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"First, the people who will serve as foot soldiers of this army of professionals must be modern-day renaissance persons. They have to be well-versed on the technology, engineering, management, law, ethics, and policy of the digital economy. They need to apply lofty principles like privacy, equality, and freedom in day-to-day operational settings to disruptive tech innovations such as facial recognition, consumer genetics, and AI. They need to not only understand the logic underlying black box machine learning processes but also the mechanics of algorithmic decision-making and the social and ethical norms that govern them."

As a profession, we talk the talk of valuing diversity and inclusion, but do we walk the walk with our hiring practices? The profession stresses the importance of “a good fit” when hiring, but we rarely interrogate the fact that “a good fit” can be a reflection of our implicit biases. Academic librarians conducted a survey of hiring policies with a focus on the processes (or lack thereof) of recruiting candidates from underrepresented groups. This session will report on their findings and recommend the implementation of specific practices designed to create an inclusive candidate pool and an equitable search

Many e-commerce companies are appointing chief privacy officers to protect consumers, and advocates for privacy rights say they have big job ahead; privacy officers themselves describe their jobs as work in progress; Richard Purcell, chief privacy officer for Microsoft, says effort to weave data protection services into very fabric of corporate culture is paying off in recently announced features in Microsoft Internet Explorer browser software program, which enable users to determine just how much information about themselves they will release to Web sites they visit; DoubleClick, biggest Internet advertising company, has taken public beating from advocates for privacy rights; it now authorizes its privacy officer, Jules Polonetsky, to rip up contracts with companies that do not comply with DoubleClick's rules for protecting consumer privacy; DoubleClick is eager to build reputation as company that protects privacy; photo (M)

A received wisdom is that automated decision-making serves as an anti-bias intervention. The conceit is that removing humans from the decision-making process wi

This project convened a diverse group of experts to consider ideas and strategies to bring women into and up through cybersecurity careers.

When Kathleen Sutherland took the helm as Chief Privacy Officer for the University of Colorado in 2003, there weren’t very many people in higher ed she ...

An endless job search compounded by rumors of being blacklisted by certain businesses. Anxious gossip about who is and isn't mentioned in the latest documentaries and news reports. And probing questions from outsiders on how they could ever have worked at the disgraced company.

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Along with HIPAA compliance, Peter Sand will also implement privacy initiatives.

Jessica Payne is a Security Person at Microsoft. She’s held roles as a consultant doing Incident Response and proactive security engagements and as a Security Assurance Program Manager for the Windows and Devices Group. Currently she works on the Threat Intelligence team of Windows Defender Research. She has a Twitter account @jepayneMSFT and a blog at https://aka.ms/jessica

We live in a surveillance society. Our every preference, inquiry, whim, desire, relationship, and fear can be seen, recorded, and monetized by thousands of

Google executives ignored internal warnings about their censored China search plan and threatened that employees would be fired if they spoke out.

Project Dragonfly would allow Beijing to monitor users’ activity and open letter is latest sign of worker unrest at tech company

Like Uber, Facebook is having trouble attracting talent because it's a shitpit.

Cybersecurity professionals are often portrayed as lone hackers in hoodies. But as well as technical skills, they also need to be excellent communicators and have a high degree of personal integrity.

What cyber security jobs are available and what training do you need? These resources and job descriptions will help aspiring cyber security professionals identify the best roles for them and allow employers to better communicate their expectations.