10:44 am | March 26, 2008
A pro-consumer ID Theft bill was recently co-written by a tech-savvy legislator and Chris Soghoian a blogger, focusing on providing strong incentives for businesses to encrypt private and confidential consumer data, and requiring businesses to post data breech reports online to notify their customer base. (it requires more than this, but this is what interested me)
Before this bill even left committee it was reduced from 72 lines to a paltry 17, however the stipulation that confidential and private information remains encrypted survived the decimation.
Continue reading A win for ID Theft Prevention.. kind of
I have just finished reading this great article by Lauren McKeon, “Deep Thoughts†from Canadian Business magazine on how to better foster creative thinking in the workplace. Below are my “deep thoughtsâ€.
“Thinking outside the box†has become no more than a catch phrase in many of today’s run of the mill organizations as people are more comfortable in their routines, or “ruts†as McKeon refers to them. Creative thinking is being replaced by repetitive thinking; what works before can be modified slightly and work again and again – rinse and repeat.
Continue reading “a ha!†Moments
