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Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices

3 months ago
CIOs at the EPA, DHS, and GSA are called out for failure to implement critical cybersecurity recommendations

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) scolded a trio of federal agencies on Monday because their CIOs haven't implemented IT-related recommendations designed to safeguard national cybersecurity. …

Brandon Vigliarolo

'No One Cares' About Elite Degrees at Palantir, CEO Tells Investors

3 months ago
Palantir chief executive Alex Karp has told analysts and investors that the company treats Harvard, Princeton and Yale graduates the same as those without college degrees, calling employment at the data analytics firm "a new credential independent of class and background." During the earnings call Monday where Palantir reported its first billion-dollar revenue quarter, Karp said university graduates come to the company after being "engaged in platitudes" and claimed workers without college degrees sometimes create more value than degree holders using Palantir products. The company launched its Meritocracy Fellowship this spring to recruit talent outside traditional university pathways.

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Study finds humans not completely useless at malware detection

3 months ago
Some pinpointed software nasties but were suspicious of printer drivers too

Researchers from the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo have discovered exactly how users decide whether an application is legitimate or malware before installing it – and the good news is they're better than you might expect, at least when primed to expect malware.…

Gareth Halfacree