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Sharing our views on the topics we find interesting and articles worth a 2nd thought.

Your LEANmade Digest No. 110 – Your DNA will soon be on file, if it’s not already. What will the consequences be?
DNA, Data Privacy, and You Your DNA will soon be on file, if it’s not already. What will the consequences be? 'There’s an undeniable benefit to using DNA tech in our lives. Not only is it effective for our justice systems, but it can also improve our...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 110 – Your DNA will soon be on file, if it’s not already. What will the consequences be?
DNA, Data Privacy, and You Your DNA will soon be on file, if it’s not already. What will the consequences be? 'There’s an undeniable benefit to using DNA tech in our lives. Not only is it effective for our justice systems, but it can also improve our...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 94: FBI and CISA warn of vishing attacks (not a typo), Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, and the pandemic has changed the future of cybersecurity.
(Not a typo:) FBI and CISA warn of major wave of vishing attacks (ZDNet) 'Vishing, or voice phishing, is a form of social engineering where criminals call victims to obtain desired information, usually posing as other persons.' 'Hackers are calling employees working...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 92: the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers, a Data Breach at a Genealogy Site, and the Privacy Paradox.
Sandworm details the group behind the worst cyberattacks in history (The Verge)'Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with Wired senior editor Andy Greenberg, author of Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 91: Return of the transatlantic Privacy War, Where are the new digital Business Models? and Emotet is Back.
Digital Is Great, But Where Are The New Business Models? (Forbes) 'While most executives claim to be familiar with next-generation technologies, but only 10% of companies have a digital business model in place to fully use these opportunities, a recent survey of 214...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 87: Digital Transformation: Talent, Not Technology, what comes next for CIO’s to be prepared, and can digital health passports help restart the travel industry?
Digital Transformation Is About Talent, Not Technology (Harvard Business Review) A thoughful reminder: 'As the last several weeks have demonstrated, we are agile as a global community. This agility has been people-led and technology-supported. Human...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 86: 14 real-world phishing examples, proximity tracing apps don’t have to kill privacy to be effective and a cautionary perspective on the effectiveness of (some) hackathons.
Coronavirus tracing apps don’t have to kill privacy to be effective (Wired.co.uk)One project trying to answer such questions is Decentralised Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP3T), which proposes a decentralised system that uses temporary...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 85: Looking at the bigger picture: 9 Future Predictions, Stakeholder capitalism, and Faking AI ?
. 9 Future Predictions For A Post-Coronavirus World (Forbes) 'As the ripple of COVID-19 careens around the globe, it’s forcing humankind to innovate and change the way we work and live. The upside of where we find ourselves right now is that individuals and...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 82: Leading in the Digital Era, a Decade in Data, and 4 Ethical Concerns in a Connected World
.Leading In The Digital Era -- Two Most Needed ChangesPutting the 4th Industrial Revolution in a historic persepctive: 'We are back in the village, except that the village is global and 24/7 connected!' Rajeev Peshawaria via Forbes.com..Decade in...
Hacking und Hacker im Schweizer Recht (AJP/PJA 1/2020)
In the News Dr. Sandro Germann, LL.M. and our General Counsel, Dr. David Wicki, LL.M. has taken a look at hacking from a legal point of view. Full article can be found in AJP 2020/1, pg. 83 ff. The authors would like to express their gratitude towards...
Protection des données: les PME sont pénalisées (Le Temps 2/3/2020)
In the News. An article by our General Counsel Dr. David Wicki-Birchler, LL.M. Published in Le Temps 2/3/2020 . Protection des données: les PME sont pénalisées OPINION. Le parlement traitera durant la session de printemps de la protection des données...
Your LEANmade Digest No. 101: some thoughts on GAIA-X, challenges and opportunities of multicloud, and reimagining the role of data
GAIA-X must be more than just another European infrastructure provider, or it will deliver no value | ZDNet (ZDNet) 'The real opportunity for GAIA-X is defining public cloud services that improve clarity around data sovereignty, data residency, and that...