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    Linked – NHS could have avoided WannaCry hack with ‘basic IT security’, says report

    ByMike McBride October 27, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    This is often the case with malware – Yet the attack could the been prevented by basic IT practices, the report says. As early as 2014, the Department of Health and the Cabinet had written to NHS trusts, saying it was essential they had “robust plans” to migrate away from old software. In March and…

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    Linked – FAA Suggests Banning Laptops From Checked Luggage

    ByMike McBride October 25, 2017October 24, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    This will make for some interesting logistics problems for highly technical businesses, and even for someone like a professional photographer with extra camera bodies/batteries in a checked bag. I didn’t often check a laptop, but I know plenty of people who had to, because they were carrying multiple machines to a work site, or doing…

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    Mailchimp Goes Against Email Best Practices with Move to Single Opt-in

    ByMike McBride October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    I was surprised to get an email from Mailchimp today that seemed to go against everything email marketing should be: Starting October 31, single opt-in will become the default setting for all MailChimp hosted, embedded, and pop-up signup forms. This change will impact all MailChimp users, so here’s everything you need to know: All MailChimp signup…

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    Linked – What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

    ByMike McBride October 24, 2017October 23, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    This is an interesting possibility: “The potential to use this data to promote workplace wellness is unparalleled,” Torous declares. “Such data may even help predict future mood states of teams and individuals — for example, proactively signaling when an employee may benefit from a day off to care for their mental health. Of course, such apps…

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    Linked – IT security hindering productivity and innovation, survey shows

    ByMike McBride October 23, 2017October 22, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    It’s the never-ending battle, and as someone who’s been on both sides of it, responsible for keeping thing secure, and unable to do things I need to do or reach things I need to reach when traveling, I don’t know what the right answer is. The survey revealed that 88% of enterprises prohibit users from…

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    Linked – Dear Bad Marketers – Stop It

    ByMike McBride October 21, 2017October 16, 2018 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Pretty much going to agree with everything Chris Brogan says here, because even on my little corner of the web, I get these emails. Just the other day I got one. This person literally sent a link to a post I wrote 13 years ago about downloading the first service pack for Office 2003 or…

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