Articles by tag: pandemic response
As the Senior Vice President of Governance, Risk & Compliance at Flexential, David Kidd is accustomed to thinking about flexibility, resilience, and security from an IT perspective. However, throughout COVID-19, his prowess has been on display in another way. David implemented a pandemic response plan long before COVID-19 – and here he explains to […]
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Building Management
How Facilities Management Can Navigate Disaster Challenges
Facilities managers always need a plan to deal with natural disasters, such as fires and hurricanes. But throw in a pandemic and add social unrest into the equation and, suddenly, what disaster preparedness looks like for a business’ facility manager is a whole lot different. Vixxo’s Penny Carter, Vice President of Operational Excellence, and […]
Podcasts
Backstage Pass: How the Events Industry is Reacting to COVID-19
On this episode of Backstage Pass, an Alford Media Services podcast, Voice of B2B Daniel Litwin was joined by a trio of events industry experts in Alford Media Executive Vice President and General Manager Tom Alford, President and COO of Snap! Event Productions Amber Jenkins, and Paul Johnson, founder of Paul Johnson, Inc. In […]
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Forming Relationships with Industry Insiders Can Quell Sales Cycles and their Length of Time
New companies are facing more and more challenges in the security industry as sales cycles are experiencing lengthier times. One of those reasons is due to the complexity of the security industry itself, along with the unique and special business models every new company will come in with. But there is a solution to […]
From Bollards to Bytes: Why Security Firms Need to Adopt a Cyber-First Approach
How can the security industry effectively navigate the shift from traditional physical security measures to adopting a cyber-first approach in its sales and integration strategies? The transition from physical to digital security solutions was a major theme at the International Security Conference & Exposition West 2024 held earlier this month. On a recent episode of […]
Security Operations Improvements Will Come Via Worker Empowerment
The security industry can harness technological tools to optimize workflows and to help further enhance operational efficiency. Much of that can come via retooling, and educating, the labor force to enhance operations within security and control centers. In an episode of MarketScale’s premier roundtable discussion show, Experts Talk, previewing major trends for ISC West […]
Smart City Technologies Rely on Edge Computing for Responsive Disaster Recovery
How can smart city technologies enhance local and national response efforts, particularly in disaster recovery scenarios like the Virginia Beach flood resilience initiative? Dustin Seetoo, a Rugged Edge Computing Industry Leader, suggests that the intersection of IoT and rugged edge computing is critical for deploying resilient and responsive smart city solutions. “Specifically, in this […]