X was attempting to gently suggest to the client that they were catastrophizing and that the tech risk was in fact not existential.
@patio11
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Tech Risk Management Paradox: Burning Down Buildings
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There’s a classic piece of lore of this: X: *describes mitigating tech risk*
Client: Can’t be done! If that happens we’re finished.
X: Wait what if the building burns down.
Client: Oh that’s recoverable. Insurance, etc.
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Securing Company Data: Laptop Loss Risk Management
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If one’s company could be destroyed by someone losing a laptop while traveling that is something one should fix.
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Biometrics vs Hardware Keys for Account Security
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I am having trouble thinking of any account I have where I want to have biometrics and not e.g. a yubikey.
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Securing Your Life Against Device Loss and Control
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For reasons which are similar in character to this advice, but also for many other reasons, you should orient your life and your company around assuming you could lose physical control of your phone or laptop. That should be very annoying and not existential.
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Government Interactions: Legal Representation and Security Protocols
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This is also standard advice from security professionals. If the government needs information from you or your firm, you want that interaction to happen in an office room with a lawyer present rather than in public with someone who possesses a firearm.
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Government Authority in Tech Policy: Real Examples Needed
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Posting to policy pipeline is realer than almost anyone can imagine, but I would hope that many people in position to influence USFG have a bookshelf where they can trivially point to six examples of this authority being used in a useful fashion.
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USFG Web App Deployment and Nation-Scale Logistics Capabilities
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I mentioned this in the VaccinateCA write up, as if one thinks the USFG is incapable of shipping a web app or doing nation scale logistics, you can just start giving out colonel commissions. (Not the only way to ship a web app, I hope goes without saying)
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Government taps private sector expertise to fill state capacity gaps
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Huh, government remembered that if there is ever a lack of state capacity it can just start putting uniforms on private sector people w/ relevant expertise/skills.
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State Emergency Powers: Forgotten Legal Tools After WWII
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Yes, mentioned it in the context of state capacity issues during covid. Law is still on the books (… obviously) but after WWII feels like we forgot we had the option.