February 3, 2023
Security: Five ways security teams can more effectively manage identities in the cloud
SC Media
Managing identities in the cloud has been described as a “big mess” by many security pros – and that’s why SC Media decided to focus on this issue as we celebrate Data Privacy Day.

For starters, the comparatively orderly on-prem days in which all identities were managed by Microsoft Active Directory, or network admins could geo-locate an employee based on an IP address that was in the company's building are long gone. Read More
Healthcare IT: GoodRx shared health data with Google and Facebook, FTC says
MobiHealthNews
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday alleged drug-cost and telehealth platform GoodRx shared consumers' personal health information with third parties like Google and Facebook.

According to the FTC's complaint, GoodRx provided information about its users' prescription medications and health conditions for advertising purposes, like targeting users with health-related ads on Facebook based on drugs they had previously purchased. Read More
Homeland Security: DoD: Too risky to shoot down ‘sizable,’ ‘more persistent’ Chinese surveillance balloon over Montana
Homeland Security Today
Defense officials monitoring a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon lingering and collecting intelligence over the United States said they considered shooting it down over rural Montana but determined that the risk of injuries or damage on the ground was too great.

“The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement this evening. “The U.S. government, to include NORAD, continues to track and monitor it closely. The balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground.” Read More
Transportation: GM’s self-driving expansion faces challenges in San Francisco
Transport Topics
In its push to get to $1 billion in robotaxi revenue by 2025 and as much as $50 billion by 2030, General Motors-owned Cruise is working to expand its paid service to all of San Francisco and run it 24 hours a day.
To demonstrate the safety of its service, Cruise points to recently released data showing the robotaxi provider did 2,800 rides covering 27,000 miles without a major collision or injury from September through November, its most recent reporting quarter.

Not so fast, one San Francisco authority says. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency filed a brief opposing Cruise’s plans on Jan. 25, saying it found 92 incidents in the last seven months of 2022 when Cruise’s autonomous vehicles obstructed traffic, caused delays to transit services, clogged up bus lanes or — in two cases — interfered with firefighters. Read More
Human Resources: Hiring managers say ‘time to fill’ has slowed to 11 weeks
HR Dive
Hiring managers say it takes an average of 11 weeks to fill a vacant role, according to the Jan. 30 results of a Robert Half survey conducted in Q4 2022. That’s up from seven weeks in 2021.

Employers are “scrambling” to staff up despite market volatility, the consulting firm said. More than half of the hiring managers responding to the survey said their employers anticipate adding new roles during the first half of the year; nearly 40% expect to hire for vacated positions.

Hiring managers indicated a disconnect between that urgency and the quality of their pipeline, however. Nine in 10 of the more than 2,000 respondents said it’s challenging to find skilled professionals. Read More
Business & Technology: Enterprise architecture modernizes for the digital era
CIO
With digital operating models altering business processes and the IT landscape, enterprise architecture (EA) — a rigid stalwart of IT — has shown signs of evolving as well. One key indicator of this evolution is the increasing interest in enterprise architecture management (EAM) tools, which transformational enterprise architects and CIOs are turning to in order to jointly digitize the business.

According to research firm Gartner, the EA tool sector is seeing annual revenues grow by up to 30% from a limited footprint, with support for such tools increasing as EA broadens beyond direct control of IT departments and into more democratized technology environments. It’s a stark contrast from a decade ago when it was thought the sector would generate just $10 million in revenue because the tools were too complicated. Read More