Interim Market Report - July 2010

Barclay Simpson Market Report 2010 Midway through 2010 the recovery in the corporate governance recruitment market that was evident at the start of the year is now firmly established. As recruitment consultants we have been genuinely surprised at the strength of the recovery. The recovery is focused on the financial sector and is a result of both renewed growth in the sector and greater regulatory oversight. Investment in corporate governance has clearly become a priority.

 

 

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Interim Market Report - July 2010

Barclay Simpson Market Report 2010 Midway through 2010 the recovery in the corporate governance recruitment market that was evident at the start of the year is now firmly established. As recruitment consultants we have been genuinely surprised at the strength of the recovery. The recovery is focused on the financial sector and is a result of both renewed growth in the sector and greater regulatory oversight. Investment in corporate governance has clearly become a priority.

 

 

Copiers is a risk to privacy

I say nothing. Just watch for yourself!

When communication fails

 

Communication...Commenting on my own post on http://bebetter.no/node/288 - «When Communication creates barriers» - a post about some of the challenges communication (or lack thereof) may create - I wanted to comment on the security implications when communication fails.

 

In this particular scenario, communication between two parties create havoc, resulting in lost trust and confidence, and the possiblility of insults and personal attacks. Beside of the (for some) obvious personal effects, this kind of communication create many security challenges too. Below I list some of these:

 

Linux Security Part 1

Linux SecLinuxnewsNow.com has a new series on Linux security. This is a great read - allbeit a bit long - it includes a lot of nice information on how to secure your Linux machine.

Link: http://www.linuxnewsnow.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=463&Itemid=569&lang=en

 

Kai Roer interview about personal branding

Today, you may read a background story about Kai Roer, and how he uses personal branding over at the Personal Branding Blog at the JCI Baltic Conference 2010.

The story is here: http://www.jci.ee/bc2010/personalbrandprofile-kai-roer?c_tpl=1062

Need YOUR help: European survey about mentoring

 Trainifique , the company inspiring leaders worldwide, is conducting a survey to see how mentoring is used to create success in Europe. The results from the research will be published in a book later this year.

Thor-Erik Gulliksen , one of the founding partners of Trainifique, says that mentoring has been around for thousands of years, the first documented mentoring was in the story of Homer in the Odyssey. “We want to see how mentoring is used in 2010, how success is made by asking for advice and using someone who can guide you when you need some direction,” he continues.

Facebook charged with class action over privacy changes

Privacy - not a crime, Facebook!A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook over changes that the social networking site made to its privacy settings last November and December.

Guest Post: Is Bitlocker really that #fail everyone claims?

Per ThorsheimIn December 2009, researchers at the security lab of Fraunhofer SIT announced a new way of circumventing the drive encryption technology provided by Microsoft Bitlocker (found in versions of Vista, Windows 7 and Server 2008). In addition to previous announcements from other researchers on the same topic, Fraunhofer were able to bypass this security even when used in conjunction with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

News: How Pentagon fights cyber spies

Pentagon fighting cyber spiesPentagon released a report about how e-spies, software that download information or worse alter information, is their greatest threat in cyber warfare. Of course, all even remotely associated with infosec could have told them this decades ago, and of course, Pentagon has known all the time.

Todays challenge is the way social networks are used as a transport means to infect computers, and systems, inside the military. After all, the operators are simply humans, and humans can so easily be dubbed into clicking on the link stating "Is that really YOU in this video?".

As stated:

Free Porn to you - No upfront payment!

If you are like, well me, then you watch porn. On the Internet. But unlike me, you may not know how to avoid all the creepy and itchy stuff that may arrive after having un-safe sex.

This movie clip shows how free porn (or even paid-for porn) may force you to download rouge video players that is used to infect your computer.

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