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Linked – Credit reporting firm Equifax says cybersecurity incident could potentially affect 143 million US consumers
This is just bad. Horribly bad. “The company said the exposed data include names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and some driver’s license numbers, all of which Equifax aims to protect for its customers.” Clearly, this is the sort of data that you don’t want out there. It’s all the stuff banks and other…
Linked – Facebook Is Also Helping Employers Keep Job Ads Away From Older People
This isn’t a good look for Facebook, but really it’s just the tool being used, or misused, in this case. “According to a new report from ProPublica and the New York Times, Facebook has helped companies like Verizon, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and Target place “recruitment ads limited to particular age groups,” as well as used…
Linked: Bad news: The cybersecurity skills crisis is about to get even worse
Now, the shortage of people leading to overworked stressed, and burned-out workers is the headline, but if you look at the reasons given in the article below, it’s not “just” that. It’s where that situation leads. When you’re short-staffed and constantly putting out fires, you don’t really take the time to think about showing appreciation, helping employees grow their skills and careers, or creating a diverse workplace.
Yet those are the exact things that employees are looking for elsewhere.
Appreciating and growing your employees is not something that is “nice to have” anymore. It’s a requirement.
Rampiva Releases Baseline – New Free Tool To Measure Workloads in Nuix
This post is a little specific to Nuix users, which I know is not something I’ve been posting for a while now, but I had the opportunity to talk to Bill Potter from Rampiva about a week ahead of the release of their new tool and wanted to share some of that conversation with you.
You can read about Baseline here.
In essence, the idea is to solve an interesting problem that has existed with Nuix Workstation users for years, finding an elegant tool that lets you know just how much work your people and your technology are doing.
Linked: US Customs Loses Photos, Travel Docs, and License Plate Data in Breach
This is not a good look, and it’s reason #1 why we should be questioning the need to capture and store all of this data in the first place. It’s nearly impossible to keep it totally secured, but it also seems like they aren’t even trying that hard. “US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has…
