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Where The Jobs Will (And Won't) Be This Spring

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If you hope to land a job in the next three months, where in the country will you find the most vibrant employment scene? According to the just-released Employment Outlook Survey from Milwaukee-based staffing giant Manpower Group, the No. 1 spot is Boise, Idaho, followed by Jacksonville, Grand Rapids, and Milwaukee. At the other end of the spectrum, the slowest growth is expected in Oklahoma City, Youngstown, and El Paso. See our slideshow above for the top five and bottom five cities projecting net job growth in 2015’s second quarter. You can read Manpower’s complete report here.

Wikimedia sues NSA to stop it from spying on Wikipedia users

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In an effort to stop the U.S. government from spying on Wikipedia’s readers and editors, the Wikimedia Foundation will sue the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).The lawsuit, due to be filed with a coalition of eight civili liberties organizations later Tuesday, challenges what Wikimedia calls the NSA’s unfounded, large-scale search and seizure of internet communications.

Spyware vendor may have helped Ethiopia target journalists – even after it was aware of abuses, researchers say

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The Ethiopian government appears again to be using Internet spying tools to attempt to eavesdrop on journalists based in suburban Washington, said security researchers who call such high-tech intrusions a serious threat to human rights and press freedoms worldwide. The journalists, who work for Ethiopian Satellite Television in Alexandria, Va., provide one of the few independent […]

Google suffers new cloud outage, promises to be “better prepared”

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Google’s cloud platform suffered another outage over the weekend in an incident that seems similar to a more serious brownout that took place last month. Google said the latest outage affecting its Compute Engine, which was first reported by The … Continue reading →

Cyber Insurance: Managing the Risk

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  Cyber insurance is a hot topic of many debates today. It is believed to be the long-awaited cure for high-impact security risks, especially in light of constantly evolving privacy legislation and disclosure obligations – but what actually is it? Simply put, cyber insurance is a tool intended to mitigate the loss from information security incidents. The […]… Read More
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