Crisis management: The good, the bad, and the unexpected
How the event industry can best prepare for the unforeseen and the unexpected.
Extreme weather events, protests, shootings, cyber-attacks and natural or human-made disasters are now a fact of life for event professionals.
It’s vital therefore for those in the industry to understand the key principles and best practices event professionals need to adopt to reduce risk and ensure safety and security. A recent webinar from PCMA examined this topic and provided insights on crisis management, risk mitigation, security operations and effective response strategies. {Read full article here}
TSA Rolls Out Advanced ID Verification Tech at Spokane International Airport Security Checkpoints
The next time you depart Spokane International Airport (GEG), you will have the option of having your identity verified by the latest generation of Credential Authentication Technology (CAT). The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at GEG has deployed units that use facial matching to verify the identity of travelers during the security screening process. {Read full article here}
Watch a UC Berkeley digital forensics expert break down political deepfakes
Every day someone asks Hany Farid, a UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the School of Information, to review images, audio and videos to determine if they are real or fake. {Read full article here}
The U.S. Needs to Cut – Not Add To – It’s Cyber Bloat
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill designed to combat the cyber threat against critical infrastructure posed by nation states, and especially China. Dubbed the “Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act,” the potential legislation would establish an interagency task force to address cyber-enabled threats to critical infrastructure and coordinate federal stakeholder agencies involved with its protection. {Read full article here}