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Techstrong TV: Understanding & Managing Digital Identities


David and Charlene discuss how to effectively manage digital identities and assets in the rapidly evolving digital world. The video and a transcript of the conversation are below.

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Charlene O’Hanlon: Hey everybody. Welcome back to Tech Strong TV. I’m Charlene O’Hanlon and I am here now with David Mahdi who is the chief strategy officer and CISO advisor over at Setigo. David, thanks so much for being with me here today. I am just so very excited to have a conversation with you about digital identities, because I know that it’s a very, very hot topic among a lot of organizations as they kind of seek to maybe lock down their systems a little bit more, at least understand what they’ve got so that they can lock it down. So thanks very much for being on tech rung TV and having the conversation with me. I’m very excited. Great to

 

David Mahdi: Well Charlene, thank you very much for having me. And I – it’s digital identity is certainly an area that I’m passionate about. And I think all of us have our own personal stories, whether it’s getting locked out of account at work or getting locked out of a personal account.  It all comes back to that.

 

Interviewer: Yeah. I can count on one hand how many times that happens to me in a week. So it’s but you know, it can be difficult to manage all those passwords. But let’s kind of start at the beginning. So we’re talking about digital identities and you know, these days there is not a person on this earth I think who doesn’t have some sort of digital identity. But what exactly are we talking about when we do say digital identity?

 

Mahdi: Yeah. Great question. So digital identity really well, first of all, we have to think of not just humans, right? You are you you’re Charlene, I’m David, and in the traditional physical world, you might have a passport, a driver’s license and all these types of IDs. And that’s how you, you know, when someone says, are you really Charlene in person and you show one of those ID cards, right? But obviously over the last few decades we’ve been doing more and more online, and we’ve kind of danced around ways to do digital identity online for the…

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Managing Remote Work: 7 Tips for Creating Effective Employer Policies | Fisher Phillips


The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented change for the workplace after stay-at-home orders, isolation and quarantine requirements, and accommodation requests resulted in many employees temporarily working from home. Employers and employees alike recognized certain benefits of remote work arrangements, which led many business leaders to explore hybrid and permanent remote work policies. While remote work arrangements are not practical for every job or desired by every employer, when such arrangements are embraced and become embedded into company policy, employers need to ensure they are taking proper precautions. Below are seven tips that employers should consider when implementing remote work policies.

  1. Create a Written Remote Work Policy

    You should consider creating a written policy establishing the criteria and guidelines for working remotely. Will all employees and roles be eligible? Identify the roles that are critical to your business operations and determine whether those individuals can carry out their jobs while working remotely. Set performance standards and expectations from the start, and include policies on security and data protection, safety, and expectations about equipment and materials.

  2. Review Rules on Expense Reimbursement

    Be sure that your pay practices for all employees – those who work onsite and those who work remotely – comply with the applicable federal and state wage and hour laws. In some states, such as California, employers must ensure all business expenses that are “reasonable” and “necessary” to perform the job remotely are reimbursed. At least ten states – California, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota − and the District of Columbia have enacted laws requiring employers to reimburse employees for certain remote work expenses.

    Even if the applicable state does not require reimbursement, failure to reimburse could lead to allegations of federal wage and hour violations for those paid at or near the minimum wage. For example, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers generally don’t have to reimburse employees for work-related…

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Are you managing your smart home technology or is it managing you?


How do you know if you have the bandwidth in your home to handle more smart home-tech gadgets?

Schless: Many Internet service providers have apps that help you understand how much data and bandwidth your connected devices are using. The providers will also note how many devices each of their plans can support.

McKinley: Depending on the number of smart home tech devices you have in your home, and the type of techie you are, you may have different needs. A basic rule of thumb is that if you are a casual user (you use a streaming service to watch TV, you have one or two smart devices, etc.) then you should aim for about 20 to 50 mbps [megabits per second] speeds. If you have several TVs streaming 4k at the same time, various smart home devices and a gamer or two in the house, then you should aim for speeds of 100 mbps or more. Don’t forget, just because you have speed, doesn’t mean you have coverage. You need to make sure you perform a speed test from various points of your home to determine your coverage.

If coverage is poor in areas where you want to put a device, you may want to consider:

· Centralizing your router. You may pay for great speeds coming into your home, but if your router is located in a decentralized corner of your house, you are severely limiting its coverage. Wi-Fi signals don’t travel well through dense objects like concrete, metal and wood. The more walls your signal must move through, the more strength it loses. Just a simple move of the router to another location can solve many signal strength and coverage issues.

· Upgrading your router to a mesh system. Mesh routers provide a great option for extending your coverage for those who have big gaps where their Wi-Fi signal just won’t reach. They provide a consistent speed since they work together to extend your coverage.

· Upgrading to a Wi-Fi 6 router. Wi-Fi 6 is a relatively new technology that is faster and can handle more devices (or streams) simultaneously. This gives it an advantage, but it’s a single router so it needs to be centralized in your home to be effective. If you have a central location in your home that you can move…

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Techstars London welcomes new managing director



Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customised programming for early-stage entrepreneurs, has announced the appointment of Saalim Chowdhury as Managing Director of Techstars London. He follows predecessor Eamonn Carey.

Formerly a Partner at 500 Startups, Chowdhury will lead the growth of the startup accelerator in London, as it expands to two programmes a year, in April and September. Techstars London will open to startups across new sectors, welcoming more b2b startups in healthtech, fintech and web3, and using technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Techstars London is looking for early-stage founders who would benefit from a programme that develops entrepreneurial talent, accelerates startup growth, and gets them closer to product-market fit. Whilst the programme is London-based, Chowdhury’s focus will be on attracting startups around the UK and will be touring the country to do so.

Speaking on his appointment as the new Managing Director of Techstars London, Saalim Chowdhury, said, “What drew me to Techstars is the deep commitment to developing founders and communities, especially here in the UK and Europe. Global rivals continue to dramatically increase class sizes, with little or no footprint in Europe, but Techstars is staying at 12 companies per batch. Instead, we’re increasing the number of programmes in key cities like London and hiring more talent to deliver them, so that we can continue to foster personal connections and development, individual attention and a deeply bonded community.”

“I want to work with founders that are creating services for new audiences, or changing the way convention has been dictated for years, mostly by bringing perspectives from one industry to another. There must also be a positive impact on society. The goal is to create stronger startups from a more diverse range of backgrounds.”

“Eamonn has left big shoes to fill, and I am eager to continue and expand upon his great work. I’m delighted to lead this growth from London, as Techstars doubles down in the UK”

Over 200 UK startups have been through a Techstars…

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