#22 – 1ST INTERNET ADDICT INPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER

Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

Dr. Carolyn Turbyfil

A “voluntary, 10-day program” for Internet Addiction “is set to open on Sept. 9 at the Behavioral Health Services at Bradford Regional Medical Center” in Pennsylvania.
Read more:
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Don’t Give Retailers Your Zip Code

When a retailer asks for your zip code, phone number or email address, they could really be using this data to put you on a mailing list that you didn’t sign up for.  Unless you want to be on their mailing list, just say no.  For more info see:

Just say no, when a retailer asks for your zip code.

 

#21 – WHITE HOUSE INCENTIVES FOR CIP CYBER ADOPTION – CAROLYN TURBYFILL

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It has been a busy year in the U.S. for Cybersecurity.  The latest development (as of August  6, 2013) is an announcement from the White House outlining incentives under consideration to encourage Critical Infrastructure companies to implement the Cybersecurity Framework under development by NIST: Continue reading

The Rise of Risk Engineering – Greg Hutchins

Greg Hutchins pixQuality + Engineering (Q+E), our firm, is a risk engineering firm.  OK.  Let’s use our formal description of services.  We provide Critical Infrastructure Protection: Forensics, Assurance, Analytics(R) engineering services.

When we started the company, there were only a few folks who knew, understood, or even cared about what we do.  But, what a difference a ten years make.  Now, risk management and more specifically risk engineering is all the rage. Continue reading

C – Level Risk Management

Greg Hutchins pixVolatility is going to be with us for a long while.

This means more risk.  The good news for us in operational and technology risk management is lots of work and consulting opportunities.  This is from a survey conducted recently by the Society of Actuaries.  So, here are a few more data points: Continue reading