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Participants also practice what is learned – the course includes:

• A ransomware tabletop exercise.
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Inconvenient Truths from Two Wildfire Experts

For decades, Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have studied the history and behavior of wildfires. They spoke to The LA Times this week amid the unfolding calamity. The HUB’s editorial team felt this article deserved our spotlight.

They have long argued that our understanding and relationship to fire must change if conflagrations are to be prevented. The magnitude of destruction this week in L.A. could have been mitigated.

Not quite six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen visited Pacific Palisades to instruct firefighters and property owners on how to protect homes against wildfires. Three days of training left Cohen hopeful, but the feeling faded when it became clear that his lessons were not going to be fully implemented.