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THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL 18 www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com July 2021 JDS Creative Academy Makes Big Splash Winning Nine 2021 International Communicator Awards When you think about a nonprofit, you probably think of giving back to the community, helping others, donations, etc., but what about a television show structured to train adults who have autism and developmental disabilities and have an interest in video production? Probably not. While JDS Creative Academy (JDSCA) is dedicated to all the above, it’s all part of the nonprofit’s mission, to advance education, training and career pathway opportunities in visual, performing and digital arts. The story behind where it all started might surprise you, and to fully understand what JDS Creative Academy is all about, we need to rewind a bit. Meet Scott and Diane Strand. They’re a couple with over twenty-five years of experience in the entertainment industry, video production and media marketing, who started their production company, JDS Video and Media Productions, Inc., out of North County San Diego in 2003. They did so after leaving behind their high-level entertainment industry careers in Los Angeles. Within five years, the Strands and JDS had established themselves and incorporated in Temecula. As the business continued to rapidly grow over the next two years, mostly by word-of-mouth, Scott and Diane launched a Drama Club program in the Temecula Unified School District. After the overwhelming response, they decided to create an Actors Studio for all ages to learn the technique and craft of acting, which is now known as JDS Actors Studio. As they got JDS Actors Studio up and running, the community began asking for other arts education opportunities. This is when the Strands realized that the area really lacked opportunities for the arts. In response to this request, they sought after the idea of helping students, specifically homeschooled and independent study students, fulfill their Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) requirements per the California Education Core Standard. By opening their services to different populations, the Strands were able to not only allow students to chase their passions and accomplish education goals but help them find pathway opportunities for a career in several different creative mediums. In return, this helped put the Strands a bit more on the map. In 2014, the Strands and a Board of Directors, consisting of media and business professionals, founded the nonprofit 501(c)(3) JDS Creative Academy (JDSCA). As if running a nonprofit, a video production company and an actors studio wasn’t enough, Diane also sits on the Board of Directors for Workforce Development for Riverside County. This year will be her eighth year. Her involvement with Workforce led to meeting an individual who received services from the county’s Inland Regional Center (IRC). This person was in a Paid Internship Program (PIP), and JDSCA was asked to bring him on as an intern at no cost or training time of the JDS Staff. This caused an epiphany. JDSCA could provide opportunities to more individuals in the region and offer quality work experience in a safe, structured environment. To that end, JDS Creative Academy set out to write a Title-17 video production job-training program. After getting approved, they recruited a group of talented industry professionals who could train and mentor, and the job-training video production day program began May of 2018. The organization has come a long way since its inception in 2014 and continues to expand. JDSCA is gearing up to have a PIP program of their own. Everyone at JDSCA is thrilled their efforts are being rewarded and recognized, garnishing nine international Communicator awards for their television program Spirit of Innovation, the training program’s show the SOI Update, and a radio news program on 102.5 The Vine called the JDSCA News Update. In 2019, they were also the recipients of six Telly Awards with one being in the category of Diversity and Inclusion! Diane, Scott and the entire #JDSFamily hold a special mantra and it truly speaks volumes as to what JDSCA aims to do: Provide H.O.P.E, Helping One Person Everyday.
July 2021 THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com 19 NIST – Achieving Alignment in Cybersecurity Technology has always been a dynamic market. Traditional focus has moved from a hardware/software to virtualization and the cloud. But data has clearly been designated as the true prize and in the unpatrolled world of the Internet, it is up to you to secure it. You can have the fastest car in the lot but take it down a dirt road and you’re in trouble. The difficulty with protecting data thus far has been the lack of standardization of how to go about protecting it but the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is providing the foundation that has been missing. Though the NIST is part of the Department of Commerce, companies are not mandated to follow any of their standards unless you work with the Federal Government. And it is a contractual provision. The value of the CSF to non-government serving businesses is a common language around cybersecurity and future proofing your security posture for regulations to come. Both the California Consumer Privacy Act and the New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation use NIST guidelines in their framework and many other states are rolling out new laws forcing business to have formal cybersecurity policies. The topic of cybersecurity is often met with an “it’s not going to happen to me” attitude even though you’ve probably received breach notification emails from companies you’ve given your personal information to. In 2018 alone 5 billion sensitive records were compromised. Picture for a moment how your business would be affected if you had to send your employees and customers an email that their personal information had been compromised. Will they trust you moving forward? What will you need to do to repair the relationship? What will the government fine you for the breach? The NIST framework can be applied to any size business. Getting your arms around the basics is the best way to start building your cybersecurity posture. The core of the framework is broken down into 5 functions: Identify – Think through all of your systems, people, assets, data and capabilities. Protection – Implement your safeguards and conduct ongoing maintenance. Detect – Processes and procedures for timely detection are crucial to mitigate loss. Respond – A cybersecurity response plan details out the how, who and what when there is no time to waste. Recover – Create a plan to be resilient and restore operations back to normal. Beyond the potential for loss of business and reputation damage a data security breach in itself can cost you a significant amount of money from data recovery to fines. By working through the NIST 5 functions to begin your framework, you’ll be able to clearly gauge your acceptable risk level and plan out where action is needed in your environment. While this can be done in house, depending on your particular talents, an outside specialist will be able to assess your infrastructure from a different perspective and is usually the best source for up to date information and process control. Whatever your path, it needs to get done. Mythos Technology is an IT consulting and management firm that provides Managed Technology Services including hosted cloud and compliance solutions. For more information, please visit www. mythostech.com or call (951) 813-2672. TECHNOLOGY by by James Steve Laszko Fillingim MYTHOSTECH.COM
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