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Reposted from EMR-ISAC
With the rise of advanced tools that enable the rapid creation, alteration, and distribution of images, videos, and other digital content, there are many ways to manipulate what people see and believe. Content provenance solutions aim to establish the lineage of media, including its source and editing history over time.
Of these solutions, Content Credentials™ are a provenance solution that uses cryptographically signed metadata describing the provenance of media. This metadata can be attached to the media content during export from software or even at creation on hardware.
This cybersecurity information sheet, Content Credentials: Strengthening Multimedia Integrity in the Generative AI Era, authored by the National Security Agency (NSA), Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), and United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK), discusses how Content Credentials can provide transparency for the provenance of media, raises awareness of the state of this solution, introduces recommended practices to preserve provenance information, and emphasizes the importance of widespread adoption across the information ecosystem.
FEMA is hosting two sessions of a 1-hour webinar on the Response Inventory System (RIS), National Resource Hub: From Chaos to Coordination: The RIS Advantage in Disaster Preparedness
Resource management is the cornerstone of preparing for and responding to incidents that require mutual aid among agencies and jurisdictions.
The webinar will cover the basic capabilities and functions of RIS. Participants will learn:
There will be a live demonstration of how to use RIS, and participants will be able to ask questions at the end of the presentation.
Please register in advance to attend either of the following offerings of this webinar. Each session will cover the same information:
For more than a decade, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been reporting on the state of national preparedness to identify the risks and opportunities that inform emergency management decision-making.
FEMA’s 2024 National Preparedness Report provides a data-driven picture of national preparedness and emergency management trends. It offers all levels of government, tribes, the private and nonprofit sectors, and the public practical insights to inform decisions about program priorities, resource allocations and actions that can create more resilient communities.
This year, the report places particular emphasis on four core capabilities: Mass Care Services, Public Information and Warning, Infrastructure Systems, and Cybersecurity. These areas continue to present significant challenges, but also opportunities for enhancing national resilience.
The analysis presented in the report identified several key takeaways:
Reposted from Safehaven Security
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Feb 13, 2025 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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There are ALWAYS warning signs before violence occurs! Always! Are you and your team trained to recognize the warning signs? Company security goes beyond keycards, fingerprints and magnetometers. And we know that in many companies, security and safety fall under HR Professionals to manage. Today, companies must include both threat assessments and digital vulnerability intelligence as part of their overall security strategy to ensure the safety of their employees, including board members, high-profile employees and C-suite. Join this webinar to see cases where digital vulnerability intelligence and risk monitoring helped uncover exposed personally identifiable information (PII) for company executives and how removal and monitoring of that information ensured safety.
2025 AAM ANNUAL MEETING & MUSEUMEXPO
MAY 6-9, 2025 • LOS ANGELES
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We understand that planning during a time of disruption can be difficult, but the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo is an experience worth planning for. Regardless of what type of challenge you may be facing, the best way to persevere is to come together and learn from one another. With over 200 sessions, the AAM 2025 program is the largest in over a decade! You can now preview the program. The full program including events, preconference activities, and keynote will be available in the coming weeks.
Reposted from Tim Richardson
“When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.” —Sigmund Freud
What do you do when you need a new idea or a mental break?
My inspiration and relaxation both are maximized by the same activity – taking a walk. That is where I often get ideas for my writing and speeches. It also helps alleviate stress.
Harvard Medicine reports that many doctors are prescribing time outdoors for their patients.
The National Park Service suggests that even just 5 minutes walking in nature improves mood, self-esteem, and relaxation.
While I find nature wonderfully inspiring, you certainly don’t have to walk in the woods to claim these benefits.
John Bowers, the Chief Executive Officer for a large law firm, is a friend and recent client. For much of his 25-year career, John has taken the stairs to his office. Since he works in a metropolitan area, his morning walk is taking 15 flights of stairs. He uses that time to think about his day and what he needs to accomplish.
Moving your legs puts your brain into a creative and relaxed state, increasing your mental focus and releasing stress from your entire body.
A necessary part of our lives may be spent in urban environments or in an office all day. Both can be very mentally taxing, affecting our mindset, productivity, and our mental well-being. This makes it increasingly important to force us to do what we may not think that we have time to do.
New innovations and ideas don’t usually occur without allowing a break for our brain and body.
Chances are, you drive to work. Consider parking several blocks away or even in a parking space furthest from your office. Then walk to and from your car. During your lunch break, eat at your desk at least a few days a week and then go for a walk. Schedule your meetings at coffee shops within walking distance. While I like the solitude of walking, you might also consider having a meeting while taking a walk. And you can always be like my friend John and skip the elevator.
Removing yourself from your typical work environment to take an intentional pause can benefit problem solving, approaching a difficult conversation, searching for a creative idea, or just having a mental break from your routine.
Going out of your way to take a slower, longer route might be exactly what your mind and body need. Who knows what inspiration or calming affect will transpire.
Pause to take a walk.
It’s obvious to spot natural talent. But what usually isn’t so obvious is the hours of the training or education, the dedication to skill development, the mental toughness to repeatedly push through failure and learn from it, and the insightful advice and challenge of a good coach. Let’s zero in on that one—the importance of a good coach. One of the benefits of having a coach is that they can see blind spots that need improvement. They recognize talent and help to develop that talent with instruction and encouragement. I had a lot of coaching starting early in life. The most significant coaching I received as a young teen was from my mother when I competed in a speech contest. She helped me develop my presentation skills, scheduled practice sessions in front of her friends, and offered ongoing encouragement.
I won the speech competition and found my calling.
All because of my coach.
That is why coaching is so valuable.
Even if you are established in your career, the benefits of good coaching should still be a consideration for your success and the success of others.
Here three primary coaching possibilities that can help further your career and build your skillset:
Whether you are on the giving or receiving end, there is much to gain from coaching. Experience growth. Share your journey. Grow your career. Find a coach. Be a coach.
Reposted from American Alliance of Museums
Museum Magazine- January/February
This year’s TrendsWatch report, available first to AAM members in Museum, looks at the trends museums must navigate in a complex, layered future: the DEI backlash, changes in volunteerism, and digital vulnerabilities. Learn how these issues are intertwined, and why they are as salient as ever in museum work today. Preview select articles from this issue of Museum below. Individual and Museum Tier 2, Tier 3, Ally, and Industry Members can access the full digital edition.
Have you ever had one of the following experiences?
We’ve all had positive, unexpected things happen to us before. My most recent “finding a wad of cash” made my day.
Here’s what happened.
A client who I worked with late last year emailed me to tell me that I hadn’t cashed the check from a late year speaking engagement. Indeed, the undeposited check was in my desk drawer, placed there during a very busy season. She had no idea that her simple communication would make my day.
This experience was a reminder about how our actions and words, particularly when unexpected, can make a huge impact on others. They can turn around a negative situation into a positive one or even change the trajectory of someone’s life.
Last week, I had a conversation with a client who had attended a conference where I had presented more than 15 years ago. He told me that his organization had benefited greatly from the presentation and cited specific benefits from my training.
He told me this story:
One of my staff members was underperforming. In fact, due to his poor performance, he was about to be fired. As I was thinking about how to have that difficult conversation, I thought back to a point you made in your presentation. I thought about the skillsets he had which were not utilized in his current position. That job wasn’t a good fit for him. I reassigned him to another position, one that complimented his natural talents. It didn’t take long for both of us to realize that he would excel in his new job. Eventually, he became one of the biggest superstars in our organization. It’s not uncommon for our customers to bring him coffee or doughnuts on occasion to thank him for the work he does. They love how passionately he performs his duties and the incredible energy he brings to work each day.
My message from that 2010 presentation was this: Everybody has value. Excellent leaders identify the best traits on his or her team and figure out how to use them to the greatest benefit of the individual AND the organization.
If you are a leader and you aren’t doing that, you aren’t doing your job. Good leaders bring out the best in others. They look for unexpected opportunities to communicate encouragement and positive support. They regularly assess the needs of their organization and help their teams reach their full potential. They continuously look for ways to provide “a wad of cash in your pocket” experience for those around them and they repeat those moments frequently.
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