Shared Links (weekly) May 19, 2024
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Linked: You know how to identify phishing emails – a cybersecurity researcher explains how to trust your instincts to foil the attacks
And so, I wonder if those yearly, semi-annual, quarterly, video training would be a lot more effective if we also shared specific examples of people who got phished, and how they fell for it?
Like most things in life, it’s one thing to hypothetically know that something could happen, but it’s quite another to know that it did happen to someone we know. Someone just like us. That makes it so much more real in our minds, and it appears to make a huge difference in how users might approach phishing attempts.
Worth Reading – The great AI delusion is falling apart
This reminded me of something I’ve long wondered about some of the measurements provided by fans of AI – the processes that take so much less time than they used to. Are they looking at the whole picture? I know that sales demos do not. They’ll claim to have created an entire business plan in 15 minutes using AI, while waving away any questions about how much time it would take someone to review, edit, and correct the business plan in question. Creating a business plan the old-fashioned way requires research, writing, rewriting, confirming details, and so on. With a couple of prompts, I have one, but will I then put in the same effort to verify that the draft pushed out by my AI tool is accurate and workable for my business?Â
If so, where is the time saved?Â
Why Training Matters for Diversity
Wouldn’t it be a better choice to locate candidates with some of the skills you’re going to need in a position and know that you have an environment that will help them grow and learn to become exactly what you need to be? Wouldn’t that practice become a way to attract really smart people who want to grow and learn by coming to work for you? Doesn’t that sound like a better option than simply leaving your open jobs unfilled and lamenting the fact that no one wants to work anymore? Unfortunately, there are too many organizations that simply won’t consider this. They aren’t interested in growing the people who work for them, they only want to hire people who can come in with no effort on the organization’s part and do the work starting on day one.
I think they are short-sighted.
