More to enliven the debate in my Computer Security
class.
A couple more versions of the story. Lots of butt
covering going on?
Hawaii
false alarm: Officials quit over missile alert
… Administrator Vern Miyagi and executive
officer Toby Clairmont stepped down on Tuesday after reports
detailing the agency's failures were released.
The individual who sent the alert has also been
fired, officials confirmed.
… The report said the mix-up happened after a
midnight supervisor at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency decided
to conduct a spontaneous drill during a shift transition. The
incoming day supervisor was then said to be unaware the 08:05 drill
would involve any incoming day officers, who were then not told about
the exercise.
The drill message, which was called in pretending
to be from US Pacific Command, began and ended with the words:
"Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!". But the warning also said
"This is not a drill", in a
script that the FCC say was different from established procedure.
According to the federal report, the employee was
one of three who received the call but did not hear the exercise
warning. Believing it was real, they said they sent out the genuine
alert out using the agency's software.
… A state report also released on Tuesday said
the employee had a record of "poor performance" on the job.
Reports say he had been a source of concern for
colleagues for 10 years, having confused emergency drills with real
life incidents on at least two occasions.
(Related)
An article for my Data Management students.
Chief data
officer’s guide to an AI strategy
CIO – Develop
a data-driven culture but be mindful of regulatory and ethical
considerations: “Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be a
priority for more than 30 percent of CIOs by 2020, according to
Gartner. While
AI promises game changing capabilities, this is only going to happen
if your organisation applies it effectively. If you’re a chief
data officer (CDO) trying to realise the full potential of AI,
now’s the time to broaden your strategy, assess the impact on both
business models and customer experiences, and prepare for other
strategic challenges. Much of the current wave of attention is the
result of gains in advanced
analytics and machine
learning. This current shift is partially attributable to the
emergence of inexpensive, massive and readily available computing
power, as well as the mountains of data available to train machines,
form patterns and produce insights. Although top of mind, many
organisations are just beginning their AI journey — gathering
knowledge and developing strategies for applying it. If you’re
like many data and analytics leaders, the
need to define an AI strategy and identify uses is a real challenge…”
Data Management procedures must cover disposal!
(No doubt someone would have looked in the cabinet, but it was
locked.)
What’s possibly worse than leaving files with
personally identifiable information in filing cabinets that you’re
selling as surplus?
How about leaving top secret and classified
documents on the workings of five governments?
Oh yeah,
it happened in Australia.
How not to be anti-social media?
Michael
Posner on the ethical challenges facing social networks and
businesses
… Ethics
professor Michael Posner says there is an obligation
for social networking sites like Facebook to do more to prevent the
dissemination of political disinformation.
… Posner
says that when companies actively address ethical issues it not only
benefits their brand image, but also makes them more efficient, more
productive, and makes more people want to work for their company.
[??? Bob]
Interesting, but not
‘real world?’ Amazon is offering a ‘prisoner’s dilemma.”
If only one city offers them a huge tax break (other incentives being
nearly equal) guess who wins? Seems short sighted to me.
Amazon HQ2
finalists should refuse tax breaks, say nearly 100 economists,
professors
… The petition states that while the signees
support Amazon’s decision to build a second headquarters,
“incentives do not alter business location decisions as much as is
often claimed and are less important than more fundamental location
factors. Worse, they divert funds that could be put to better use
underwriting public services such as schools, housing programs, job
training, and transportation, which are more effective ways to spur
economic development.”
… In its original RFP
for HQ2, Amazon said that “incentives offered by the state/province
and local communities to offset initial capital outlay and ongoing
operational costs will be significant factors in the decision-making
process” — so it’s unlikely that cities will collectively agree
to take incentives off the table.
For my student vets…
After A
False Start, The VA’s Vet ID System Finally Works
… As of Jan.
29, Veterans can once again again submit
online applications online, and this time — the applications
actually go through.
… All
veterans with an honorable or general discharge can request the new
ID cards. Keep in mind, they don’t replace VA medical cards or
defense retiree cards, nor are they official government-issued forms
of identification — so you can’t use it to board a plane, or by
booze. But, they are handy for when you’re in a checkout line and
spot a “10% off for veterans” discount sign.
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