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Best of 2023: Event Safety

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How can your attendees properly network and collaborate if no one feels safe? Over the year, Smart Meetings has covered several ways meeting professionals can ensure attendees feel safe in every aspect of their event. This is a huge liability risk. This is a huge liability risk. Healthy You: Eek!

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In the Cloud We Trust

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How meeting profs can keep event data safe with the latest cybersecurity tools You don’t want to be the next data leak to hit the headlines. Maintaining the security and protection of your organization’s information is a requirement for producing a successful event. But what to do?

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A Security Flaw in Millions of Hotel Keycard Locks Has Been Found. What Does that Mean for Planners?

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How planners can safeguard their attendees against hotel room breaches In 2022, at a private event in Las Vegas during “hacker summer camp,” as the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences have come to be known, a group of researchers found a flaw that could put millions of hotel rooms around the world at risk of being breached.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

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The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Defining Risk. Risk categories include financial, operational, reputational and security/safety.

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How to Secure Your Event in the Face of Rising Active Shooter Incidents

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We asked Mark Herrera, director of safety and security for International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), for strategies to improve security at events in light of these ominous statistics. Several factors contribute to how much security a specific event needs. How often do staff practice this plan? Look for Near Misses.

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Beware the Public Wi-Fi Network: 6 Ways to Practice Cybersecurity While Traveling

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However, NordVPN , a virtual private network provider, urges travelers to think twice about cybersecurity. It is typical to scroll through your phone while waiting for a flight or train,” he says. To keep personal and corporate data safe, try these cybersecurity tips when traveling abroad. Mix Up Your Passwords.

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Meeting Safety Trends in 2022

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The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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