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Social engineering

February 2, 2009 – 9:00 am

We have all heard about social engineering in some context. According to Collins Dictionary Social Engineering is
“ n the manipulation of the social position and function of individuals in order to manage change in a society “
The information security hype about social engineering was originally started by Kevin Mitnick and was further fuelled by Hollywood [...]

By Chris Steenkamp | Posted in Security | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Identifying existing alumni networks and capturing talent

January 28, 2009 – 4:51 pm

Coming into 2009, we’ve all fastened our seat belts for an economic roller coaster ride (going mostly downwards). Some are predicting unemployment figures to kiss double digits. Inevitably, this is going to lead to a whole lot of talented people looking for jobs over the coming years.
So my question (perhaps very prematurely) is: are government [...]

By Matt Lane | Posted in Human resources | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Social networking, government social networking, or non-government government social networking

November 4, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Last month I was lucky enough to attend the International Conference of IT Administrators where I met Steve Ressler the founder of GovLoop.
GovLoop is a “non-government” government social networking site. To elaborate, it is not run by a government organisation (though Steve does work for Homeland Security, GovLoop is extracurricular), but is designed for government [...]

By Matt Lane | Posted in Govt 2.0, Integrity & Conduct | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (28)