April 22, 2022
Security: Most email security approaches fail to block common threats
Threatpost
On overwhelming number of security teams believe their email security systems to be ineffective against the most serious inbound threats, including ransomware.

That’s according to a survey of business customers using Microsoft 365 for email commissioned by Cyren and conducted by Osterman Research, which examined concerns with phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and ransomware threats, attacks that became costly incidents, and preparedness to deal with attacks and incidents. Read More
Healthcare IT: Do data dilemmas impede digital health?
Healthcare IT News
The launch of a proposal on the EU Health Data Space, expected in early May, forms the cornerstone of wider European ambitions on digital health, and marks the fruition of efforts invested by policy-makers over the course of several years.

At an event in Brussels, organized by Politico, some participants wondered what this would look like in practice. They said that funding gaps, a skills shortage and inadequate interoperability prevent data from being shared and used. Read More
Homeland Security: DHS S&T’s Team Awareness Kit expands its reach
Homeland Security Today
The operational use of the Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Team Awareness Kit (TAK) technology continues to grow, as a new iOS version is now available as a free download on Apple’s App Store. TAK is a geospatial mapping platform and common operating program that uses a mobile device’s GPS to track a user’s location, while displaying the locations of other users for enhanced situational awareness—making it easier for teams and first responders from different organizations to collaborate in the field.

The app has potential for use in a wide variety of response situations; for example, by teams on different sides of a mountain or in various locations at an emergency scene that need to coordinate operations quickly and efficiently. TAK has been used in firefighting, law enforcement, hurricane relief, national security special events such as the UN General Assembly, major sporting events like the Super Bowl, large music festivals, and daily public safety operations. Read More
Transportation: US drone company Zipline starts delivering medicine in Japan
ABC News
TOKYO -- Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan.

They’re flying, starting Thursday, across the tiny Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu, in southwestern Japan, delivering to pharmacies and hospitals.

Other parts of Japan may follow, including urban areas, although the biggest needs tend to be in isolated rural areas. Read More
Human Resources: Young women out-earn young men in several US cities, Pew says
HR Dive
Fifty years ago, the gender pay gap for full-time working women under 35 was considerable. According to a May 2021 Pew report, in 1980, women under 35 made 67% of the pay men under 35 make. By 2015, women under 35 were earning 90% of their male peers.

By 2020, the gap had narrowed slightly. Pew attributed that narrowing to factors such as younger women outpacing men in college graduation, which opens doors to higher-paying jobs, often in male-dominated fields. Read More
Business & Technology: What is data science? Transforming data into value
CIO
Data science is a method for gleaning insights from structured and unstructured data using approaches ranging from statistical analysis to machine learning. For most organizations, it is employed to transform data into value in the form of improved revenue, reduced costs, business agility, improved customer experience, the development of new products, and the like. Data science gives the data collected by an organization a purpose. 

The business value of data science depends on organizational needs. Read More