Russian online-dating service, Topface has admitted to paying a hacker an undisclosed sum, preventing the person from selling or leaking 20 million user addresses. Having been shown how easy it is to infiltrate their networks and steal customer data, firms like Topface must now take the right steps in order to prevent being placed in such a compromising position in the future.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has renewed the National Security Inspectorate’s (NSI) mandate to deliver assessment services for its Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) from 1st April (subject to contract). Guarding services organisations with a commercial interest in the ACS, can have confidence in choosing NSI as their preferred Assessing Body.
A quintessential fibre of a discerning leader or anybody who aspires to a leadership position is mastering the art of timing. To borrow from the Holy Scripture, there is a time for everything under the sun. A reasonable and astute leader appreciates the import of ‘stepping aside’ when the ovation is loudest and strives not to sacrifice the well-being, posterity of the country in the altar of his personal aggrandizement. Every man has his time. Some had their time but missed it.
The rising cost of energy, real estate, and office space, coupled with growing pressure to implement sustainable and environment friendly workspaces in order to attract and retain the next generation of workers, is driving organisations to rethink the roles of their employees within the organisation, how they collaborate, and their relationships to applications and devices. This trend is ushering in a massive transition in the workplace that’s aimed at raising the productivity of employees.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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