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SUMMARY:Portland Peers & Beers co-sponsored with Centripetal
DESCRIPTION:MTUG hosted our season-opening Peers & Beers on Thursday Sept 5\, 2019 — co-sponsored with Centripetal! \nAllagash Brewery was stop #1 on our 5 city tour of Maine breweries! \nTECH TOPIC: Brief Intro & Demo to Tabletop Exercises (TTX) \nThe evening featured a short “Tech Spotlight” presentation\, “Brief Intro & Demo to Table Top Security Exercises (TTX)” delivered by Will Kilbreth\, MTUG Board Member and CIO at Community Health Options\, with demo participation from MTUG community members John Holland also of CHO\, and Colin Little of Centripetal\, as well as MTUG boardmembers Joe Bourgault and James Harder. The presenters/participants gave a brief Security Table Top demo with a lot of great audience participation! \nTabletop exercises are informal roundtables held with key resources to evaluate hypothetical\, simulated emergency incident(s). \nMore About Tabletop Exercises: \nThe goal of the exercise is to identify uncertainties\, unknowns\, and possible risks the organization may need to respond to. Tabletops should foster constructive discussions among participants as they examine existing operational plans and determine where they can make improvements. Such exercises provide an opportunity for planning\, preparation\, and coordination of resources during any kind of attack or other incident. \nKey Roles and Areas of Responsibility \n\nCommunications / Media\nHelpdesk\nSecurity\nInfrastructure\nDevelopment\nLegal / Compliance\nLeadership\n\nMethodology \n\nSet goals and objectives\nDetermine players\nHave a facilitator / game master\nDevelop script and “data Inserts”\nDocument what you’ve learned / next steps\n\nMTUG also announced our 2019-20 Monthly Webinar/Peers & Beers schedule to come! \n\nMTUG thanks our event Co-Sponsor — Centripetal (www.centripetal.com) — for their generous support of this event! \n\nMTUG also thanks its event coordinators for this P&B event\, volunteer MTUG board members Wil Kilbreth\, Joe Bourgault\, and Austin Brower. \n  \nMTUG’s Peers and Beers events are a chance for IT professionals and enthusiasts to network in an informal setting while learning about a unique technology topic. There are usually four or five Peers & Beers events (in addition to 7 or so MTUG Webinars) held each season at locations across Maine. \nWould your organization like to sponsor an MTUG Peers & Beers event or get involved in another way? Visit the Get Involved page for information on how to be an event sponsor\, or other opportunities!
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LOCATION:Allagash Brewery\, Portland\, 50 Industrial Wy\, Portland
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Broadband Progress in Maine
DESCRIPTION:Broadband Progress: Where we are\, and strategies for making the case. \nBroadband Progress: Where we are\, and strategies for making the case. In this webinar\, MTUG features a legislative and programmatic update on broadband expansion in Maine from two of Maine’s frontline advocates\, Peggy Schaffer of the ConnectME Authority and Nick Battista of the Island Institute\, both of whom also serve on the advisory committee for the Maine Broadband Coalition. \nPeggy and Nick briefly present the array of programs in place for improving broadband access statewide\, how communities can engage them\, and the legislative pipeline that may help (or hinder) progress. The speakers also discuss case studies of how some communities have engaged these efforts to introduce or improve high speed internet access\, and the impact it has had. \nLastly\, speakers cover the points that technology leaders can make in their effort to improve broadband access for their operations\, their employees\, and their customers. \nWant to help out with mapping Broadband in your area?\nCurious about the reported service in other communities?\nLink to spreadsheets of unserved and MLAB test site for reporting broadband speed:\nhttps://www.maine.gov/connectme/communities-resources/Broadbandmapping \nCheck out upcoming important Maine Broadband-related events coming soon – listed at MaineBroadbandCoalition.org \n\nThurs. Oct. 24\, 2019 – Biddeford – GrowSmart Maine Annual Summit\, “Smart Growth Builds Wellness”\nMon. & Tues. Oct. 28 & 29\, 2019 – Thomas College\, Waterville – Maine Broadband Annual Summit\n\nMTUG thanks our volunteer Board Members James Harder and Joe Bouragult for assisting with this session.
URL:https://netechhub.org/event/webinar-broadband-progress-in-maine/
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