Linked: The Growing Threat to Free Speech Online
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Linked: The Growing Threat to Free Speech Online

I wrote about Section 230 last week. This comes from David French at Time. “It’s difficult to overstate how important this law is for the free speech of ordinary Americans. For 24 years we’ve taken for granted our ability to post our thoughts and arguments about movies, music, restaurants, religions, and politicians. While different sites…

Linked: Dozens of companies have data dumped online by ransomware ring seeking leverage
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Linked: Dozens of companies have data dumped online by ransomware ring seeking leverage

This is not good. Not good at all. Companies are getting hit with ransomware, and not disclosing that the data, your data, is out there. I wonder how many of this companies are actually in places with data breach laws and are now facing some fines for that as well? “According to Emsisoft threat analyst…

Linked: Over half of organizations were successfully phished in 2019
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Linked: Over half of organizations were successfully phished in 2019

Granted, these numbers are from a survey done by ProofPoint, and aren’t likely to be scientifically sound, but they still are overwhelming. Clearly a lot of security professionals are dealing with phishing attacks. More than half (55 percent) of surveyed organizations dealt with at least one successful phishing attack in 2019, and infosecurity professionals reported…

Why Work From Home? There are Many Benefits, But Also Pitfalls

Why Work From Home? There are Many Benefits, But Also Pitfalls

As many of you know, when I made a job change last year most of the impetus for that change was a desire for more flexibility, especially when it came to working remotely. After 5 years of travelling around the world, followed by two plus years of working in an office, I realized that what…

What I’m Sharing (weekly)

What I’m Sharing (weekly)

How to be a networking pro when you’re shy and would rather stay home How Is Biglaw *Really* Doing On Mental Health Issues? – Poll results so far do not paint a pretty picture. Misunderstandings of Mental Illness Cost Qualified People Their Jobs Using eDiscovery with Microsoft Teams Troops Deploying to Middle East Ordered to…

Linked: Barrier To Performance: Why We Need To Talk About Mental Health At Work
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Linked: Barrier To Performance: Why We Need To Talk About Mental Health At Work

Turns out, there are things we can do to deal with a mental health struggle, and continue working in many cases. Not all, certainly, but many. Of course that requires your workplace to fit this description: It revealed a few successful strategies that allow participants to juggle both workplace demands and their mental health needs….