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Remember when it only took three ‘failed’ attempts at pwd guessing and one’s coworker account was locked out and needed to be reset to Welcome1 by the helpdesk ..? How stupid since the delayed auto-unlock was available so much longer already – but then, just try a million times by bot and have to wait … Continue reading “Account Home lockout for cheap thrills”

Of an organisation – or being the organisation. The former, the idea of the last millennium. Apparently, still there, hopefully not here. Like, “You have to know the individual. Skills are your renewable asset, and you need to treat them like that.”… really. If there’s anything that should be renewed, it’s the ‘leadership’ quod non. … Continue reading “Ownership”

Why is this Dutch piece even news, still …? Physical paper ‘data’ leakage, of highly sensitive information intell dare we say. Edited to add, this one (also unreadable to most). a. No we may not; b/c that is reserved for serious cases not trivia [on a non-trivial scale] b. Yes we may, but still, why … Continue reading “Flooding at it again”

You guessed it; another note on ‘cyber’security, rounding up a couple of ideas that floated by recently. Which was triggered by this Comment. No, no, not a comment on this blog, don’t be stupid to assume that there has ever been one [rounded up]. Which made me think of actual developments in ‘cyber’ altogether [dammit, … Continue reading “CTC for better ‘cyber’sec”

There seems to be a proliferation of My Mehhh apps being pushed down the throats of Joe Average consumers, for just about every minute interaction you’d want (or not!) with any tiniest-fraction-of-a-service provider out there. Like, your energy co. wants you to check last month’s usage via their proprietary app, every (sic) webshop where you … Continue reading “No, not everybody Appie!”

Yet another reminder that Real risk management may not be too different from management. In that, as said before (here), one would need to start at the start to make progress, like changing the ones responsible, through making them responsible. Which cannot be done other than through job descriptions. Like this one, the reminder. So, … Continue reading “Start at the start, first in line is on the job”

Well, well, we we at it again. An On The Job assessment of recruiting-HR. If you wondered: It didn’t go well – for the also present possible/prospective chief [hereafter: chief] with a somewhat-urgent vacancy. The following may read as accusative to the feeble-hearted reader, but is not meant to be other than an ironic display; … Continue reading “Intermission: 80s – 20s”

If you parse that onto movie(X, Y, Z) and assuming you have the most basic of understanding about the world around you [I mean, be able to recognise that as a Prolog (-style) goal] you’ll end up with the right reference. ’cause of some, at face/title value, laudable effort, as here: Rules for AI. Like, … Continue reading “The humans, the AI and the EU”

Reken maar, op de bijeenkomst. Post gescheduled voordat het programma bekend werd dus eens zien hoeveel punten we scoren…: ] Niet De bijeenkomst. Wegens: En ook de posts van de afgelopen tijd, waaronder (deze, als u goed leest,) deze, deze en deze plus deze toch vrij helder moge wezen. En voor degenen die nog verder … Continue reading “De heat maps vliegen in het rond”

Following up on the earlier post on how GDPR is Y2k’s legal party sibling (as here and here), an evaluation – mid-term, mostly, re your compliance…: You shouted loud enough. Right. That’s the Y2k escape claim in full force and colours. And untrue. The skies haven’t fallen in like they would have with the renewal … Continue reading “The GDPR aftermath; your compliance from 00 to 0000”