WALKER from Page 26 or planned initiatives. To speculate on how and when the data may be used is a worthwhile exercise. However, since the possibilities are so vast, significant effort should be expended in preparing the workforce and managing risks of future cyber-attacks. Leaders must begin to enhance cybersecurity at every U.S. company, educational institution and government agency immediately. While security measures implemented at OPM after the 2014 incident helped detect the April attack-
MALVEAUX from Page 26 employers think more people will be traveling and enjoying hospitality services this summer. Still, most of the jobs in this industry are part-time, with the average worker getting 22 hours a week— too few to qualify for benefits. In hospitality, including food and drinking places, young people are working for low wages, often depending on tips, always earning less than they might if the labor market would absorb them at their skill level. Meanwhile, many of us who enjoy the services of the coffee barista, the waitress, or the theme park guide don’t ever wonder how well they are paid. Still, it makes sense to revel in the good news – the unemploy-
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some conservatives had criticized her. For example, Reason.com stated, “Some conservatives, unfortunately, are falling over themselves to defend the police – the one kind of public employee who can do no wrong in the eyes of all too many people on the right. Media Matters compiled a disheartening list of Fox News personalities raising baseless hypotheticals that could (maybe) justify Casebolt’s rash actions.” Casebolt’s behavior was so abhorrent that he has resigned and apologized for his actions. Police Chief Greg Conley said, “Our policies, our training, our practice doesn’t support his actions. He came into the call out of control, and as the video shows he was out of control during the incident.” Fox News wasn’t the only offender. A Daily Kos headline summed it up best: “Associated Press publishes hit job on Tamir Rice.” It noted, “You are all familiar with this story. A young boy is playing in
no single set of cyber defenses is 100 percent effective. Some attacks can remain undetected for months or years. One solution is to continuously update security software, install appropriate security hardware, educate the workforce, and manage the risks of consumer and corporate cyber-attacks. U.S. companies are frequently engaged in cyber incidents, with only a small percentage of security breaches made public. According to the 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis published by the Ponemon Institute, the average cost to a company due to a security
breach was $3.5 million in U.S. dollars. As evidenced in the study, one security breach can threaten to put a growing enterprise out of business. Public websites provide some federal employee information like a name, agency, grade and salary but no division or performance rating. If a hacker, leveraging the OPM data, could glean work location, satisfactory performance rating as a senior network administrator, the university attended, marriage and dependent status combined with social media information, the hacker could build a pretty solid picture for use in many ways. For the hacker, an information
ment rate is lower than it was a year ago. Always, though, there are the footnotes. The 5.5 percent unemployment rate is 10.8 percent when indices of labor utilization are considered. The African-American unemployment rate, at 10.2 percent, is nearly 20 percent when underutilization measures are considered. The 20 percent rate lower than a year ago, but it is still too high. The percentage of the population that is employed also reflects significant racial gaps. While nearly 70 percent of white men are working, just 62 percent of black men have jobs. And while the same percentage of white women and black women hold jobs, given data on men, it is clear that African-American women are responsible for much more of the family income than
white women are. No wonder people who hear about ‘good news’ don’t feel it. No wonder they are responding to polls with a concern that does not reflect the so-called good news. No wonder too many are concerned about poor working conditions, about feeling that they have no opportunity to improve their situation, about being frightened by the income inequality that will determine the futures of their children. Are we excited about the news that the economy is recovering? Of course. Some of us would be much more excited if the recovery trickled down.WI
the park, a police car pulls up and in less than two seconds, 12-year old Tamir Rice is on the ground, bleeding from what would prove to be a fatal gunshot wound. For more than six months the investigation(s) into this videotaped killing has languished. Now, coincidentally, two days after a judge found probable cause that the police officer who shot Rice should face murder charges and the Associated Press was presented with the opportunity to run a hit job on … Tamir Rice. And, boy, oh boy, did they run with it.” Below are some excerpts from the AP story, written by Mark Gillispie, with Daily Kos commentary in italics.
and the shooter’s lawyer.
AP headline: “Boy with pellet gun warned by friend before police shooting” Comment: That’s right! Tamir was warned! No word if Tamir was warned that he would be shot without warning for the crime of being in a public park, because the only quotes in this article come from the prosecutor, an unnamed FBI agent
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AP: Investigators were told that Tamir used the airsoft gun, which shoots non-lethal plastic projectiles, to shoot at car tires that day. Comment: Not only non-lethal, but non-able-to-shoot-out-a-freaking-tire. Not to mention, that’s not why the police confronted Tamir. AP: The video appears to show Tamir reaching for the pellet gun, which is tucked in his waistband, after he was shot. Comment: It does? The only thing I see is Tamir reaching for his his stomach when he’s shot. The reason I became a journalist was because I subscribe to a quote that has been attributed, with some variation, to both journalist Finley Peter Dunne and social activist “Mother” Mary Jones: “The job of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” In this instance, Fox News and the Associated Press got it backwards.WI The Washington Informer
puzzle, patience and persistence lead to success. For the victim, a tedious process of corporate reputation and financial repair lies ahead. In an attempt to reduce the risk of fraud and identify theft to current and former federal employees potentially affected, OPM is offering 18 months of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance. Consumers can request a free credit report at www.annualcredit-
report.com or by calling 1-877-3228228. WI Robin Harris-Walker is a 20-year IT security veteran and CEO of Protegrisys, a Washington, D.C- based Security Risk Management and Cyber Security Strategy firm. She serves as an adviser and subject matter expert to federal agencies and commercial organizations and developed the first cybersecurity curriculum for high school students in 2004.
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