/anti-malware, endpoint protection, and more. They operate at and provide visibility into all layers of the IT stack.
SECURITY AND SAFETY OF THE POWER GRID AND ITS RELATED COMPUTER INF.docxbagotjesusa
SECURITY AND SAFETY OF THE POWER GRID AND ITS RELATED COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1
Security and safety of the power grid and its related computer information systems
Name of the student:
Name of the institution:
There have been increased use and application of information and communication technologies in most of critical infrastructures and departments of the government. They have proved to be fundamentally significant in helping the various departments to carry out their daily activities with a lot of ease and proficiency. However, these systems have also opened quite a considerable unforeseen opportunity both positive and negative. The infrastructures have become highly efficient and flexible and this has been very beneficial to the people. On the other hand, there have been persistent problems with cybercrimes and hackers who have outsmarted the government and the set securities protocols every now and then. This has made the state lose billions of dollars in a theft of its secrets and high-level information. In this case, it is right to analyze all the general impacts that can be put in place to prevent cybercrimes as well as threats. It is hence important to validate all the necessary measures that need to be put in place in every organization. The paper will hence give recommendations that can help the named organization solve the issues mentioned.
To address this issue, proper precautions needs to be put in place. The government has to demonstrate preparedness in combating this crime both in terms of systems put in place and also the legal jurisprudence (Higgins, 2016). The US power grid system is an interconnected system that is made up of power generation, transmissions software, and its distribution with a capacity to bring down the whole economy if not well protected. The nation's department of defense (DoD) is one of the most critical and sensitive institutions that can paralyze the state if tampered with by unscrupulous individuals. The situation is even worse if there is an advanced persistent threat (APT) against computers and software that operates the western interconnection power grid. This needs an urgent measure to remove the threat immediately and avoid its reoccurrence. We recommend the following security and safety of the power grid and its related computer information systems are taken by the concerned departments:
a. Creation of a special branch that is specifically dedicated to cyber security
It is high time for the government to come up with a special branch of the military personnel that will be dedicated to fighting cybercrimes (Higgins, 2016). Its main function will be to detect cybercrime activities, to develop mechanisms to prevent cybercrimes, apprehend, arrest and align cyber criminals in a court of law.
b. Creation of special court to determine cybercrime cases
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AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS RAISING INITIATIVESijcsit
Increasingly, all kinds of organizations and institutions are adopting the E-business model to conduct their
activities and provide E-Services for their customers. In the process, whether they know it or not, those
organizations are also opening themselves up to the risk of information security breaches. Therefore
protecting an organization’s ICT infrastructure, IT systems, and Data is a vital issue that is often
underestimated. Research has shown that one of the most significant threats to information security comes
not from external attack but rather from the system's users, because they are familiar with the
infrastructure and have access to its resources, but may be unaware of the risks. Moreover, using only
technological solutions to protect an organization’s assets is not enough; there is a need to consider the
human factor by raising users’ security awareness. Our contribution to this problem is to propose an
Information Security Awareness Program that aims at raising and maintaining the level of users’ security
awareness. This paper puts forward a general model for an information security awareness program and
describes how it could be incorporated into an organization’s website through the process of development
life cycle.
How Technology is Changing Disaster ManagementGisli Olafsson
A presentation given in Taiwan on how technology is affecting the field of disaster management.
Smart use of technology is disrupting the way we prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Ever increasing computing power allows for more complex prediction and forecasting to be done, enabling better early warning systems to be developed. Human and electronic sensors are now able to provide disaster managers with information about the situation on the ground in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Explosive growth in mobile phone ownership also enables citizens to become active participants in the disaster response process instead of being simply receivers of assistance. Social networks and mobile platforms allow communities to coordinate their own response and recovery effort, often faster and more efficient than the government can. In this session, we will discuss how we disaster managers can harness these changes instead of fearing them.
Slides for a talk given at Lean Impact Summit in Washington DC, March 26th, 2014. It is about bringing the concepts of the lean methodology into the humanitarian response world.
Great Tohoku Earthquake - 3/11 Remembrance Speech in Seattle Gisli Olafsson
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014, marks the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit the Tohoku-Oki region of Japan causing one of the deadliest and most destructive disasters in the country's history. The environmental, social, and economic impacts of this historic disaster will be felt for decades.
This talk (see notes) was given at an event in Seattle to remember this day and some of the things we learned from it.
The Crisis Leader - The Art of Leadership in Times of Crisis - 1 hour versionGisli Olafsson
A talk accompanying the book The Crisis Leader (available on Amazon - http://bit.ly/TheCrisisLeader) which discusses the art of leadership in times of crisis. The author uses his experience of 20 years responding to disasters around the world.
Slides for a talk I gave at EMEC - the conference of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) European Conference. It focuses on the use of digital volunteers by emergency management organizations
Humanitarian Response in Times of Mass Collaboration and Networked IntelligenceGisli Olafsson
Slides to a talk I gave at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In this talk I look at how digital age technologies, like social media, are revolutionizing the way humanitarian response will be conducted in the future. I explore the role of technology and information sharing in humanitarian response and look at how crowdsourcing, mass collaboration, volunteer & technical community self-organization, and "information to the edge" will push totally new approaches into this space.
Webcast available at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/humanitarian-response-time-mass-collaboration-and-networked-intelligence
Information Management Course - Dissemination and DisplaysGisli Olafsson
Training session which was part of the EU Information Management Course in Madrid, October 2010. This session is about disseminating information and especially how to utilize effectively displays in the operation center.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.