30 reasons privacy matters. Interesting communication exercise, would be good for students to think about.

An example of EXCELLENT communication.

Suggests that "rewrite the crappy breach notification" might be a useful assignment in 510.

Developers of the popular open source network Freenode are quitting en masse and accusing Andrew Lee, the Crown Prince of Korea, of a “hostile takeover” of the organization.

Scenarios requiring apologies.

Academic libraries around the world are cancelling big deal journal subscriptions at an increasing rate. This is primarily due to budgetary challenges, the unsustainable hyperinflationary pricing of these packages, and a need to move toward new open access models. It is a complex situation with many vested interests and stakeholders. Some libraries have been the target of angry backlash from faculty after such cancellations. The purpose of this qualitative study is to discover strategies for communicating to the campus community about collections cancellations so that they will better understand and support the library in making these difficult decisions.

To ask students: Why is the personal-accountability framing here completely shitty and counterproductive? What framing would be better?

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How much can you trust the assertions made by an organisation regarding their security posture? I don't mean to question whether the statements are truthful or not, but rather whether they provide any actual assurance whatsoever. For example, nearly 5 years ago now I wrote about how "we take security

Brian B. King // This is a companion post to BBKing’s “Hack for Show, Report for Dough” report, given at BSides Cleveland in June 2019. The fun part of pentesting is the hacking. But the part that makes it a viable career is the reporting. You can develop the most amazing exploit for the most surprising […]

About Taking Criticism Pamela Oliver Pamela.oliver@wisc.edu This was originally published as a blog post at https://scatter.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/about-taking-criticism/ Abstract This essay is about constructive ways for responding to criticism about how your style as a person of power or privilege may be hurting others in your teaching or advising. Along the way it addresses the broader problems of taking criticism in general and of cultural differences in interaction styles. The punchline is about trying to be who you are (no personality transplants) in a way that respects both yourself and others and helps make your environment feel inclusive for more marginalized people. Sections discuss five issues: (1) Pay attention to issues of power and privilege. (2) Let people know you are open to criticism, including suggestions for classroom strategies. (3) Respect cultural and personal differences in interaction style and look for ways to communicate across these differences with attention to have this interacts with issues of power and privilege. (4) Learn general principles of taking criticism, including staying calm, listening for understanding, asking for time to think and reflect on critiques. (5) Pay attention to the problem of destructive criticism, including destructive relationships and bad classroom dynamics. The conclusion emphasizes that including formerly marginalized groups inevitably produces cultural conflict. Openness to criticism is a way forward for bridging differences in cultural and personal styles.

The Analogies Project is a global Information Security initiative aimed at demystifying the subject and engaging audiences through a series of initiatives.

Understanding KPIs and KRIs.

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