Something my Computer Security students need to consider.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3628030/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh-certification-cost-training-and-value.html#tk.rss_all

Certified ethical hacker: CEH certification cost, training, and value

… There are two levels of CEH certification. You can be CEH-certified after passing a multiple-choice exam covering a broad spectrum of hacking knowledge, and meeting certain experience or training requirements. If you choose to move beyond that, you can then take the CEH Practical exam, which involves penetration testing on simulated systems; if you pass that exam, you will achieve CEH Master status.

For good reason?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/uber-asked-contractor-to-allow-video-surveillance-in-employee-homes-bedrooms/

Uber asked contractor to allow video surveillance in employee homes, bedrooms

… But Uber apparently requested the ability to monitor some workers. Uber said it wouldn’t observe the entire workforce, but the company did not specify which employees would be subject to the new policies. The ride sharing company asked for the monitoring of Teleperformance’s remote employees because call center staff have access to customers credit cards and trip details, an Uber spokesperson told NBC News.

Like many remote workers in the US, Colombians have had to make do with the space they have available to them. In many cases, that’s meant putting their work equipment in otherwise private spaces like their bedrooms.

Should be fun to hack.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-prison-idUSKBN2FA0OO

U.S. prisons mull AI to analyze inmate phone calls

… Prisons in the United States could get more high-tech help keeping tabs on what inmates are saying, after a key House of Representatives panel pressed for a report to study the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze prisoners’ phone calls.

But prisoners’ advocates and inmates’ families say relying on AI to interpret communications opens up the system to mistakes, misunderstandings and racial bias.

The call for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to further explore the technology, to help prevent violent crime and suicide, accompanies an $81 billion-plus spending bill to fund the DOJ and other federal agencies in 2022 that the Appropriations Committee passed last month.

The technology can automatically transcribe inmates’ phone calls analyzing their tone of voice and flagging certain words or phrases, including slang, that officials pre-program into the system.

Perspective.

https://www.bespacific.com/practice-innovations-the-rise-of-anywhere-operations/

Practice Innovations: The rise of “anywhere operations”

Thomson Reuters: “…Anywhere operations focus on using technology to deliver business services anywhere by employees who can work from anywhere. It wholly embraces remote technologies for digital work and is a digital first/remote first approach that, according to a report from Gartner Research, can make for more efficient operations and improve productivity. In fact, in just three years, 40% of businesses from all industries will have implemented an “anywhere operations” model to ensure a seamless virtual and physical experience for employees and clients, according to the Gartner report. A separate report from Forrester found that 53% of workers working from home because of the pandemic would like to continue with some remote work after a full return to the workplace. The number of remote workers at the end of 2021 will be three times pre-pandemic levels, giving firms the opportunity to continue to build on their 2020 experience to create a new hybrid work environment for post-pandemic operations. If employees can use their office as a business hub while working as efficiently from home (or anywhere) as they did from the office, they will drive anywhere operations to mass adoption…”

Perspective.

https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/6-trends-data-and-artificial-intelligence-2021-and-beyond

6 trends in data and artificial intelligence for 2021 and beyond

The gap is widening between data leaders and data laggards. From external data to customer experience analytics, this is what leaders are focusing on.

(Related) Compare and contrast.

https://www.infoq.com/articles/ai-ml-data-engineering-trends-2021/

AI, ML and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report - August 2021

… Each year, the InfoQ editors discuss the current state of AI, ML and data engineering to identify the key trends that you as a software engineer, architect, or data scientist should watch. We curate our discussions into a technology adoption curve with supporting commentary to help you understand how things are evolving. We also explore what we believe you should be considering as part of your roadmap and skills development.