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Provisional Authenticity and Functional Privacy

Phil Windley

Summary: Provisional authenticity and confidentiality can help us manage the trade offs between privacy and authenticity to support online accountability along with functional privacy. Authenticity is often driven by a need for accountability 1. Technically, this is a bias toward authenticity at the cost of privacy.

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Hackers Seek to Score Against Super Bowl Cyber Defense

SecureWorld News

Major sporting events like the Super Bowl face elevated cyber risks due to the proliferation of connected networks and devices used by venues, teams, vendors, media, and attendees. Fans will overwhelm cellular networks while simultaneously connecting to insecure public Wi-Fi networks at hotels, airports, and fan events.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO Business Intelligence

Okta issued an alert to clients in late August warning about incoming threats by hackers to gain access to “manipulate the delegated authentication flow via Active Directory (AD) before calling the IT service desk at a targeted organization, requesting a reset of all MFA factors in the target account.” This should happen across the board.

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Counterfeit Cisco switches raise network security alarms

Network World

In a disconcerting event for IT security professionals, counterfeit versions of Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series switches were discovered on an unnamed business network, and the fake gear was found to be designed to circumvent typical authentication procedures, according to a report from F-Secure.

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Cisco streamlines, upgrades its SASE bundle

Network World

Cisco made enhancements to its security offerings that will expand and change the way customers buy its Secure Access Service Edge products as well as bolster network-access authentication. MORE CISCO LIVE!

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The Art of Storytelling: Creating Compelling Narratives in Publishing

Kitaboo

Whether it’s the protagonist, villain, or supporting characters, their personalities, flaws, motivations, and evolution can make the story nuanced and authentic. Plot The plot is the skeleton of a narrative that delineates or sketches the sequence of events. A vivid setting can help make the narrative more authentic and life-like.

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An Authentic Culture

Future of CIO

An organization with an authentic culture can inspire openness, innovation and motivational. So what are the fundamental elements to build an authentic culture in order to run a high-valuable and high-mature digital organization? Culture is the collective mindset, attitudes, and behaviors. Also, communication is a two-way street.