Has AI Changed Your Proposal’s Audience?
[This piece originally appeared in our sister blog, Strategic Grantsmanship, on August 21, 2023.] The first rule of writing? “Write to your audience!” For scientific and medical grant proposals, that audience comprises our human scientist and stakeholder peers. Or does it?
How to Protect Sensitive Files: A Guide to Passwords & Encryption
Do you work with sensitive client data? Have you signed an NDA requiring you to secure clients’ information? Here’s how to properly secure your computer and safeguard the intellectual property entrusted to you.
Using Firefox Containers to Maximize Privacy
Using one set of devices for work and personal business is a common practice among freelancers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs, and it puts your privacy at high risk. Here’s an easy way to safeguard your privacy.
7 Easy Steps for Working Securely from Home
Your home setup is likely far less secure than you think. Here are 7 easy steps for working securely from home.
Your Consultants & Employees Are Broadcasting Your Company Secrets Every Day
Are your contractors, consultants, and employees adequately protecting your sensitive information and intellectual property when they work from home?
How You Are (Unknowingly) Perpetuating Online Tracking with Links
If safeguarding your privacy is important to you, you are aware of tracking and avoid it whenever possible. After all, where you go on the internet, what you read, what you buy, is nobody’s business but your own. But it’s likely you have other interests as well, and you also share links about your interests
One Nation, Tracked
Since One Nation, Tracked was published in The New York Times last month, The Washington Post has published an investigation into how colleges across the United States are using short-range phone sensors and campus-wide wi-fi networks to track students. Here’s what these investigations found and why it matters.
The CCPA: What It Is, What It Means, and What You Can Do
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) raises the bar on consumer privacy, but since the bar is already set so low, does it really matter? Yes. Here’s what it is, what it means, and what you can do.