July 7, 2023
Security: Manufacturing exposed: over half of IT managers tackling costly ransomware attacks
Cybernews
The number of affected manufacturing organizations continues the growth trend — it’s slightly higher than the previous year when 55% of respondents reported their organization was hit by ransomware.

More attacks now end up successfully encrypting organizations’ data. 68% of affected respondents reported that their data was encrypted during an attack, an 11 percentage point increase from the previous year or a 19 PPT increase across two years. Every third manager admitted to paying the ransom to regain their data, while 73% of organizations used backups. Read More
Healthcare IT: Mixed-reality glasses for remote wound diagnosis
MobiHealthNews
Mixed-reality smart glasses have been developed for remote assessment of leg and foot wounds of people with diabetes and vascular diseases living in regional and remote areas.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide invented software for a mixed-reality headset that enables doctors in the city to "see through the eyes" of rural health workers who are assessing and treating patients' leg and foot ulcers in real-time. Read More
Homeland Security: People, partnerships and technology are key for Pekoske as he announces his future vision for TSA
Homeland Security Today
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske has published the third Administrator’s Intent, which outlines the agency’s near-term actions to achieve the vision and key strategic objectives in TSA’s Strategy.                                             

The Administrator’s Intent 3.0 focuses on people, partnerships and technology and outlines the agency’s operational and mission support goals for the next two years. Read More
Transportation: NHTSA looking into details on Tesla’s self-driving changes
Homeland Security Today
DETROIT — U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system, including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked for details of changes made to all versions of the system, including dates and detailed descriptions, according to a post on its site July 6.

The request is part of a larger investigation into why Teslas operating on Autopilot have struck emergency vehicles that are stopped along highways while they are responding to other incidents. It covers all versions of automated driving systems, including “Full Self-Driving,” which is being tested on public roads by Tesla owners. Read More
Human Resources: Flexible, supportive company culture makes remote work more successful
HR Dive
Remote work arrangements appear to be most successful at companies that create flexible and supportive environments, according to new research released by the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Based on data from Glassdoor, the strongest remote workplaces were at companies that catered to employees’ interests, gave employees independence, fostered collaboration and had flexible policies.

“One of the biggest changes during the pandemic for all of us, for better or worse, was remote work,” Munmun De Choudhury, the senior researcher and an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing, said in a statement. Read More
Business & Technology: 12 business concepts IT leaders should master
CIO
CIOs must master critical business concepts to fulfill their new mandate of being business partners with their leadership peers. Here are the latest business terms and notions impacting IT.

Today’s CIOs see themselves as business leaders as much — if not more so — than as technologists. That’s not surprising, considering how essential technology has become for running organizations and serving stakeholders — whether customers, employees, or investors.

CIOs spoke to the criticality of their role in CIO.com’s 2023 State of the CIO survey, with 71% saying that they expect to devote a higher percentage of their time to business strategist work three years out. Read More