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There's a general uneasiness about the level of security in the supply chain. (Take our new poll to give us a better sense).
Some of this uneasiness surrounds the information chain that exists between you and your supply chain partners. (See: Supply Chain’s Information ‘Black Hole’.)
Another aspect of the anxiety comes from what we know is relentless hacking of computer networks. Here's an infographic that helps put it in scary context. You may be surprised at the biggest culprit:
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as 45% of the malware infiltration can be attributed to human error, it appears clear that businesses have to educate their employees about the then and have them adopt a policy of “when it doubt, leave it out.”
How about enacting some really severe punishments for creating and spreading viruses, malware, and the other nasty stuff. HUGE financial penalties and multi-year sentences of really hard time. And for those countries who seem to be doing so much of the attacking, how about a serious limitation on their internet access altogather. That is to say, NONE, except possibly through some inspection system. There are several countries that I would like to see simply disconnected from the internet completely and positively, for at least a few years. Of course, the bad guys would try to move, but it can't be that hard to completly isolate some geographical entities.
@Ariella: this is a good point and I agree on that; sometimes executives tend to plan some savings by cutting costs in the education area and this is not good, bcz as very well explained within the article and outlined in your post, that choise runs exactly huge extra-costs later.
@mfbertozzi Education of this sort is one of those things that come under “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Anyone who has had to deal with the massive mess caused by malware would realize that taking a bit of time to prevent it is worth the hours,or even days of aggravation that could result from not doing so.
@Ariella: very wise approach, definitely; I aim several executives will consider it soon, one dollar invested in educaction represents, potentially, good profit for the future.
Of course one other thing that did help the north quite a bit was all of the manufacturing industry was in the north. While farming and food production are vital to a war effort they are not enough to support an army that has to fight.
Lors de la lecture excellence mains lumineuses font plus claire et parfaite. Avec copie cas ovale boutons replique montre de luxe Cartier Tank, couronne exquise conception intelligente, mais aussi touchés par elle ne considèrent même pas taper mètres ingéniosité, style de production méticuleux.
My translation from the French lost a great deal in the translation.
But thanks for the complement.
@William: Knowing another language is really an asset mate.
My other languages include PLC, basic, Autocad, TBOSE, and some Mexican. And also a rather inferior understanding of German, based on two semesters in college back in 1966, and no practice since then. Likewise a bit of Fortan.
I recognize that the card in the picture starts out with the alphabet and numbers, but I can't make out the second part of the field. And how does that help to understand anything? What is the claimed mechanism for the improvement of understanding? Please exoplain.
I was aware that it was an image of a punch card, which was indeed used for both loading Fortran programs, data, and (probably) assembly language programs. And while the card is an icon of the era it is still unclear what it is intended to convey.
President Lincoln is no longer in a position to either receive or benefit from any advice, regardless of it's value.
@Brian If you are in or around NY, you may want to check out the New York Historical Society's Civil War objects. Some time ago, the Met also ran a photographic exhibition on the war, though I didn't check if it's still up.
I don't think it goes that far back, @Rich. I realized after I left the comment that this blog appeared back then. But you're the one who bumped it up with comments this month.
Ariella, It is not that this blog goes back that far, but rather that many of us are able to recall the past. Not only that part that we have experienced, but those portions that we have read about. AND there is one vary large benefit to living in the past,mwhich is that the past is so much more predictable.
“the past is so much more predictable.” Can't aruge with that @William
@rich in that case, I was responding to your revival which was a response to theirs. Time to get to work on a TARDIS.
@Rich Honestly, I'd rather have a TARDIS, more options for past, future, and outer dimensions of space. Plus you may get to ride with a slightly wacky alien with a strong sense of adventure oddly combined with an English taste for tea.
Ariella, while a TARDIS would indeed be very handy for a whole lot of things, I beklieve that it one of them is far more complex than what would be needed for simple time travel. And since the effort woulkd undoubtedly be a bit less for a machine with much less functionality, I would suggest that direction until our understanding of time travel becomes much greater.