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How the Events Industry Is Coming Together Amid COVID-19

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Despite the large economic hit the meetings sector is dealing with due to coronavirus, industry professionals, venues, and organizations have still found ways to support one another and their communities. Earlier this week, close to 11,000 industry professionals came together for Global Meetings Industry Day: Virtual.

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Lessons from a Wargame: SIFMA Shares Quantum Dawn 2 Results

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10 The number of months it took SIFMA to plan “Quantum Dawn 2,” a cyberattack drill for the financial industry that had to be delayed after more firms asked to participate. The results of one of the most interesting industry-led cybersecurity exercises of the past year are in. More than 50 companies took part.

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“Quantum” Leap: One Group’s Novel Take on Cybersecurity

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Rather than taking cybersecurity threats lying down, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has been holding simulations so that the industry knows what to do when a real attack takes place. And it was just one way to help remind both the federal government and the industry of the dangers the sector faces.