Mike McBride on Tech, eDiscovery and Mental Health - Issue #26
Hello again! Have you considered the possibility that we should be training users to think twice before clicking on a shared file in Teams? The final item in today's newsletter might interest you. Seems that hackers are getting credentials to login to Teams and then spreading malware through chat.
Have a good weekend!
Workplace
Uncertainty Causes People to Do Strange Things — www.mikemcbrideonline.com The lesson I took away from this article reminds me how important communication is to any relationship. More specifically, though, it made me think of the
How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace — hbr.org Four strategies to help your employees develop stronger relationships.
Linked: How to Toot Your Own Horn At Work — www.mikemcbrideonline.com have often been on record as saying that leading a remote team requires over-communication. You simply cannot assume information is being shared or understood if you don't actively communicate it yourself. The same goes for tooting your own horn. You simply cannot assume that people you haven't communicated with directly about your contributions are going to know about them. We like to think that compliments and acknowledgments go beyond the immediate conversations we are having but we can't assume that.
eDiscovery and Legal Tech
MBOX Files, and Their Role in eDiscovery — www.linkedin.com Most productions include large volumes of emails. So it’s important to be able to store and collect them in groups.
Businesses Must Contemplate Employees' Use of Messaging Apps on Personal Devices | BakerHostetler — www.bakerlaw.com Firms could face harsh penalties for failing to adequately supervise employees’ compliance with data retention policies, even with respect to employees’ use of personal messaging apps. In December 2021, an investment management company was hit with $200 million in fines for failing to keep track of employees’ use of personal messaging apps, resulting in the loss of communications that were subject to SEC and CFTC recordkeeping rules.[1] Over 100 employees’ communications regarding market strategies, client meetings, and market events/trends evaded the firm’s recordkeeping protocols. The SEC’s enforcement division has announced that it is now looking at whether other brokerages committed similar failures.
What Does In-House eDiscovery Success Look Like? Gain insight into what in-house eDiscovery success looks like.
From The Water Cooler to the DMs – Tips and Tricks for Efficiently Reviewing Chat Communications | Data Law Insights — www.crowelldatalaw.com When water cooler chatter became less common when the pandemic hit in 2020, chat platforms and text messages (IM) filled the gap. Collaboration tools
Rampiva Releases Baseline - New Free Tool To Measure Workloads in Nuix — www.mikemcbrideonline.com This post is a little specific to Nuix users, which I know is not something I've been posting for a while now, but I had the opportunity to talk to Bill Potter from Rampiva about a week ahead of the release of their new tool and wanted to share some of that conversation with you. You can read about Baseline here. In essence, the idea is to solve an interesting problem that has existed with Nuix Workstation users for years, finding an elegant tool that lets you know just how much work your people and your technology are doing.
Mental Health
Tackling Depression for IT Workers — www.mikemcbrideonline.com I know, I've written before about depression, and the risks associated with being in a high-demand, always connected, career like IT. Last week, I spotted
Dealing with Stress - Everyone's Different — www.childabusesurvivor.net Recently, I've seen a number of different articles with suggestions on how to deal with anxiety and stress, and how much of an impact that can have on
Linked: One in two employees reluctant to disclose a mental health condition at work — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Through all of this, we still haven't addressed the tough parts. Sure, we've offered time off. We've told people it's OK to not be OK. We've offered mental health apps for free. Maybe we've even offered more significant mental health benefits, or done sessions during the workday on stress and burnout. What we haven't done in many cases are the harder things, like creating a culture that is not rewarding all of the things we encourage employees not to do.
Security
Don’t Click on That QR Code Until You’ve Read the FBI’s Warning! | Sensei Enterprises, Inc. Sensei Enterprises, Inc. is a nationally known digital forensics, managed IT and cybersecurity firm based in Fairfax, Virginia which provides services nationwide. Sensei Enterprises, Inc. has been proudly serving our clients for 25 years, offering them the expertise of our team of highly certified consultants. Whether you need IT, cybersecurity, or digital forensics assistance, our goal is to provide you with high-quality services at an affordable price.
Linked: A Hacker Group Has Been Framing People for Crimes They Didn't Commit — www.mikemcbrideonline.com It's easy, though incorrect, to dismiss worrying about hacking on the basis that "I have nothing to hide" so if someone gets our information, it's not that big of a deal. And, in fact, someone getting your credit card information might not really end up being that big of a deal to you when it's the credit card company that has to do all the hard work to fix it. For a consumer, it might just be some inconvenience. But the real danger to me has always been the risk of someone manipulating your data and causing issues. Imagine someone hacking the DMV and marking you as someone whose driver's license has been suspended, or hacking your phone's GPS, indicating you were somewhere you were not. Or, a hacker fabricating a plot to overthrow the government:
A Majority Of Surveyed Companies Were Hit By Ransomware Attacks In 2021—And Paid Ransom Demands — www.forbes.com Ransomware attacks continue to target companies. For some organizations, it may take longer to fully recover from the attacks.
Linked: Hackers slip into Microsoft Teams chats to distribute malware — www.mikemcbrideonline.com This makes sense. How often do your coworkers send you something in a Teams chat and you simply click on it? Have you considered the possibility that it wasn't actually your coworker but someone who was able to gain access to their account?