Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 24, 2023

Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 24, 2023

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute
Linked – Microsoft leaks 38TB of private data via unsecured Azure storage

Linked – Microsoft leaks 38TB of private data via unsecured Azure storage

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

As the article mentions, Microsoft does not make it easy to manage SAS tokens in bulk. It’s pretty easy to have a bunch of Azure data blob storage items lying around for years with active SAS tokens that were totally forgotten about.

If you’re using SAS tokens to share data, and it’s good for that, remember to clean up after yourself.

Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 17. 2023

Shared Links (weekly) Sept. 17. 2023

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute
Should Everyone Be Passive Job Seeking?

Should Everyone Be Passive Job Seeking?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

Those are essentially the same steps I would recommend for anyone wanting to network in our industry. Get active in places where Legal Tech folks gather, like LinkedIn, conferences, and networking groups, and volunteer to be a part of some of those same groups. Whether that networking is for career opportunities or just to be connected with people in the field and share tips and information, that’s what I would do.

So, if those actions are what passive job-seeking looks like, we should all be passive job-seeking.

The Mental Health Impacts of Being New to the Workplace

The Mental Health Impacts of Being New to the Workplace

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

There should be no question about how to access resources. There should be an expectation that there are people you can reach out to who would help you navigate those resources and that managers are supportive of basic mental health activities that help avoid burnout.

Anything less just isn’t good enough.