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Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 20 2022
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From ESI Protocols to Proportionality, E-Discovery Attorneys Have Work to Do
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Cybersecurity leaders want to quit. Here’s what is pushing them to leave
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Time to Deal with Cyber Security Strategically, and from the Top Down –This is no longer just about tech — if it ever was. This is about protecting the business against cyber-attacks which have now become a matter of “when, not if”. This is no longer something you can push down in the organisation.
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Forget WFH. Professionals Want to Work Whenever– This is going to be the next challenge to attract talent, figuring out how to let them work when it makes the most sense.
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Linked: How Different Personality Types Cope with an Always-On Culture
The issue in mid-2021 is that there are a lot of people who have found ways to balance that suits them, and they are all a little different. So, after a year of figuring out the best way to handle our work and personal lives, individually, companies are forcing everyone back into the same template. The flexibility we had to find what works best for us as an individual, is gone. We all have to adjust back to whatever works for the CEO making this decision, as opposed to what works for us as individuals.
It’s hard to imagine that there are so many managers and executives who don’t understand this. Or maybe they just don’t care?
Linked – Equifax confirms massive data breach was result of missed patch
What this does is tell us that Equifax isn’t all that different than law firms. Sure, we want to make sure patches and updates are applied, we all have a time set aside to do exactly that on a regular basis. We tell everyone when it’s time to do that, and during the updates certain…
Linked – Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal
I suppose this is possible…. Echo woke up due to a word in background conversation sounding like “Alexa.” Then, the subsequent conversation was heard as a “send message” request. At which point, Alexa said out loud “To whom?” At which point, the background conversation was interpreted as a name in the customers contact list. Alexa…
Linked – New data shows shortsighted companies will try to replace workers with AI
Many people who make hiring and firing decisions don’t think about AI as a tool for better work-life balance or increased productivity in their workforce. They are planning on replacing their workforce. These are likely the same ones who view layoffs as a strategy to tweak stock prices and see employees as numbers on a financial statement instead of human beings. Increasingly, they are being put in charge by shareholders who see employees similarly – a bothersome cost.
We should not be surprised that younger generations want to blow it all up.
