I’m going to go ahead and say it: I’m Pumped! About something in the NEWS!
How has your recent news feed looked? A bit dismal, if you’re anything like me. There’s the whole “we prefer the frog-in-a-boiling pot method of extinction” thing coming from the White House. Well, and then there’s everything else coming from the White House.
It can all seem like it’s too much. We’ve got a government deliberately ignoring science, publishing a budget that cuts the estate tax – but relies on its revenue continuing because… rich dead people are generous? Oh, and then there’s the whole double counting thing. (But don’t worry, Mick Mulvaney now says it was on purpose.) Fortunately for us all, there’s great news. It’s about… passwords!
Who would have ever expected that good news in the “reality and practical experience” matters arena would come from password guidelines? Yeah, me neither. And yet, we have the outlines of the new recommendations from the National Institute on Standards and Technology (“NIST”). Even more importantly, it turns out I was totally right! Totally! Yeah, I’ll get to that.
But the best part… (more…)
Efficiency is a critical aspect of your business. You try to find ways to do things better, faster, and with less expense, so as to provide better service to your clients. But that’s not the only benefit to being efficient. Probably one of the more overlooked beneficiaries of efficiency is your ability to focus.