Topic of the Week
Welcome to our "Topic of the Week" section, where we spotlight key issues in security, privacy, audit, risk, and compliance. Each week, we look into a relevant topic, offering insights and strategies to help navigating the ever-evolving landscape of regulations and best practices.
Let’s not make it easy!
October is back. The mornings are finally good for running, pumpkins are taking over everyone’s front porch, and everything apparently needs to taste like cinnamon. Including things that probably shouldn’t.And, of course, it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
Public Wi-Fi -- Is It Really That Bad?
Spooky season has returned! It is only right that we dive into some spooky topics, and this week we’ll cover public Wi-Fi. Maybe you work from home and just want to run to a local coffee shop for a change of scenery during your workday, or maybe you are traveling and still want to get a few things done, or maybe you are moving across the country and don’t have a place to work or any other Wi-Fi option to use. Sometimes you can’t avoid a little bit of public Wi-Fi use, whether it is by force or by choice.
The robots are chatty
Imagine asking several interns to research a topic online. You tell them they can read websites, but they cannot communicate with one another.A little later, you discover they found a public website, turned part of it into an unofficial message board, and started leaving notes for each other.Now replace those interns with AI agents.
Is AI Impacting our Cognitive Thinking Skills?
ChatGPT – or Manuel as the SPARCS team calls it – can make life easy. You have a question? Type it into ChatGPT! Do you want assistance drafting a professional email? ChatGPT. Maybe you want your resume to sound more… spiffy, ChatGPT! Perhaps you are running out of dinner ideas? ChatGPT. It provides quick responses that are tailored to you and your user profile that is built on you. AI provides convenience and is designed to give quick responses to questions you have, or tasks you want to complete.
Disconnect to Reconnect: The privacy team goes on a digital detox
Have you ever turned around and gone back home because you realized you’d left your phone behind? Is it the last thing you look at before falling asleep and the first thing you check in the morning? Do you unlock it for “just a minute,” only to realize ten have somehow disappeared, or find yourself watching a raccoon steal cat food in Nebraska?If you answered yes to any of those questions: congratulations, you might need a digital detox.
Keep the Summer Vibes, Lose the Tracking Part 2 - Android Privacy Tweaks
Following up on last week's article about iPhone setting tweaks for increased privacy, here are some things that Android users can do to control and enhance your privacy on your Android devices.