This is security theater

Never working for the government, I've never really had to deal with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP),but was shocked at what I read. FedRAMP is supposed to protect sensitive government data and this post would seem to question that. Some lessons learned:
Never let a department or group deploy software you do not have confidence in.
If you do not have confidence in the software don't mess around. Reject the application.
Don't use foreign engineers to maintain the systems when the rules forbid it.
Security is not an area you want to skimp on headcount or trained professionals.
Read more at ars technica: Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway

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The good (AI), the bad (computers), and the ugly (humans)

Adi Gaskell writes "It's often said that new hires require up to a year to be completely productive, with this timeline not just due to learning the particulars of that specific role but also the organizational culture and the networks within the company that underpin how work is done." (I have heard longer time frames for law firms.) It would see that research by UC Berkeley "proposes an AI-based system to help this learning process." I'm sure you were not shocked that! Adi goes no to write, "The results were pretty conclusive, with the group that received advice from the AI performing the tasks much faster than those that did not. The performance gaps were especially stark when the tasks were made more complicated by the disruption, with 19 times as many people getting the optimal performance when they got help from the AI. Interestingly, the group that received support from the standard computer performed particularly poorly, as they failed to adjust their strategy. Similarly, the advice given by other humans was often either completely wrong or too general to be of any use." Be sure to read more at REAL KM: Can AI help new workers get up to speed?

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Talk to LaVar

It is posts like this that would seem to confirm that legal departments don't really read or use the surveys and assessments that they hand out to their outside counsel. "However, more than two-thirds (68%) of corporate legal professionals admitted that they currently have no idea if their outside law firms are using AI or not." I don't see how that is possible because as my peers and I have discussed, EVERY recent surveys or assessment deals with artificial intelligence. The next question is on the ROI of AI tools. I want to talk to the 15% of law firms and the 25% of corporate legal teams who calm to know their ROIs. I think a visit from LeVar Burton might resolve the first issue, but ROI and other issues will be more complicated. Read more at Thomson Reuters Blog: The great AI disconnect: Firms and legal departments are not communicating about AI usage

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