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The United States Government should actively be trying to protect its businesses. They should create a three letter organization to do so. They should call it t
by _robbywashere 6y ago
The United States Government should actively be trying to protect its businesses. They should create a three letter organization to do so. They should call it the National Security something or another.
- labster 6y agoThat name is already taken by the department of hodling cyberattacks. They should have a National Vulnerability Agency that handles it.
- jjeaff 6y agoOr maybe let's revisit the charter of the NSA and make some major tweaks.
- gogopuppygogo 6y agoStep 1.) Let marijuana users be employed so you can attract talent. Step 2.) Pay above market rate for talent, even import it from Israel or other friendly nation states. We need a Wernher von Braun style approach to recruitment. Step 3.) ???? Profit ????
- astrea 6y agoStep 1 sounds personal
- jcims 6y agoIt sounds like it, and it might be, but testing for weed really does impact recruiting. I know of a very large US firm that has quietly stopped including it in their drug test over the past 3-4 years in part because of that. (I wouldn’t be surprised if folks start to push testing as a HIPAA issue.)
- Godel_unicode 6y agoThat's not how HIPAA works.
- djrogers 6y agoIt does if you can claim it’s medical use only. Or at least it reasonably could be interpreted that way.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoHIPAA applies exclusively to covered entities. Your employer is, in most cases, not a covered entity. If you want evidence of this (assuming you're in the United States) go look at the information required by your employers FMLA disclosure form. Hint, the I in HIPAA stands for insurance. If insurance isn't involved, HIPAA probably isn't either. https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-information-workplace/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-i...
- jcims 6y agoI'm no expert but it could place you in a situation where you are faced with divulging a legal* medical prescription as a condition of keeping your job.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoThat has nothing to do with HIPAA, your employer is in almost all cases not a covered entity. People frequently believe that they have a right not to have to disclose health information to their employer; this is true in certain cases but by and large is false. There are explicit provisions in HIPAA saying that requiring doctors notes is legal, for example.
- jcims 6y agoGood info! Thank you for clearing that up for me.
- Lukabuz 6y agohttps://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-48089 https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-LB-48089
- Pokepokalypse 6y agoAlso: hire people who don't live in the DC beltway. This goes for . . . well, how about most federal IT-related jobs.
- Hnrobert42 6y agoThe US intelligence community is very successful attracting extremely talented folks. It’s funny that you mention Israel. The would be one of the worst “allies” to partner with. Jonathan Pollard was just given a hero’s welcome. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard
- Godel_unicode 6y agoWhy do people keep thinking that putting the military in charge of civilian cyber defense is in any way a good idea??
- hoseja 6y agoAt the end of the day, there is no distinction. "Civilian" is strictly nice-to-have concept.
- cheschire 6y agoSo you feel like America should just move their entire police force under the military and forego any civilian-esque facade? Probably not. And that's also why cyber law enforcement and national cyber defense should be two separate entities.
- goatinaboat 6y agoWhy do people keep thinking that putting the military in charge of civilian cyber defense is in any way a good idea?? The NSA has some military staff members but it is a civilian agency
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- Godel_unicode 6y agoThe NSA has title 10 authorities. It's part of the DoD, with a chain of command running through SecDef. It is commanded by active-duty flag officers.
- cutemonster 6y agoNational Security Theater?
- systematical 6y agoI've been saying this for years. The government should actively be hacking corporations, state, and local governments. Then disclosing the vulnerability privately to these organizations. This levels up our offensive capabilities while securing us at the same time.