Kareem's ICT Blog

Selfies are now so popular (even presidents and the Pope are fans) that in some countries like Russia there is legislation governing selfie taking.   Selfies also seem to have crept into the workplace and can be quite obstructive affecting how employees carry out their duties. As good as selfies are at staff parties, meetings or boot camps, there is also the dark side of work place selfies.   Cases abound of employees taking selfies with clients’ details which are highly confidential clearly displayed in the background.   There are also cases of medical personnel taking pics of patients during surgery or under anesthesia (and heavens help you if you are a celebrity #Joan Rivers). This clearly draws an awkward line for employers in terms of policies put in place on paper but doing nothing to deter employees form violating them. Also the cost to the business in terms of “employer time” taken to strike the right pose for the perfect selfies (which is often a loooooong

We do practically everything these days online, from shopping to babysitting. How safe are we ? Or do we really care less about needed precautions or simply assume whatever omen internet may bring would always happen to the other guy, our distant or near neighbors, someone in La La Land but not us. How wrong are we. Internet safety is everybody's business from the large retailers to every household. I constantly receive emails in my private inbox from my banks notifying me on how to avoid phishing which are emails purporting to be from them but are spoofs or clones trying to gain access to my personal information like passwords and credit card numbers. A friend once had to shutdown his Facebook account when it was hacked into and sexually explicit materials were there for all to see. The Lord save you if you click on his page! These are some of our everyday life being affected by our daily presence online. To safeguard against this unwanted intrusion and headaches we need t