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  • Special Pathogens & MCI Training with Kara Marshall

    Special Pathogens & MCI Training with Kara Marshall
    2026/09/16
    Everyone in healthcare knows training is important. How do you quantify or measure that training, though - and make it engaging? This week, we chat about pernicious bugs and mass casualty incident training exercises with Kara Marshall, the program manager for institutional preparedness at UTMB's Special Pathogens Excellence in Clinical Treatment, Readiness & Education Program (SPECTRE).
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    47 分
  • Healthcare Continuity Planning & Risk with Adam Lee and Lisa Spivey

    Healthcare Continuity Planning & Risk with Adam Lee and Lisa Spivey
    2026/09/09
    Sooner or later, a disaster will strike your business. Business continuity plans are common but they're uniquely critical in healthcare, where natural crises or cyberattacks could complicate or compromise patient care. This week, we explore those challenges with Adam Lee, the director of emergency management and organizational resilience for the Memorial Hermann Health System, and Lisa Spivey, senior project manager for disaster preparedness and business continuity at the Harris Health system.
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    51 分
  • "STEM Had Its Moment" - Workforce Training & AI

    "STEM Had Its Moment" - Workforce Training & AI
    2026/09/02
    What does job training look like in the age of artificial intelligence? What about education? This week, we replay a panel discussion from our recent "AI at the Crossroads: Impacts at the Nexus of Critical Infrastructure, Security & the Future of Work," a webinar exploring AI as emerging critical infrastructure. This panel, on workforce training and development, offered an engaging conversation about necessary traditional skillsets needed to balance out and manage generative AI - even for entry level jobs.

    You'll hear from Dr. Shengjie "Tony" Yao, an assistant professor of media and communication at Sam Houston State; Carrie Welch, the launch director for the Center for the Creator Economy at Syracuse University; Bryce Allen, the principal consultant for Agravic Solutions; Jason Nichols, the CEO of HydrosphereIQ Consulting; and Dr. Ryan Randa, a professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology and deputy director of research at the Institute for Homeland Security.
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    1 時間 4 分
  • Critical Infrastructure & Talking Dogs with Dr. Judy Clemens-Smuckers, Dr. Brandon West & Erik Peterson

    Critical Infrastructure & Talking Dogs with Dr. Judy Clemens-Smuckers, Dr. Brandon West & Erik Peterson
    2026/08/26
    School is finally back in session - from college all the way to preschool - and my daughter's long-awaited new favorite movie is in theaters. "Paw Patrol 3: The Dino Movie" presents an offbeat opportunity to talk about kid-friendly portrayals of critical infrastructure protection and careers, and how grown-up portrayals of the same jobs on "NCIS" and "CSI" shape expectations and perceptions among adults. This week, we're joined by one of our new IHS Project Managers, Erik Peterson, along with media and communication faculty Dr. Judy Clemens-Smuckers and Dr. Brandon West.
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    49 分
  • Calculating Criminal & Structural Social Networks with Dr. Nathan Jones and Braell Dotson

    Calculating Criminal & Structural Social Networks with Dr. Nathan Jones and Braell Dotson
    2026/08/05
    Every actor is within six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. We can measure and chart that professional network - and we can do it with Mexican drug cartels and critical infrastructure assets. This week, we chat with Dr. Nathan Jones, professor and chair of the Security Studies department at Sam, and Braell Dotson, an enterprising recent graduate who coded a plugin to open-source software used by law enforcement to measure and track criminal networks.
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    47 分
  • Emerging Threats & Risk Management in Trucking with John Contestabile

    Emerging Threats & Risk Management in Trucking with John Contestabile
    2026/07/29
    The trucking industry faces myriad modern challenges. Some are conventional, but plenty of others are emerging and evolving quickly. This week, we're podcasting a keynote address from our transportation symposium earlier this summer. John Contestabile, the director of public safety solutions at Skyline Technology Solutions, explores that changing threat landscape and how it affects risk management and prudent planning.
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    32 分
  • Risk Management in Critical Trucking Infrastructure with Angelica Garcia and Daniel Sandoval

    Risk Management in Critical Trucking Infrastructure with Angelica Garcia and Daniel Sandoval
    2026/07/15
    Trucking and transportation are all about logistics - and risk management. How can you run lean while keeping your eyes on the road? This week, we're revisiting a panel from our livestreamed transportation symposium in May with John Suarez from the Institute for Homeland Security and Angelica Garcia and Daniel Sandoval from Cocoon Consulting and Logistics Services.
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    59 分
  • "No Pasa Nada" and Crisis Preparedness with Catherine Martin-Trujillo

    "No Pasa Nada" and Crisis Preparedness with Catherine Martin-Trujillo
    2026/07/01
    In a crisis, knowing who to call is critical - and when to call for backup. This week, we unpack a crisis management and tabletop hurricane exercise down in the Valley with Catherine Martin-Trujillo, the emergency preparedness coordinator for the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, and explore big takeaways for emergency exercises and preparation.
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    43 分