September 10, 2021
Security: Apple Pays Hackers Six Figures to Find Bugs in its Software. Then It Sits on Their Findings.
Washington Post
Hoping to discover hidden weaknesses, Apple for five years now has invited hackers to break into its services and its iconic phones and laptops, offering up to $1 million to learn of its most serious security flaws.

Across the tech industry, similar “bug bounty” programs have become a prized tool in maintaining security — a way to find vulnerabilities and encourage hackers to report them rather than abuse them. But many who are familiar with the program say Apple is slow to fix reported bugs and does not always pay hackers what they believe they’re owed. Ultimately, they say, Apple’s insular culture has hurt the program and created a blind spot on security. Read more
Healthcare IT: Georgia's COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Boosted by Scalable Registration and Booking Tools
Healthcare IT News
The Community Organized Relief Effort in Georgia, better known as CORE, had a major operational challenge to coordinate all the logistical issues of setting up mobile vaccinations for COVID-19 across an entire state and managing dozens of field teams at more than 100 different locations.

Prior to the pandemic there were no platforms designed for mass patient registration, complex scheduling and communication, let alone platforms that managed all the specific information required for COVID-19 vaccinations,  Read More
Homeland Security: How the Fire Department of New York Changed After 9/11
Harvard Business Review
On Sept. 11, 2001, the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY) was transformed in a matter of minutes. It took three months to extinguish the flames at the World Trade Center, and all the while, the FDNY was preparing for the possibility of other attacks, tending to New York City’s ongoing daily needs, and mourning the loss of 343 colleagues, including many officers and several members of top leadership. In the months and years to come, the organization took a hard look at itself and converted an unspeakable tragedy into an occasion for learning and changing, ultimately transforming from an effective yet dated firefighting force to a modern emergency management and response organization. This piece offer lessons on leading through hard times, drawn from a five-year research project on the FDNY’s transformation. Read More
Transportation: NYC Unveils Plan for Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Transport Topics
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Over the next decade, New York City will create one of the country’s largest electric vehicle charging networks in an effort to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.

Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman on Sept. 8 released a new plan, titled Electrifying New York: An Electric Vehicle Vision Plan for New York City, which will drastically expand the city’s electric vehicle charging network in the coming years. Read More
Human Resources: Win at Hiring: 6 Ways to Get the Talent You Need
HRMorning
Can you win at hiring when it’s only going to get tougher?

More than three-quarters of executives plan to increase hiring this quarter, according to research from West Monroe. That means nearly everyone is looking for the same talent you are. In fact, they might even be trying to steal yours!

You’ll want to amp up hiring efforts now because two-thirds of job seekers are close to application fatigue. They’re sick of applying and hearing nothing from employers, according to the Monster Job Index. So good talent might be done looking for jobs soon. Read More
Business & Technology: What is Sentiment Analysis? Using NLP and ML to Extract Meaning
CIO
Sentiment analysis, which enables companies to determine the emotional value of communications, is now going beyond text analysis to include audio and video.

Sentiment analysis is analytical technique that uses statistics, natural language processing, and machine learning to determine the emotional meaning of communications.

Companies use sentiment analysis to evaluate customer messages, call center interactions, online reviews, social media posts, and other content. Sentiment analysis can track changes in attitudes towards companies, products, or services, or individual features of those products or services. Read More