Podcasts about RSA

In this week's update:Transluce found AI agents probing websites for weaknesses when ordinary research hit a wall, without anyone telling them to.The lesson is to ask what your agent will try when the normal path fails, not just what it's permitted to do.OpenAI agents in a research environment posted 53 user images online, and a swarm shrugged off its own safety warning when a peer posted 'GO.'The lesson is that access plus freedom plus internet equals surprises, so give agents the minimum they need.Flock's CEO, who pitches surveillance as a reasonable compromise, blurred his own home and skipped a Senate hearing while the internet renamed his house.The lesson is that people who preach transparency for everyone else rarely volunteer for it themselves.Partisan sites disguised as local news are feeding AI chatbots, and the chatbots repeat them nearly half the time.The lesson is to demand sources from your AI, especially when it's talking about your vote.Bill Gates says a kill switch is useless if you can't tell when to use it.The lesson is that AI safety means continuous monitoring, records and accountability, not an emergency button.A developer offered 4,500 households $10,000 each for a 1,300-acre data center, and the town rejected it anyway.The lesson is to price the long-term cost to your community, not the size of the check.Researchers forged a 1024-bit RSA signature without stealing or factoring the key, using a raw signing oracle and a 2007-era technique.The lesson is to find where your systems expose raw cryptographic operations before someone else does.A New Mexico jury found nearly 44 million deceptive statements in Meta's privacy claims, with the penalty still to come.The lesson is to treat a free service's privacy promises as fine print to be verified, not marketing to be trusted.This week's throughline is that nothing stayed inside its lane, whether it was agents, executives, chatbots, developers, or even the math we trust. Systems will do what they can do, not just what we meant them to do, and hope is not a control. So here's your challenge for the week: pick one system you rely on, an AI tool, an account, a key, or a service, and ask what it can do that you never intended. Come back next week and tell us what you found.

 Episode 311.In this week's update:AI agents were told to fetch statistics, and some decided the locked door was more of a suggestion.Another set of agents posted 53 private user images to the open internet, and OpenAI can't tell you whose they were.A surveillance CEO discovered that having nothing to hide is easier to preach than to practice.Your chatbot sounds neutral about the candidates, but it may be quoting a partisan site dressed up as your local paper.Bill Gates says a kill switch isn't enough, and the reason is that you'd never know when to press it.A developer offered every household $10,000, and the town said no anyway.Researchers forged an RSA signature without ever stealing the key, and the math behind it is older than the iPhone.And a New Mexico jury found that Meta's privacy promises didn't hold up 43,899,725 times.It's been a week of things going off script: agents, executives, algorithms, and even math. We start out unsettled, move through some genuinely absurd territory, and end on what you can do about it. Let's get into it.Find the full transcript here.

Just 14 out of 57 driving test centres countrywide are reaching the 10-week national average waiting time target, down from 24 at the start of the month, that's according to latest available figures compiled by the road safety campaign group Parc from the RSA website. Jim Cleary, success 4 U driving in Limerick and Ger Hyland, Driver, Operator and President of the Irish Road Haulage Association

Most sexual assaults aren't committed by strangers. They're committed by someone in the victim-survivor's own social group. Former cop turned safety educator Brent Sanders sits down with Gary Jubelin to go deeper on prevention, how consent actually works under the law when alcohol is involved, why bystander intervention matters, and what workplaces still get wrong about harassment. Drawing on 30 years teaching students across Australia, Brent breaks down his Year 9 to Year 12 approach in plain language: choice and consequence, phones and sexting laws, the legal test for when a drunk person can't consent, and the story of the Year 12 boy who stopped an assault at a party without throwing a punch. In this episode: Why it's almost always someone in the social group, not a stranger The legal test for consent and alcohol — explained like RSA at a pub What happens when both people are drunk, and who the law looks at How to step in as a bystander without making it a fight Romeo and Juliet law, sexting, AI images and what Year 10s need to know From schools to workplaces: harassment, positive duty and Christmas parties. You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here. Follow I Catch Killers:Instagram: @icatchkillersTiktok: @icatchkillerspodcastFacebook: @icatchkillersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

durée : 00:58:31 - Le 13/14 - par : Jérôme Cadet - Allocations familiales, RSA, APL... 32 millions de Français perçoivent des aides de la CNAF. Jérôme Cadet reçoit la nouvelle directrice générale de la Caisse nationale des allocations familiales, Constance Bensussan. - équipe : Elise Amchin, Cecilia Arbona, Aurore Mancip Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:14:24 - Le 13/14 - par : Jérôme Cadet - Les allocations familial, le RSA, les APL : la CNAF verse 100 milliards d'euros chaque année, à 32 millions de Français bénéficiaires. Comment cette somme est répartit ? Nous en parlons avec Constance Bensussan, Directrice Générale de la Caisse Nationale des allocations familiales. - équipe : Camille Poux-Jalaguier, Cecilia Arbona Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Au programme : blocage des lycées, y a-t-il une manipulation politique ? / Le pape a-t-il eu raison d'inviter Macron ? / Est-ce une bonne idée de limiter le RSA à trois ans ?

Hoy hablamos deAustralia investiga un hack atribuido a una IA de OpenAI en un sitio de salud públicaMuse will apparently let you download its entire filesystemMeta is going to let you build games with AI right on your phoneUn nuevo método rompe RSA más rápido que nuncaProducto del día: ChatGPT Voice con correo y agendaFuentesTechCrunch — Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/australia-to-investigate-if-openai-hack-of-government-health-website-broke-the-law/Ars Technica — OpenAI agent “didn't accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/openai-agent-didnt-accept-no-for-an-answer-in-australian-government-breach/Mashable — An OpenAI agent hacked the Australian government https://mashable.com/tech/openai-hack-australian-government-ai-agentXataka — Una IA de OpenAI hackeó al Gobierno de Australia y tuvo acceso a datos de su sanidad pública https://www.xataka.com/robotica-e-ia/ia-openai-hackeo-al-gobierno-australia-tuvo-acceso-a-datos-su-sanidad-publicaWIRED en Español — Un agente de OpenAI protagoniza el primer caso conocido de una IA que hackea un sitio gubernamental https://es.wired.com/articulos/un-agente-de-openai-protagoniza-el-primer-caso-conocido-de-una-ia-que-hackea-un-sitio-gubernamentalThe Verge — Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1000222/meta-muse-ai-filesystemThe Verge — Meta is going to let you build games with AI right on your phone https://www.theverge.com/games/999972/meta-horizon-create-studio-ai-gamesArs Technica — There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/theres-a-new-way-to-break-rsa-thats-faster-than-anything-weve-seen-before/Gran Invento Gran Invento — Diario de tecnología e IA. Creado por Christian Becerra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Researchers find a new way to weaken RSA. ShinyHunters allegedly exposes sensitive FBI details. CISA and the FBI warn of third-party ICS risks. An OpenAI agent hacks an Australian government portal. SolarWinds patches critical flaws. A placeholder domain delivers ClickFix. Digital forensics executives face charges over alleged Russian ties. ENISA maps Europe's cyber threats. The U.S. and China have very different ideas about AI safety. Our guest is Kurt Dusek, Technical Product Advisor at Appdome, sharing thoughts on segregation of duties and AI agents. Women in tech have their say.  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Kurt Dusek, Technical Product Advisor at Appdome, sharing thoughts on "Segregation of duties was built for humans. What happens when the workers are AI agents?" Selected Reading There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before (Ars Technica) Stolen FBI data reveals employees' roles in intelligence and surveillance (Nextgov/FCW) CISA, FBI warn critical infrastructure operators of third-party ICS risks, urge least privilege and remote access controls (Industrial Cyber) OpenAI Agent Hacks Australian Medicare Portal (Infosecurity Magazine) SolarWinds Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Observability Self-Hosted (SecurityWeek) Placeholder domain used in dev docs now serves ClickFix attacks (Bleeping Computer) Phone Hacking Software Firm Hid Russian Ownership, Say Feds (GovInfo Security) Exploring the evolution of the cyber threat landscape: How dependencies weaken our digital resilience (ENISA) Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Far Apart on A.I. Safety (The New York Times) We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose (WIRED) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Ranch Stewards Podcast, we kick off our new mini series, RSA's The People Behind the Mission, where we sit down with members of the RSA team to learn about their backgrounds, their work, and what it's like being part of RSA.First up is Maida Knapton, who serves as RSA's Mapping Specialist. Maida shares her passion for working lands, the people who care for them, and practical conservation on the ground.Support the showThe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is a rancher-led, grassroots organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life for rural communities throughout the Northern Great Plains. Through collaborative conservation projects, rancher education events, and local community outreach, RSA works to strengthen our rural community, economy, and culture for generations to come.For more on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, head to www.RanchStewards.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Your feedback is always welcome. Email info@ranchstewards.org. Want to support our mission? Visit www.ranchstewards.org/support.

What separates the top earners from the rest?   How and where they invest in themselves.   Because talent is wealth.  You don't need thousands of dollars to start.   One book, video, Podcast, or shared idea can change the trajectory of your career.  I call them “Golden Ideas.”  Dashaun Bryant, one of the industry's leading D2D sales pros (and fellow Mentor inside RSA) shares this belief.   So we sat down and talked through:   1) How the right information could change the trajectory of your career or company. 2) 6 practical ways to invest yourself (even on a tight budget). 3) The best investments we've made in ourselves, even when making the investment was scary.  Watch the interview here (and share this one with your team). P.S. If you want to develop your talent alongside Dashaun, John Senac, me, and our other expert roofing mentors, I invite you to join the Roofing STRONG Alliance™. Membership is now available at no additional cost to The TAMKO Edge® Certified Contractors. Learn more or apply to join: https://rsa.pro/ =============Join The Roofing STRONG Alliance by TAMKO™ (RSA): https://rsa.pro/Exclusively available to The TAMKO Edge® Certified Contractors at no additional cost.FREE Starter Membership (RSA): https://rsa.pro/freePODCASTApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3fSQievSpotify: https://bit.ly/3eMAqJeFOLLOWFacebookInstagramTikTokLinkedInThe views and opinions expressed are based on Adam's long tenure and personal experiences as a roofing service consultant prior to coming to TAMKO as well as Dashaun's personal experiences in the roofing industry and as a Mentor in the Roofing STRONG Alliance by TAMKO™ community. As such, their views are intended for general informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice regarding insurance, financing, legal matters, compliance, or business transactions. Communication techniques demonstrated are intended solely to help contractors better understand and serve homeowners — not to encourage manipulative, deceptive, or high-pressure sales practices. This content is not financial advice. Any investments in training, coaching, events, or education are at the individual's own risk and discretion. Contractors must ensure their sales and business practices comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including consumer protection, telemarketing, lending, and employment laws. Viewers are encouraged to consult qualified professionals before applying these concepts or making any decisions related to their business operations. TAMKO does not guarantee any sales, markups, margins, or profits.Content produced on or before 5/13/26 was previously produced by The Roof Strategist, TAMKO Building Products LLC makes no representations or warranties regarding its accuracy, completeness, or applicability to current products, programs, or operations.

Wykład Mikołaja Znamierowskiego nagrany przy okazji Dnia Odkrywców Kampusu Ochota 2026 [21 marca 2026 r.]Jak przesłać wiadomość tak, żeby właściwa osoba mogła ją bez problemu odczytać, ale dla każdego podsłuchującego pozostała niezrozumiała? Dlaczego współczesne szyfrowanie opiera się na problemach matematycznych, które celowo mają być trudne? I co z tym wszystkim wspólnego mają liczby pierwsze?Mikołaj Znamierowski wprowadza w świat kryptografii – od prostych szyfrów podstawieniowych po mechanizmy wykorzystywane we współczesnym szyfrowaniu z kluczem publicznym. Pokazuje przy tym, że matematyka chroniąca nasze wiadomości, hasła czy transakcje bankowe może działać według reguł bardzo odległych od arytmetyki znanej ze szkoły. W odpowiednio dobranym systemie nawet tytułowe 2+2 może być równe 1.Na początku poznajemy podstawowy problem kryptografii: zaszyfrowana wiadomość ma być łatwa do odczytania dla osoby posiadającej odpowiedni klucz i jednocześnie możliwie trudna do złamania dla kogoś, kto tego klucza nie zna.Pierwszym przykładem jest szyfr Cezara, w którym każda litera alfabetu zostaje przesunięta o określoną liczbę miejsc. To dobry punkt wyjścia do wprowadzenia arytmetyki modularnej – matematyki, w której po dojściu do końca pewnego zakresu zaczynamy liczyć od początku, podobnie jak na tarczy zegara.Sam szyfr Cezara okazuje się jednak bardzo łatwy do złamania. Wykładowca pokazuje więc bardziej rozbudowany szyfr Vigenère'a, wykorzystujący zmieniające się przesunięcia liter. Na jego przykładzie tłumaczy, dlaczego samo zwiększanie liczby możliwych kluczy nie rozwiązuje wszystkich problemów bezpieczeństwa i jak analiza zaszyfrowanego tekstu może zdradzać informacje o zastosowanym szyfrze.Następnie przechodzimy do jednego z najważniejszych pomysłów współczesnej kryptografii – szyfrowania asymetrycznego. Zamiast jednego tajnego klucza używa się dwóch: publicznego, który może poznać każdy i który służy do szyfrowania, oraz prywatnego, znanego jedynie odbiorcy i umożliwiającego odszyfrowanie wiadomości.Jak jednak skonstruować dwa klucze tak, żeby były ze sobą matematycznie powiązane, a jednocześnie znajomość klucza publicznego nie pozwalała łatwo odtworzyć prywatnego?Tu pojawiają się liczby pierwsze i algorytm RSA.RSA wykorzystuje bardzo szczególną asymetrię matematyczną: pomnożenie dwóch dużych liczb pierwszych jest dla komputera łatwe, natomiast odtworzenie tych liczb na podstawie samego wyniku mnożenia – czyli faktoryzacja dużej liczby – może być niezwykle trudne.Dlaczego ten mechanizm w ogóle działa? W tle pojawia się jedno z klasycznych twierdzeń teorii liczb – małe twierdzenie Fermata. Wykład pokazuje w ten sposób, jak pozornie abstrakcyjna matematyka, rozwijana długo bez myślenia o praktycznych zastosowaniach, stała się podstawą technologii używanej każdego dnia.Na koniec pojawia się jednak kolejne pytanie: czy RSA będzie bezpieczne zawsze?Mikołaj Znamierowski - magistrant na kierunku matematyka na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Finalista oraz laureat wielu konkursów matematycznych w Polsce, w tym Olimpiady Matematycznej oraz Olimpiady Matematycznej Juniorów. Absolwent klasy MATEX w XIV LO im. Stanisława Staszica w Warszawie. Dydaktyką i popularyzacją matematyki zajmuje się od czasów gimnazjum, biorąc czynny udział m.in. w organizacji dodatkowych zajęć, warsztatów, prelekcji i konferencji (takich jak Koderek). #Matematyka #Kryptografia #Szyfrowanie #RSA #LiczbyPierwsze #TeoriaLiczb #SzyfrCezara #SzyfrVigenere #ArytmetykaModularna #BezpieczeństwoDanych #KomputeryKwantowe #KryptografiaPostkwantowa #DOKO2026 #UniwersytetWarszawski #Nauka #WszechnicaZnajdź nas: https://www.youtube.com/c/WszechnicaFWW/https://www.facebook.com/WszechnicaFWW1/https://anchor.fm/wszechnicaorgpl---historiahttps://anchor.fm/wszechnica-fww-naukahttps://wszechnica.org.pl/

Tim Palmer is not a quantum computing skeptic from the outside. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a CBE, an IPCC lead author, and the inventor of probabilistic ensemble forecasting — techniques now used in every major weather prediction center on Earth. He did his PhD in general relativity under Roger Penrose. When someone with that profile publishes a peer-reviewed paper in PNAS arguing that the entire fault-tolerant quantum computing roadmap may rest on a mathematical assumption that is subtly and profoundly wrong, it is worth paying close attention. The timing matters. The quantum computing industry is spending billions on the assumption that standard quantum mechanics scales indefinitely — that if you can build enough error-corrected qubits, Shor's algorithm will eventually factor RSA-2048. Palmer's RaQM framework, reviewed by leading quantum foundations researchers including Lucien Hardy and Nicolas Gisin, makes a concrete, falsifiable prediction that this assumption will fail somewhere between 200 and 1,000 error-corrected qubits. That falsification window is opening right now. This episode is for anyone who cares about the foundations of quantum mechanics, the long-term viability of fault-tolerant quantum computing, or the rare pleasure of watching a serious scientist put a real stake in the ground. What We Get Into Why Palmer left general relativity and came back to quantum foundations decades later — the conceptual thread connecting chaos theory, climate forecasting, and the geometry of quantum state space What Rational Quantum Mechanics actually proposes — specifically, why Palmer argues that Hilbert space should be defined over rational numbers rather than the full continuum of complex numbers, and what that means physically The information-theoretic argument for a qubit ceiling — why, in RaQM, the information content of n entangled qubits grows linearly with n rather than exponentially, and why that creates a hard conflict with the quantum Fourier transform above a few hundred qubits Why the 2022 Nobel Prize did not prove non-locality — Palmer's careful distinction between "Bell's inequality is violated" (experimentally established) and "the world is non-local" (an interpretation), and why that distinction matters enormously How gravity enters the picture — Palmer's argument, drawing on Penrose-style thinking, that gravity is the physical mechanism responsible for discretizing Hilbert space, and how that determines the numerical qubit ceiling Why the ceiling is technology-dependent but bounded absolutely — how Palmer estimates ~400 qubits for current photonic technology and argues that no technology, however exotic, can push the limit above ~1,000 What happens to Shor's algorithm specifically — why the quantum Fourier transform is the precise point of failure, and what that means for RSA encryption and the post-quantum cryptography transition The optimistic read on a potentially negative result — Palmer's argument that a fundamental discovery about quantum mechanics, even one that limits quantum computing, could open doors we cannot yet imagine, in the same way general relativity eventually gave us GPS Resources & Links Guest Tim Palmer — Oxford Department of Physics — Full publication list, including the RaQM paper and prior quantum foundations work Royal Society Fellow Profile: Professor Tim Palmer CBE FRS — Official Fellow profile covering Palmer's career from ensemble forecasting to quantum foundations Oxford Quantum Institute: Tim Palmer — Confirms Palmer's affiliation with OQI Papers & Articles "Rational Quantum Mechanics: Testing Quantum Theory with Quantum Computers" — PNAS (March 2026) — The primary paper discussed in this episode; the full RaQM proposal with the qubit-ceiling prediction arXiv preprint: "Rational Quantum Mechanics: Testing Quantum Theory with Quantum Computers" (Feb 2026) — Full preprint version with acknowledgements and references arXiv preprint: "Solving the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics: Why Nature Abhors a Continuum" (Feb 2026) — Companion paper laying out the philosophical and mathematical case for RaQM; good starting point for the conceptual argument Oxford Physics News: "Rational Quantum Mechanics — A New Theory of Quantum Physics" (March 17, 2026) — Oxford's official press release; accessible summary of RaQM and its implications IAI TV: "New Theory Argues Quantum Physics Must Abandon Irrational Numbers and the Continuum" (May 2026) — Palmer's own popular-audience explanation of RaQM; a good read before or after the episode IAI TV: "Chaos Theory Eliminates Quantum Uncertainty" — Palmer's accessible argument that quantum uncertainty is epistemic rather than fundamental The Quantum Insider: "Is RSA Safe? New Study Argues Quantum Computers Face a Hard Ceiling" (March 2026) — Industry-facing coverage of RaQM's implications for cryptography PostQuantum.com: "The 1,000-Qubit Ceiling That Probably Isn't" (April 2026) — Skeptical technical rebuttal of RaQM's qubit-ceiling prediction; worth reading alongside the paper ECMWF Festschrift: "Tim's Adventures in Quantum Mechanics" (April 2026) — Palmer's own account of his transition from meteorology to quantum foundations; illuminating backstory arXiv: "Quantum Computers for Weather and Climate Prediction: The Good, the Bad and the Noisy" (Tennie & Palmer, 2022) — Palmer's earlier, more optimistic assessment of quantum computing for climate modeling; an interesting counterpoint to RaQM's ceiling prediction Further Reading The Primacy of Doubt — Oxford University Press — Palmer's 2022 trade book synthesizing chaos, climate, and quantum uncertainty; accessible entry point to his broader thinking 214 is a delightful bonus to the conversation, a short story by Noel Gorelick that imagines what might happen if RaQM turns out to be true. Key Quotes & Insights > "It's not that nature ...

PQC eller postkvantkrypton står på dagens agenda och avsnittet gästas av Mikael Simovits som har en gedigen bakgrund kring bland annat kryptering.  Mattias Jadesköld och Erik Zalitis tar tempen på området som alltid tycks vara aktuellt och nära men samtidigt aldrig blir riktigt klart. Hur pass långt utvecklad är kvant-tekniken? I teorin uppkom tekniken i början av 80-talet men var står vi idag? Och hur orolig ska man vara att de krypton vi använder idag kan knäckas när som helst?  Vi tar en titt på RSA, dess nyckelutbyte och problem kopplat till PQC.  Mikael har minsann en intressant vinkel på området! Avsnittet bygger på en FOKUS-kväll hos SIG Security.

I sat down with Luis Luque, Managing Director and Global Cyber Physical Security Lead at Accenture, straight from the RSA conference floor, to talk about the intersection of operational technology, physical security, and cyber risk. And honestly, it was one of those conversations that changed how I think about the space.A few things that stuck with me:• Most executives still believe OT and IT are separate worlds. They are not. The convergence is already happening, and the companies that pretend otherwise are the ones leaving backdoors wide open.• Boards are paying attention, but most still cannot answer a simple question: if an OT incident happened tomorrow, who is responsible? Not who should be notified. Who owns it end to end. The silence in that room is the real vulnerability.• Supply chain risk goes all the way down to the electron microscope level. Some companies are still running critical manufacturing on Windows NT in 2026 because replacing it would cost tens of millions.• The basics—immutable backups, visibility, and containment—are still the things most organizations get wrong.Luis made a point that I keep coming back to: the most successful OT security programs are not funded as security projects. They are funded as business enablement. When you can show a plant manager that the right security investment will keep the line running and make their job easier, the conversation changes completely.If your organization touches anything physical, from a factory floor to a hospital to a data center, this is worth 44 minutes of your time.

Howard Ting, CEO of Opal Security, joins Jeff Steadman for a Sponsor Spotlight covering identity governance for both human and non-human identities. Howard traces his path through RSA Security, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, and Cyberhaven before returning to identity to lead Opal. The conversation covers why disabling a departing employee's account rarely ends their access, the orphaned tokens, service accounts, and agents left behind, and why visibility has to come before ownership and risk analysis. Howard and Jeff dig into agent intent and authority: whether an agent can declare its own intent, why permissions should stay a subset of what its human creator holds, and how narrowly scoped, single-task agents make governance easier. They also cover how Opal matches AI decision capacity to a growing volume of access requests, including how the company's Paladin AI supports approvers and campaign creators today. The episode closes with Opal's announcement of a unified platform for governing human, non-human, and agent identities together, extending Paladin's decisioning to agents and introducing Policy Insights to help security teams balance friction against risk. Howard shares his view that identity has to shift from an episodic, event-driven practice to a continuous one, along with a lighthearted detour into 90s video games.Connect with Howard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardting/Learn more about Opal Security: https://www.opal.dev/Connect with us on LinkedIn:Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com00:10 Intro and welcome01:01 Howard's identity origin story: RSA, Microsoft, Kim Cameron02:48 What Opal does: unified control plane for human and non-human identities04:16 The opal.dev domain and how Opal got its name06:42 Termination and lifecycle: why access doesn't fully go away09:33 Session management and orphaned accounts13:57 Visibility as the first step in identity governance17:31 Can an agent declare its own intent?20:29 Authority: should an agent ever exceed its creator's permissions?22:12 Inside Opal: Risk Center and Policy Insights25:41 How Opal connects to systems and collects usage data27:30 Cross-application segregation of duties29:06 Zero standing privilege and AI managing AI32:12 Building trust in AI-driven access decisions39:00 Announcing Opal's unified platform for agents and non-human identities44:18 Explainability and traceability in Paladin's decisions48:54 Tuning risk tolerance and autonomy in Paladin51:20 Proving value: demos, POCs, and industry skepticism57:47 The shift from episodic to continuous identity59:50 Lightning round: favorite 90s video gamesIDAC, Identity at the Center, Jeff Steadman, Jim McDonald, Howard Ting, Opal Security, Sponsor Spotlight, identity governance administration, IGA, non-human identity, NHI, agent identity, agentic AI, access governance, least privilege, just-in-time access, JIT, zero standing privilege, Paladin, Risk Center, Policy Insights, segregation of duties, SOD, RSA Security, Microsoft, Kim Cameron, Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, Cyberhaven, continuous identity, identity lifecycle management, orphaned accounts, service accounts, API keys, intent-based access control

AI is changing the way we learn, work and live. It is also changing the way we have viewed education, careers and success. Now the question is being asked, how do we prepare for a future we cannot yet predict?In this Between the Lines conversation, economist and author Daniel Susskind will reveal his guide for how the next generation can flourish in the age of AI. Drawing on his 15 years of research into technology and the future of work, Susskind offers a bold, practical and hopeful perspective on some of the biggest questions facing families today: what should we teach, what should we leave in the past, and how can we give the next generation the confidence to navigate a rapidly changing world?Rather than keeping young people away from the technology changing the world around them, in his latest book Susskind asks how we can help young people master new tools while holding on to the foundations that matter most – literacy, numeracy and critical thinking.Susskind will join us for an evening of discussion with Katie Prescott, technology business editor at The Times, about the ideas behind his new book, What Should My Children Do?, and will offer an optimistic vision of how families, caregivers, and society can turn the disruption of AI into an opportunity.Speaker: Daniel Susskind, Economist and AuthorChair: Katie Prescott, Technology Business Editor at The Times Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEaBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembFollow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join

Oggi parliamo di veri eroi: quei "giovani" che vorrebbero gestire al meglio le finanze della famiglia d'origine. Dalle mie parti finiva spesso col cugino che scappava in Brasile, vediamo se qua è diverso.I consigli di oggi:Nicola: Creativity, Inc. di Ed CatmullVittorio: Welcome to Wrexham (Disney+)Alain: Un consiglio pratico: controllate se la sedia a pistone pneumatico causa scosse elettrostatiche che fanno saltare il monitor del PC!

Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howard about Microsoft's efforts to make post-quantum cryptography available to everyone by 2029. Howard discusses the quantum computing and cryptography issue, specifically the ability of quantum computers to run Shor's algorithm quickly enough to break RSA encryption. While it isn't possible just yet, the harvest-and-decrypt-later concerns are real. And the solution is pretty straightforward- move to TLS 1.3, and be prepared for a wave of changing encryption algorithms as they roll out and are found wanting. A crazy time is coming soon!

Is your agency ready for the quantum revolution? Quantum computing promises incredible breakthroughs, but it also brings new challenges to federal cybersecurity. In this week's episode of Feds At The Edge, we explore how agencies can proactively prepare for the quantum future and protect sensitive data today. While a Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer (CRQC) may still be on the horizon, adversary tactics like "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" (HNDL) make quantum readiness an immediate priority. U.S. GAO's Marisol Cruz Cain and Leidos' Joe Kovba, along with Rosa Underwood from GSA and Richu Channakeshava of Palo Alto Networks, break down the timeline, discussing how advances in quantum processing will challenge current RSA and Elliptic Curve asymmetric encryption standards. More importantly, our experts share actionable insights on migrating networks to post-quantum standards - such as FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205 - and strategies for balancing this vital operational shift with limited resources and competing cyber demands. Tune in on your favorite podcast platform to hear how agencies can begin preparing today for the cybersecurity challenges and opportunities of the quantum era.

Most quantum conversations are stuck on the timeline question: five years out? Two? Q-Day, the day current RSA encryption breaks, keeps getting pulled forward. But the actual risk to your data is already here. Adversaries are harvesting encrypted data today to decrypt it once quantum gets there. That makes this a data management problem right now. John Licata, ServiceNow's futures director and quantum lead joins Juan and Tim, to unpack what this actually means for enterprise data teams. They get into where quantum computing does things classical AI genuinely can't do well: drug discovery, supply chain simulation, personalized medicine, where the quantum + AI combination changes everything, and who even owns quantum strategy? CISO? COOs? But the real argument is on the business value topic, not just focusing on risk mitigation which is where the real argument lives right now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Clare haulier is calling for joined up thinking in order to prevent overgrown trees and hedgerows impacting on road safety. The Irish Road Haulage Association claims the RSA should lead a campaign to encourage local authorities and landowners ensure any dangerous vegetation are cleared from roadsides. Despite open season only beginning at the start of this month, laws are in place for branches that cause an obstruction to be cleared. Ennis based IRHA deputy vice-president, Eugene Drennan, says it's urgently needed ahead of potential upcoming storms.

Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howard about Microsoft's efforts to make post-quantum cryptography available to everyone by 2029. Howard discusses the quantum computing and cryptography issue, specifically the ability of quantum computers to run Shor's algorithm quickly enough to break RSA encryption. While it isn't possible just yet, the harvest-and-decrypt-later concerns are real. And the solution is pretty straightforward- move to TLS 1.3, and be prepared for a wave of changing encryption algorithms as they roll out and are found wanting. A crazy time is coming soon!

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Kathryn Graham and Phil O'Reilly. First up, damning new inquiry finds authorities could have prevented Tom Phillips from disappearing with his children - or brought them home sooner. Auckland University law professor Carrie Leonetti joins the show. Then, a new ACT Party policy would see a minimum wage freeze, and a lower training wage for workers under the age of 20. E Tū union national secretary Rachel Mackintosh shares her reaction. And in Christchurch, the council is planning to cut down some trees as part of a long-awaited street upgrade for Papanui. But those trees are considered by some, including local RSA president Symon Dynes, to be living memorials of World War II soldiers. Finally hopping on the bus in Hawke's Bay will be a little bit different this week, as drivers and display boards get behind Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. Hawke's Bay Regional Council public transport committee chair Neil Kirton explains.

Between 2024 and May 2026, there were 101 deaths in collisions involving a male driver aged between 16 and 25, according to the Road Safety Authority. At this year's Ploughing Championships, the RSA are trying to get through to young people and change habits on our roads, after some recent horrific head on collisions driving down the wrong way on the motorway.To discuss further, Shane is joined by Henry McKean from the Ploughing Championships.

This week, we discuss the VS Code documentary, Ed Zitron's rise to fame, and a 10% AI extinction forecast. Plus, the NFL's Australia travel gamble Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 589 Runner-up Titles Sleep Strategy Obviously I Have Issues Not Sure It Was an Exciting Thing At One Point, I Knew That Bitterness Rug Pull The American in Me Would Be Bitter Gaping Pit of Despair They Don't Care if They Never Sell a Thing It's the First Time Silicon Valley Has Done Something Irresponsible With VC Money We've Got to Drive as Fast Into This Wall and See if We Get Through It We're Already Having to Keep Track of Which Time AGI Actually Started Nobody Can See That You Have Size Eighteen Fonts The Dystopian Future Always Takes Place in Australia We Gotta Drive as Fast as We Can Into This Wall and See if We Get Through It Even the Dutch Have Problems With Internet We Could Do Better, Slack Rundown The Rams think they've figured out jet lag. Australia is about to test their theory The Story of VS Code | Official Documentary He Did Tech PR. Now He Rails Against AI for a Living. How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? Jacob Coxon leaves Anthropic and says no one is acting responsibly. Apple's iPhone Duo Relevant to your Interests The AI Engine That Re-Accelerated Snowflake 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project I Asked 100 Companies for My Data. I Got Deletion Notices Instead Clouded Judgement 9.4.26 - Recurrent Depth I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority… Mistral secures €3B Series D to push sovereign AI into its next phase Clouded Judgement 9.4.26 - Recurrent Depth Write Things Down Nonsense Southwest Airlines to construct first-ever airport lounge at Austin airport The Netherlands Will Never Be Rid of Louisiana Crawfish Listener Feedback OpenAudible - Download, Backup and Manage Audible Audiobook Libraries Conferences WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50 25 Free Tickets DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006, Lithuania. DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026 - Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting. VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026 Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting. Build Stuff, Dec 2-4, 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania. cfgmgmtcamp, February 1st to 3rd, 2027, Ghent. SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027 SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Base Power Matt: Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 Pole: Wald Aaron: World Summit, Amsterdam Dungeon Crawler Carl YINYOO KBEAR Storm Professional in Ear Monitor Special Guest: Aaron Delp.

Google has updated their gemini model to 3.8 - it's pretty flash! PUN INTENDED. I know you guys only come here for the AI generated shownotes so this is brought to you by 3.8 Flash (Extended) which I got for free on a google program for students. Hit me up if you want to know how to cash it in - it's pretty sweet. You too could be making shownotes for several Jacks. Episode SummaryIn Episode 171 of The Two Jacks, hosts Jack the Insider and Hong Kong Jack unpack a consequential week in Australian federal and state politics, international developments, and sporting turmoil. The show begins with an in-depth post-mortem of the Secret Harbour by-election in Western Australia, where One Nation secured a shock victory amid massive double-digit swings against both Labor and the Liberal Party. The Jacks dissect focus group findings illustrating the visceral disconnect between ordinary Australians and the major-party political class, alongside the cringe-inducing social media gimmicks employed by politicians who talk down to the public. The discussion turns to diplomatic missteps, including Australia's pre-COP attendance troubles in the Pacific and the limitations of using a new PNG NRL franchise as a soft-diplomacy counterweight to foreign influence. In New South Wales, the hosts examine Premier Chris Minns's second-guessing of police crowd control at the Sydney Opera House protests and push back against a controversial parliamentary inquiry into historical cold cases that threatens to air unsubstantiated allegations against Ivan Milat under parliamentary privilege. The episode also tackles the economic catastrophe of Australia's runaway tobacco excise, which has created a thriving organised crime black market, before debating listener feedback on teenage alcohol consumption at private school functions and overzealous RSA crackdowns. On the world stage, the Jacks cover Spain's escalating border crisis in Ceuta and Melilla, undercover foreign-funding scandals surrounding Nigel Farage's Reform UK, European Union proposals to pool private savings, and the technique of "flooding the zone" in US politics. The show concludes with analysis of North Melbourne parting ways with Alastair Clarkson, an update on the AFL and NRL finals races, reflections on crowd declines in Test cricket, and a heartfelt tribute to the life and legacy of Indigenous boxing great Tony Mundine. Timestamped Highlights00:00:25 — Welcome & Hong Kong Weather Check: Seasonal transitions, humidity, and the noisy return of school terms. 00:01:25 — Secret Harbour By-Election Shock: One Nation candidate Luke Kurtigan sweeps to victory amid severe swings against both major parties in Western Australia. 00:07:35 — "They're Not Us": Focus group revelations, the collapse of major party credibility, and local council bin collection frustrations. 00:11:39 — Crossbench Reality: One Nation's mixed messaging on immigration, David Farley's uneasy party ties, and the structural irrelevance of a single upper-house seat. 00:15:43 — Social Media Condescension: Politicians explaining policy with Ooshies, car-seat videos, and the scourge of political "theatre kids" as media advisors. 00:20:01 — Pacific Diplomacy & Soft Power: Weak interest in Chris Bowen's pre-COP talks and whether a PNG NRL franchise can counter regional diplomatic shifts. 00:23:47 — Sydney Opera House Protests: Premier Chris Minns's retrospective criticism of police management versus the practical realities of crowd control. 00:28:42 — Cold Case Inquiries & Parliamentary Privilege: Jeremy Buckingham's push to investigate missing persons and the debunked theories linking Ivan Milat to the Wanda Beach murders. 00:32:45 — Illicit Tobacco & Failed Public Policy: How unchecked excise tax escalation since Nicola Roxon fueled a lucrative black market and organised crime. 00:37:13 — Teenage Drinking & Southern Highlands "Prohibition": School function alcohol debates, parental attitudes, and extreme RSA enforcement during local race days. 00:44:56 — Spain's Border Flashpoint: Mass migrant arrivals in Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish Supreme Court rulings on summary returns, and domestic political backlash. 00:52:54 — UK Politics & Reform UK Scandal: Undercover stings expose illicit foreign polling funds for Nigel Farage, while Labour ties Reform in the polls. 01:03:43 — Public Ownership vs. Economic Growth: Andy Burnham's push to renationalise UK rail and water infrastructure. 01:06:14 — Australia's Economic Stagnation: Negative productivity data, sticky inflation, and why Hawke-Keating style deregulation remains essential. 01:09:12 — European Union Capital Schemes: Ursula von der Leyen's plan for EU-wide voluntary savings accounts and the risks of centralised investment. 01:14:41 — US Political Landscape: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's natural communication skills, James Talarico in Texas, and Donald Trump's "flood the zone" messaging. 01:20:19 — AFL Coaching Shakeup: Alastair Clarkson dismissed at North Melbourne, Todd Viney's candid press conference, and the obsolescence of authoritarian coaching. 01:28:30 — AFL Wildcard Debate & Adelaide Crows Leaks: Carlton's finals entry and board pressure on Matthew Nicks. 01:31:18 — NRL Final Round: The New Zealand Warriors' surge, finals positioning, and the top-eight outlook. 01:32:19 — Cricket Diplomacy & Declining Test Crowds: Imran Khan's detainment tensions and the vanishing spectator base for Test matches in South Africa and the West Indies. 01:35:36 — Vale Tony Mundine: Honoring the middleweight world title contender, Redfern gym mentor, and Indigenous sporting hero. 01:37:02 — Episode Sign-Off: How to contact the show via email, Twitter, and Substack.

For 86 years, the RSA has been sending Christmas parcels to New Zealanders in the Defence Force serving away from home. This week, about 175 parcels are being packed at Trentham Military Camp to be sent to places like South Korea, South Sudan, Egypt, the Middle East - and even Antarctica. Anya Fielding reports.

durée : 00:14:44 - Les Matins de France Culture - Le département du Finistère est accusé de harcèlement moral par des allocataires du RSA, les représentants départementaux de la CGT et de la Confédération paysanne. La justice doit se prononcer ce lundi. Témoignages dans cette édition. - équipe : La Rédaction de France Culture, Margot Delpierre Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:14:44 - Journal de 8 h - Le département du Finistère est accusé de harcèlement moral par des allocataires du RSA, les représentants départementaux de la CGT et de la Confédération paysanne. La justice doit se prononcer ce lundi. Témoignages dans cette édition. - équipe : La Rédaction de France Culture, Margot Delpierre Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:14:44 - Les journaux de France Culture - Le département du Finistère est accusé de harcèlement moral par des allocataires du RSA, les représentants départementaux de la CGT et de la Confédération paysanne. La justice doit se prononcer ce lundi. Témoignages dans cette édition. - équipe : La Rédaction de France Culture, Margot Delpierre Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howard about Microsoft's efforts to make post-quantum cryptography available to everyone by 2029. Howard discusses the quantum computing and cryptography issue, specifically the ability of quantum computers to run Shor's algorithm quickly enough to break RSA encryption. While it isn't possible just yet, the harvest-and-decrypt-later concerns are real. And the solution is pretty straightforward- move to TLS 1.3, and be prepared for a wave of changing encryption algorithms as they roll out and are found wanting. A crazy time is coming soon!

IonQ's VP of Engineering and CTO, Cameron Chehreh, joins host Konstantinos Karagiannis to break down why the race to scalable quantum computing is accelerating far faster than expected. Bringing a pragmatic, classical compute mindset to quantum systems, Chehreh explains how IonQ is transitioning from traditional optical tables to chip-scale trapped-ion QPUs, bolstered by their SkyWater foundry acquisition to dramatically speed up silicon iteration. He also provides an exclusive update on the company's hardware roadmap, confirming that their 256-qubit system is currently in fabrication and on track as they march toward 10,000 qubits and cryptographically relevant scale before 2030.   Beyond hardware breakthroughs, the conversation tackles the urgent inflection point facing enterprise and public sector leaders. Chehreh details why executive orders and looming cryptographic deadlines mean organizations cannot treat post-quantum cryptography migration as standard IT patching. From real-world defense war-gaming and energy sector hybrid CPU-GPU-QPU pipelines to the complementary deployment of QKD and PQC, this episode delivers a high-stakes look at how quantum computing is leaving the laboratory to reshape modern infrastructure and AI workloads.   For more on IonQ, visit https://www.ionq.com/.Visit Protiviti at www.protiviti.com/US-en/technology-consulting/quantum-computing-services to learn more about how Protiviti is helping organizations get post-quantum ready.  Follow host Konstantinos Karagiannis on all socials: @KonstantHacker             Questions and comments are welcome!  Theme song by David Schwartz, copyright 2021.  The views expressed by the participants of this program are their own and do not represent the views of, nor are they endorsed by, Protiviti Inc., The Post-Quantum World, or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, shareholders, or subsidiaries.  None of the content should be considered investment advice, as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or as an endorsement of any company, security, fund, or other securities or non-securities offering. Thanks for listening to this podcast. Protiviti Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, including minorities, females, people with disabilities, and veterans.  

All the usual rambling with a deep dive on RSA v NZ and why we're now experts in flying planes too close to stadiums. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Completely back on my feet and as usual when I'm on the mend I have more time to sit in front of the computer and work on RSA. I'm proud of all of my shows (1402 so far!) but the ones that I spend extra time listening and adjusting are always special to me. Plus it's really nice not to be sick! I don't always have great luck with bad food. Frontal Boundary - Burn Lights Of Euphoria - City Streets (Extended) Kant Kino - Temptation (Remix) ICD-10 - All Data Is Lost Phosgore - 20 Ways To Kill Someone Mildreda - Silk Skin Phaser One - A Thousand Gods Lifelong Corporation - You Got No Influence http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

A recent guest, Prof. Tony Chemero highlighted that anthropology is one of the more underestimated and often excluded of the ‘cognitive sciences'. I completely agree and since I discovered it in the early 2000s when I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex, I have personally experienced anthropology not as a subject discipline, but rather as a way of approaching the world and cognition itself. That's why this week I was so happy to bring together four amazing anthropologists who care deeply about educational transformations to explore these questions.Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard, PhDPascale is a social psychologist, trainer and facilitator, researcher and CEO of Learn to Change, Change to Learn, bridging theory and practice working in the area of collective intelligence, cooperative and transformative learning, with 30 years of professional practice. Pascale's PhD (2021) focused on ‘Conversation as a learning ecology' and how professionals develop through engaging in online professional learning communities. She has co-authored several handbooks of which the European Reference Framework of Competences for a Democratic Culture (RFCDC), (Council of Europe, 2018) and the TASKs for Democracy handbook, (Council of Europe, 2015) dedicated to student and teacher competence. https://pascalemompoint.com/Conversation as an Ecology of LearningEducation for change: https://share.google/8K1PEdbaYIgbRuRqFDeveloping intercultural education in schools: https://share.google/Of1MSlVTmedxoQ9GmA European framework for Democratic citizenship in education: https://share.google/8QSEiz5cAmg3HQjHzCorina Enache Corina is the founder and system worker at Kotka (which means ‘eagle' in Finnish and ‘female cat' in Polish!) a consultancy helping living things grow well. She is also the host of The Human Show podcast. Corina's work sits at the intersection of leadership development, organisational development, and anthropology, and unfolds through learning, dialogue, and real-time practice. She draws on experience across international corporate environments, consulting, academia and European projects, and work with different ways of knowing — thinking, sensing, and intuition — while staying close to what is actually happening in the system.https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinaenache/ https://kotka.world/ https://worldpodcasts.com/the-human-show/ Patrick AlexanderPatrick is a social anthropologist specialising in education, childhood and youth studies. Patrick's research and teaching interests include the sociology of schooling, youth and youth subcultures, gender, ethnography, and social theory. He is Reader in Education and Anthropology in the School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, as well as Research Lead for the School of Education, and Director of the Centre for Educational Consultancy and Development (CECD), where he leads consultancy and contract research activity in the field of education.Patrick is a Fulbright Scholar, Fellow of the RSA, HEA, Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), and a Fellow of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES). Patrick is also Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford and Editor of the journal Teaching Anthropology (https://teachinganthropology.org/ ).https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/patrick-alexander https://patrickgalexander.org/about-3/  Zineb MouhyiZineb is a mother, daughter, writer, educator, scholar-activist, and PhD candidate in Anthropology and Social Change at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Zineb was also the co-founder of ⁠YouthXYouth⁠, a global organisation that she set up with Valentina Raman, to convene youth-led action around transforming education systems.Young People are Reclaiming their Education and Making New Worlds Possible - A Conversation with Zineb Mouhyi (Ep185)Sarah Pink (2025). ⁠Futures Anthropology for the Polycrisis⁠. Anthropological Forum, 1–18. 

With children returning to school this week, road safety is once again a major concern, particularly around busy school zones.     A new RSA report shows that 38 children were killed and 620 seriously injured on Irish roads between 2021 and 2025.     Here in Clare, proposals for reduced 30km/h speed limits around schools are also being considered, with pilot projects expected to be initiated in Cratloe and Kilrush.  To discuss child road safety and what more can be done to protect young pedestrians and cyclists, Alan Morrissey was joined by Bridget Ginnity of the Ennis Environmental Action Group and Principal at Cratloe National School, Susan Frawley. Photo (c) PeterEtchells from Getty Images via Canva

Richard Entrup is unusual in quantum circles: he's not a physicist, and he doesn't pretend to be. He spent decades as a CIO, CTO, CDO, and CISO at organizations including Verizon, Christie's, Disney/ABC, Time Warner, and Tiffany & Company before joining KPMG to lead its Emerging Solutions practice. That background — deep operational experience on the client side — shapes everything about how he thinks about quantum. He's not selling a hardware roadmap; he's thinking about what it actually takes to get a large, complex organization to change its cryptographic infrastructure before a threat materializes.The conversation matters now because the signals are accelerating. NIST has finalized its first post-quantum cryptography standards, executive orders in the US are pushing federal agencies toward PQC migration, and the algorithmic efficiency gains that reduce the qubit threshold for breaking RSA-2048 keep coming. Listeners who work in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, or quantum strategy — or who advise organizations that do — will find Entrup's practitioner perspective a useful counterweight to the more hardware-focused conversations that dominate the field.What We Get IntoWhy Q-Day's exact date is the wrong question — and why the more important issue is how long it will take enterprises to even inventory their cryptographic exposure, let alone remediate itThe scale of the cryptographic migration problem, including why a single laptop may contain hundreds of individual cryptographic components and why upstream/downstream API dependencies make this a supply-chain-wide challenge, not just an internal IT projectWhy "harvest now, decrypt later" creates urgency today, regardless of when fault-tolerant quantum computers arrive — and how compliance and regulatory timelines interact with that threat modelWhat crypto agility actually means in practice — moving from a "set it and forget it" cryptographic posture to a dynamic, continuously monitored framework, including the pressure SSL certificate renewal windows are already creatingHow KPMG built its PQC practice, incubated it within the firm, and handed it off to the cybersecurity advisory team as a core service offeringThe "good quantum" side of the ledger — how KPMG's emerging research function is approaching quantum computing as a source of competitive advantage, not just risk, and what sectors are furthest along in exploring itThe AI-quantum convergence, including Entrup's observation that AI is already being used to read and crack code — and what that means for the urgency of cryptographic modernizationWhy the enterprise quantum opportunity still has a long tail, and how the current moment compares to the early infrastructure phase of the internet — when everyone was talking about TCP/IP and DNS, not Uber or NetflixResources & LinksGuest & OrganizationRichard Entrup — Worth Magazine Profile — Career arc from CIO/CISO roles at major global brands to KPMG's Emerging Solutions practiceKPMG Quantum Dawn (2025) — KPMG's enterprise quantum readiness hub, introducing the Q-PREP framework and PQC implementation services, with Entrup as named leadReports & ResearchKPMG — "The Quantum Threat Is No Longer Theoretical" (2026) — The threat brief discussed in this episode, charting the rapid decline in qubits needed to crack RSA-2048 and urging immediate PQC migrationKPMG — "From Theory to Impact: Real-World Results in Quantum Machine Learning" (2026) — KPMG's joint report with IBM and Kipu Quantum on measurable quantum ML results on real hardwareKPMG — "Prepare Now for Quantum Cyber Risk" — Board Leadership Article (2026) — C-suite and board-level guidance on integrating quantum risk into enterprise oversightarXiv — "Quantum-enhanced satellite image classification" (2026) — The underlying research paper behind the KPMG/IBM/Kipu Quantum ML resultsEcosystem & EventsChicago Quantum Exchange — KPMG Joins CQE (October 2024) — Announcement of KPMG's formal CQE membership, referenced in the episode as part of the firm's ecosystem-building strategyKPMG 2026 Quantum Consortium — The inaugural KPMG Quantum Consortium event (March 2026, Orlando) discussed in the episodeIndependent CoverageQuantum Computing Report — KPMG joins Chicago Quantum Exchange (2024) — Independent coverage of KPMG's CQE partnership and enterprise quantum strategyQuantum Zeitgeist — Kipu Quantum satellite imagery coverage (Feb 2026) — Independent analysis of the KPMG/IBM/Kipu hybrid QML resultsKey Quotes & Insights> "It's not if but when. And it could be five years, could be three years, could be ten years. The fact is organizations are not gonna be ready. And that's the scary part." — Richard Entrup on Q-Day> "This is not just the CISO. This is gonna be the software engineering app dev guys. This is gonna be all your partners, upstream and downstream, who have to also be compliant — because if you change your crypto and they don't, that stuff's gonna break." — On why PQC migration is an enterprise-wide, supply-chain-wide problemInsight: Entrup draws a sharp distinction between the "bad quantum" (cryptographic risk requiring urgent defensive action) and the "good quantum" (competitive opportunity with a longer tail) — and argues that most organizations aren't adequately addressing either.Insight: The analogy to the early internet is deliberate: just as the 1990s were consumed with TCP/IP and DNS rather than the applications those protocols would eventually enable, the current quantum moment is still largely an infrastructure conversation — and that's normal, not a sign of failure.> "AI is expediting all of this. If AI is doing one thing, the use case is reading code and cracking it. That's pretty scary." — On the intersection of AI capability and cryptographic vulnerabilityRelated EpisodesEp. 81 — Quantum LDPC Error Correction with Larry Cohen and Paul Webster — Directly relevant: Cohen and Webster discuss how QLDPC error correction reduces the qubit overhead needed for RSA cryptanalysis, the technical underpinning of the threat timeline Entrup describesEp. 38 — Quantum Machine Learning with Jessic...

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In this episode, Dallas Mount, Wes Salveson, and Aaron DeVries share their journeys into ranching, the impact of Ranching for Profit, and practical insights on grazing practices, business management, and succession planning. Perfect for ranchers looking to improve profitability and land stewardship.Dallas Mount's background and journey into ranchingImpact of Ranching for Profit on business practicesInnovative grazing practices in winterImportance of succession planning in ranchingLand stewardship and sustainable practicesResources: Man, Cattle, Veld: Book by Johann ZietsmanKnowledge Rich Ranching by Allan NationQuality Pasture by Allan NationSupport the showThe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is a rancher-led, grassroots organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life for rural communities throughout the Northern Great Plains. Through collaborative conservation projects, rancher education events, and local community outreach, RSA works to strengthen our rural community, economy, and culture for generations to come.For more on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, head to www.RanchStewards.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Your feedback is always welcome. Email info@ranchstewards.org. Want to support our mission? Visit www.ranchstewards.org/support.

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Post-quantum cryptography was in conversation after conversation at Black Hat USA 2026, yet Larry Lunetta of HPE walked part of the show floor and counted a single reference to quantum. Where the topic shows up, and where it does not, says something about who is expected to solve it. Why does a problem described in 1994 matter now? Larry Lunetta points to Peter Shor, who asked what would happen to RSA if a different kind of computing technology existed. What changed since then is the trajectory. Five years ago cryptographically relevant quantum computing looked like a 10 to 15 year phenomenon. Larry Lunetta now puts it as soon as three years out, with the original algorithm improved, qubit hardware advancing, and classical supercomputing pulling the timeline in alongside it. The exposure starts before any of that arrives. Larry Lunetta describes harvest now, decrypt later, where an attacker collects RSA-encrypted data today and waits for the machine that can open it. Data that carries no consequence when it leaks this year can be read later, which puts long-lived information like identity records and medical data at the front of the queue rather than in a later phase. HPE puts a three part journey in front of customers. Cryptographically aware asks which data is most sensitive, where it lives, and whether it is protected sufficiently. Cryptographically planning reaches into the refresh cycle, so that new network, server, and storage purchases already implement PQC-relevant algorithms. Cryptographically nimble accounts for the fact that no cryptographically relevant quantum computer exists to test against yet, which makes the ability to change algorithms and firmware quickly part of the design. Who owns the conversation inside the business? Larry Lunetta puts the CISO at the center of gravity, with CIOs becoming aware and boards engaged where GDPR governs customer and private information. His advice for security leaders is to broaden the conversation toward infrastructure and operations, and to make encryption and PQC readiness a question asked during procurement rather than after it. This is a Brand Briefing. A Brand Briefing is an on-location conversation recorded on site at Black Hat USA 2026, putting a spotlight on the guest and their company and pairing it with the editorial reach of ITSPmagazine. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/performance/#briefing GUEST Larry Lunetta, Vice President, Portfolio Technical Marketing at HPE On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larryathpe/ RESOURCES Black Hat USA 2026 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2026-cybersecurity-event-coverage-in-las-vegas HPE: https://www.hpe.com Post-Quantum Cryptography overview: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/what-is/post-quantum-cryptography.html HPE technology leadership in quantum: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/about/technology-leadership-quantum.html Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS larry lunetta, hpe, sean martin, brand briefing, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, black hat usa 2026, post-quantum cryptography, pqc, quantum computing, harvest now decrypt later, rsa encryption, cryptographic agility, ciso, crypto agility, nist post-quantum standards, it infrastructure security, encryption, data protection Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Most sales conversations still lean on product specs, and most leadership still gets reduced to quota math, until the market gets hard and both approaches break down. Rob Potter, CEO of Oomnitza, joins John Kaplan and John McMahon to argue that revenue and retention run on the same fuel: story, evidence, and belief rather than pressure. Shaped by three decades under RSA and EMC leaders like Art Coviello and Mark Thurman, Potter explains why technical credibility alone creates gaps in a sales motion, how staged delegation and reverse-timeline planning scale a team without inflating cost, and why transformative leaders keep people through a missed quarter while transactional leaders lose them the moment the number slips. Rob Potter is CEO of Oomnitza, an enterprise technology management platform, and a venture partner at SYN Ventures. His path to the corner office ran through engineering and sales leadership roles at IBM, WRQ, Symantec, and RSA/EMC, where he worked alongside leaders including Art Coviello and Joe Tucci before running revenue organizations of his own. Connect with Rob: LinkedIn Resources mentioned: Force Management's Command of the Message® Force Management's Conversation Guide Key takeaways from this episode:  04:06 - How a mentor redirected Potter from veterinary school to engineering, and how an IBM customer engagement pulled him out of coding and into sales. 14:15 - Why staged delegation, bringing team members in at the right sales-cycle phase rather than all at once, is what separates scalable sales leaders from expensive ones. 19:29 - The single metric Mark Thurman drilled into him: growth rate quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year matters more than revenue alone. 20:41 - What RSA and EMC's top leaders had in common: honesty, transparency, and empathy, especially when navigating layoffs. 27:48 - Why passion is contagious in an organization, and why it only exists downstream of belief built on evidence. 31:37 - The storytelling framework Potter coaches into every rep: journey, problem, outcome, not product spec. 38:22 - Why AI guardrails have to differ by function, and the hidden long-term cost of building AI in-house instead of buying it. Hosted by five-time CRO John McMahon and Force Management Co-Founder John Kaplan, the Revenue Builders podcast goes behind the scenes with the sales leaders who have been there, done that, and seen the results. This show is brought to you by Force Management. We help companies improve sales performance, executing their growth strategy at the point of sale. Connect with Us: LinkedInYouTubeForce Management

Drew Forsyth is an award-winning portrait photographer and director based in the North West of England, working with commercial and advertising clients across the UK and internationally. His work centres on people who've given everything to be extraordinary at what they do — from dancers with English National Ballet and musicians of the BBC Philharmonic and the Hallé Orchestras, to Nobel Prize-winning scientists, politicians, and performers at the height of their careers. His photography has been featured by BBC News, The Guardian, The Times, and Rolling Stone, and recognised by the Royal Society of the Arts. He's an AOP Accredited Photographer and Fellow of the RSA, and speaks internationally at events like Photo North, Pas de Deux Photo Conference, and the Royal Photographic Society.In this episode, Drew and Nikki trace his path from a JCPenney-style family portrait studio to photographing world leaders, Nobel laureates, and major corporate campaigns — and he breaks down exactly how he prices that work today. They dig into setting boundaries on set (and how to say yes to more without losing your mind), why those early "conveyor belt" studio years became his real technical training, and why he believes his biggest competition isn't other photographers — it's being forgotten. Drew also walks through how he actually quotes corporate jobs (day rates, itemized breakdowns, and the cautionary tale of a client who blamed him for "cheap-looking" dresses), how personal passion projects like his "Breaking Ground" series and a helicopter shoot over Manhattan became his best marketing, and the "Helsinki Bus Station Theory" — his framework for why so many photographers give up on their style right before it becomes distinctive.Topics covered:Setting boundaries with clients without losing bookingsWhy "conveyor belt" studio work builds indispensable technical skillsThe accidental path from individual sessions to corporate/organizational clientsPricing corporate shoots: day rates, itemized quotes, and scope questionsWhy past-client relationships and personal introductions beat cold outreachMarketing through consistent presence, not constant hard-sellingPassion projects as a client-acquisition strategyThe Helsinki Bus Station Theory: staying the course creativelyIf you're building a photography business, want to grow your portrait photography income, or are curious about how to make money from photography online, this conversation is packed with actionable advice.

Aaron Kemp sits at an unusual intersection. He holds a doctorate in cybersecurity, spent years in DoD classified environments running SCI and SAP facilities, and now leads KPMG's quantum research practice — where he's a co-author on a recent hybrid QML paper with Kipu Quantum and IBM. He's also the lead author of KPMG's Q-PREP framework, which pushes enterprises to treat post-quantum cryptography migration as an operational risk problem right now.If you've wondered how quantum actually lands inside a Fortune 200 boardroom — not the hype cycle version, but the "what do you actually tell the CFO" version — this episode maps that territory honestly. It's also useful listening if you're trying to understand the emerging talent gap, why the quiet in enterprise research publications may itself be a signal, and how a firm known for audit and advisory ends up doing multispectral analysis of chestnut trees on IBM quantum processors.What We Get IntoWhy KPMG split quantum into distinct practices — PQC, sensing, optimization, and research — and what that structural choice signals about market timingHow a PBS documentary about the American chestnut tree led to a peer-reviewed quantum ML paper with Kipu Quantum and IBMThe honest case for a 3% accuracy gain over classical ResNet-50 baselines — and why Aaron treats it as a positive-sum signal rather than a victory lapWhy "what makes a good quantum problem" remains the most important question in the field, and how KPMG's client base shapes their answerThe seven-step Q-PREP framework for post-quantum cryptography readiness, and why step one — knowing what you actually have — is the hardest stepHow data-centric thinking (not cryptography-centric thinking) reframes the PQC migration challengeWhy the quiet in enterprise research publications from major financial institutions may itself be a market signalThe talent bottleneck: ~16,500 quantum researchers on the planet against a coming wave of enterprise demandHow AI tooling is compressing quantum research timelines, and what that means for who can enter the fieldWhy the compute stack of the next decade will be heterogeneous — quantum, neuromorphic, thermodynamic, and mechanical computing all coexistingResources & LinksGuest & OrganizationDr. Aaron Kemp — KPMG People Profile — Official bio covering Aaron's DoD/classified cybersecurity background and current role as US Quantum Leader.Papers & ResearcharXiv:2602.18350 — Quantum-enhanced satellite image classification — The peer-reviewed KPMG/Kipu Quantum/IBM paper Aaron co-authored, demonstrating hybrid quantum-classical accuracy gains on IBM processors.From Theory to Impact: Real-World Results in Quantum Machine Learning — KPMG's editorial summary of the satellite imagery research, framed for enterprise readers.From Theory to Impact — Full Technical Report (PDF) — The detailed technical companion walking through the hybrid pipeline step by step.PQC & Enterprise FrameworksQ-PREP: Seven Steps to Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness (PDF) — KPMG's prescriptive PQC migration framework, with Aaron as lead author.The Quantum Threat Is No Longer Theoretical (PDF) — Aaron's board-level brief on Q-Day urgency.Prepare Now for Quantum Cyber Risk (KPMG Board Leadership Center) — Aaron's article for corporate directors, originally in NACD Directorship Online.Related Coverage & CommentaryKipu Quantum: Quantum-Enhanced AI Deployable in Production — Announcement of the production framework that removes quantum hardware from the inference loop; Aaron quoted as enterprise champion.KPMG's Seven Steps Build Quantum Resilience for Businesses (Quantum Zeitgeist) — Third-party coverage of Q-PREP.A Framework Can Tell You What to Do. It Cannot Tell You What You Have. (Qtonic Substack) — A critical response arguing that advisory frameworks don't solve the underlying cryptographic inventory problem — useful counterpoint reading.Key Quotes & InsightsOn the 3% accuracy gain: "It's a positive game… we did a 12–15 week sprint, and to at least meet classical was our goal when we started. So when we actually did get three percent, it was repeatable. That was, to me, okay — there's something there."On the real PQC problem: "We don't have a cryptographic problem. We have a data problem. None of these organizations know where their data flows."On cybersecurity as a discipline: "Cybersecurity is probably the worst career field ever because perfect cybersecurity has no ROI — because nothing happens."On enterprise timing: Insight: Aaron frames the quiet in financial services quantum research publications as a market signal — organizations may have stopped sharing because they're moving from research toward competitive advantage.On the talent gap: "There's 16,500 quantum researchers on the planet… Fortune 200 will hire 16,000." A single tier of enterprise demand could exhaust the global talent pool.Related EpisodesEpisode 14: A Hybrid NISQ-Classical Solution Architecture with Harry Buhrman — Foundational thinking on hybrid quantum-classical architectures relevant to the Kipu/KPMG/IBM approach.Episode 38: Quantum Machine Learning with Jessica Pointing — A rigorous look at the tradeoffs and open questions in QML that frame Aaron's satellite imagery results.Episode 81: Quantum LDPC error correction with Larry Cohen and Paul Webster — Directly relevant to the compressing resource estimates for breaking RSA that shape PQC urgency.Episode 86: Quantum Advantage Achieved with Dominik Hangleiter — A theorist's careful framing of what advantage claims should and shouldn't mean.Episode 40: Integrating Quantum Computers and Classical Supercomputers with Martin Schultz — Useful context on the heterogeneous compute future Aaron and Sebastian discuss at the end of the episode.Stay in the EcosystemSubscribe on

The death of a motorcyclist in Donegal at the weekend brings the number of motorcyclists killed on the road this year so far to 16. David Martin of the RSA.

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Senior leaders are often judged in moments they could not plan for. Mark Thurmond's path from sales rep to co-CEO of Tenable was built through consistent execution, difficult operating assignments, and crises that demanded calm before certainty. He explains what the RSA breach taught him about transparency and customer trust, how he and Steve Vintz kept Tenable moving after the death of CEO Amit Yoran, and why the strongest leaders build followership before they need it. The conversation also covers choosing learning over title, using AI to raise seller productivity, and leading a product-to-platform shift as a company-wide operating change. Mark Thurmond is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Tenable, where he oversees the company's go-to-market functions across sales, marketing, customer success, professional services, and technical support. His career includes senior operating and sales leadership roles at EMC, RSA, Qlik, and Turbonomic. Connect with Mark: LinkedIn Key takeaways from this episode:  00:00 - What early international experience teaches leaders about operating across markets, cultures, and teams. 04:34 - Why transparency during a crisis can strengthen customer trust instead of weakening it. 10:19 - What leaders must control when uncertainty, emotion, and outside pressure start to take over. 12:22 - Why rigid career planning can distract high performers from the opportunities that actually move them forward. 15:05 - What a leader's ability to attract former colleagues reveals about their credibility and influence. 17:04 - Why the most valuable career moves often create discomfort before they create advancement. 29:00 - A look inside what leadership demands when personal grief and business continuity collide. 34:08 - What executives often overlook about the connection between proactive health and decision-making capacity. 41:30 - Why a company's approach to AI partnerships may determine whether it separates or falls behind. 53:00 - What many leaders underestimate about moving from a product business to a platform strategy. Hosted by five-time CRO John McMahon and Force Management Co-Founder John Kaplan, the Revenue Builders podcast goes behind the scenes with the sales leaders who have been there, done that, and seen the results. This show is brought to you by Force Management. We help companies improve sales performance, executing their growth strategy at the point of sale. Connect with Us: LinkedInYouTubeForce Management

What if better data did not have to mean more paperwork? In this episode of Manager Minute, Sarah Leonard from the South Carolina Commission for the Blind and Pamela Clayton-Johnson from Maryland DORS join Carol Pankow to talk about their National Rehabilitation Leadership Institute research on the RSA-911. Their project takes a hard look at the growing administrative burden of federal reporting and asks a timely question: Are we collecting the right data for the right reasons? Sarah and Pamela discuss their recommendation to remove 71 data elements they believe exceed statutory requirements, while still maintaining accountability and protecting the integrity of VR data. The conversation also explores the importance of involving frontline staff, using data to improve services, and creating space for counselors to spend more time doing what matters most: helping individuals with disabilities achieve meaningful employment. Tune in for a thoughtful, practical, and refreshingly candid conversation about smarter data, stronger services, and leadership that challenges the field to think differently. Listen Here   Full Transcript {Music} Sarah: That's kind of my whole philosophy of who I am as a person. I'm always looking for how we can do things better and questioning, like why we're doing things like, why are we reporting this? Why are we doing that? And so I think that kind of shows up in the paper. Pamela: I think we chose to focus on streamlining the RSA nine over 11 report, because we recognize how much time and energy staff spend on administrative tasks and reporting requirements. Sarah: Were spending all this time to report this data. It must be important. It must be being used somewhere. but, I am not seeing that for some of this. Intro voice: Manager minute, brought to you by the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center. Conversations powered by VR. One manager at a time, one minute at a time. Here is your host, Carol Pankow. Carol: Welcome to the Manager Minute. Today, we're joined by Sarah Leonard, planning and reporting director from South Carolina Commission for the Blind, and Pamela Clayton-Johnson, program manager for the Eligibility Unit at Maryland DORS. So how are you doing today, Sarah? Sarah: Good. I'm doing great. How are you? Carol: Awesome. And Pamela, how about you? Pamela: I'm good. Enjoying all this rain that we had within the last week. Carol: Oh, nice. Well, we're in a heat wave. I'm in Minnesota, and, boy, it's been smoking hot. Sarah: It's been hot here. Carol: So Sarah and Pamela recently published a cohort project through the National Rehabilitation Leadership Institute that takes a thoughtful and timely look at the RSA 911. Their paper, Smarter Data, Better Outcomes, explores how reporting requirements have evolved over time, and the growing administrative burden on agencies, and what it would mean to streamline data collection in a way that would better support the core mission of vocational rehabilitation, which is helping individuals achieve employment and strengthening America's workforce. Their work raises important questions for the field about the balance between compliance, data, and outcomes, and offers practical ideas for rethinking how we can approach federal reporting moving forward. So let's dig in. So let's start with each of you. How did you get into vocational rehabilitation and what drew you to this work. And Pamela, I'm going to go to you first. Pamela: Okay. My interest in vocational rehabilitation began in 1999, after one of my close friends sustained a gunshot wound and became a quadriplegic. He was no longer able to do the work he had done before, but he still had a strong desire to work and remain independent. I began to help him research for programs and resources that could support him. And during that process, I discovered the Division of Rehabilitation Services DORS. So that experience changed my life and inspired me to pursue a career helping individuals with disabilities achieve their goal and match their full potential. I later earned my graduate degree in adult Education with a minor in Rehabilitation counseling, which allowed me to combine my passion for education, advocacy and services to others. Carol: That is an amazing story. You are the first person I've heard with like a story like that. And how is your friend doing today? Pamela: He is doing great. He is living independently. He has services in place for him. It's been so many years and he is doing well and he's thriving. So oh. Pamela: Yes. Carol: He's lucky to have a friend like you. I think that's awesome. Pamela: Yes. Carol: Sarah, how about you?How'd you get involved in VR? Sarah: My journey to VR is a recent one. I just started in VR in 2023, and I actually started my career as a public education teacher. And when I was looking to kind of make a career change, I was looking to kind of stay in the public service realm and ended up finding some job openings with the Commission for the blind and kind of my experience as an educator and everything. It just was kind of a natural fit. So I really enjoyed kind of the past three years now, and I'm excited for what's to come. Carol: Very cool. I remember when you first started, I feel like it was longer ago than three years. Time passes really fast. Sarah: It does. Carol: You both participated in NRLI live, and I just want to know a little bit about what that experience was like. And how did it shape your thinking as an emerging leader? And Sarah, I'll ping you first on that. Sarah: NRLI was an amazing experience and I learned so much from the staff from NRLI, but also just from connecting with so many VR professionals across the US. The way it's structured, you meet four times over the course of almost a year. And I think kind of as the year progresses, you are in different places in like kind of what you're doing at work. So when you come together each time as a group, you're kind of experiencing something different and everyone else kind of brings their own experiences and their different kind of situations currently occurring in their agencies to those conversations. So as like an emerging leader. It's just really helped me kind of see the bigger picture of VR on the national scale and how I kind of fit into that on the state level. Carol: Yeah, I love that so much because you see people from start to end because I get to help participate, at least in one of the weeks with doing some of the training, but really seeing how kind of the light bulbs are going on for you guys with that whole bigger national picture. I think that's awesome. Sarah: Yeah. Pamela: Right. Carol: How about you, Pamela? Pamela: Well, participating in the National Rehabilitation Leadership Institute was a very rewarding and eye opening experience for me. It gave me the opportunity to connect with rehabilitation professionals across the country, and who all share the same passion for helping individuals with disabilities succeed. The experience helped shape my thinking as an emerging leader by teaching me the importance of collaboration, advocacy and being servant leadership. I learned that leadership is not just about managing people, it's about listening and supporting others, creating positive change of course, and making sure the voice of the people we serve are heard. The institute also encouraged me to think bigger about the future of vocational rehabilitation and the impact we have in helping individuals achieve independency, employment and a better quality of life. It strengthened my confidence as a leader, and it also reminded me that growth happens when you are willing to learn from others and step outside of your comfort zone, and being a part of the group really helped me step outside my comfort zone. So it was an amazing experience for me. Carol: I love that, and I know they have that coaching component. And so you each get a like a mentor coach that is with you throughout the whole time. And that I just think adds an extra element, like a personal touch for you specifically and all of that. So it really is a great, great program. NRLI is about building leadership capacity and driving change. How did that show up in this project that you chose to take on? And I'll throw that to either of you. Sarah: I mean, that's our whole project. Pamela: right. Sarah: Our whole goal was to kind of advocate for some changes in terms of reporting, specifically the 911. So I think that's kind of my whole philosophy of who I am as a person. I'm always looking for how we can do things better and questioning like why we're doing things like, why are we reporting this? Why are we doing that? And so I think that kind of shows up in the paper. Carol: So what led you guys specifically to go after the RSA 911 for your project? I know you went through some iterations of different topics you were going to pick. Pamela: Yes. I think we chose to focus on streamlining the RSA 911 report because we recognize how much time and energy staff spend on administrative tasks and reporting requirements. Our goal was basically to look at ways to reduce the burden, so vocational rehabilitation staff could spend more time focusing on what truly matters, which is helping individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. We wanted to help shift the focus to building America's workforce and improving outcomes for the people we serve. This project taught me that leadership is about identifying the challenges and working together to find solutions, and being willing to advocate for meaningful change that benefit both the staff and consumers. It also showed me the importance, of course, of innovation and thinking about how systems and processes can work more effectively while still meeting federal requirements. So we ponder over a lot of different topics, and this is the one that we end up with. So I'm happy with all that we did with this particular paper and all that I have learned in this process. Carol: So Sarah, you specifically, I know have lived this burden of the RSA 911 every day. How would you describe it to other folks that may not understand? Like, what's the big deal about that? Sarah: I think what people don't realize is how much that report really drives like agency processes, just like day to day. The data that we collect as VR agencies as a part of the intake process, the closure process, all of that that gets reported on the 911. And then for those who aren't kind of in it every day, kind of one of the biggest shocks when they start kind of looking at what is all involved, especially, I think Pamela did this. She went to her person in Maryland who oversees the 911 and asked to see kind of the whole data file that gets submitted up to RSA. And I think that's kind of what puts it into perspective. So for those that haven't seen that, there's a line for every single consumer at your agency who has an open case or was applying for services that quarter or who has closed within the past six quarters. And they stay on that report for those six quarters after they close. And for each of those participants, those individual people, there's a ton of columns of data that gets reported for each of those consumers. And those are the data elements of the 911. And so for those that haven't seen that, I would really encourage them to just ask the person at their agency who is in charge of the 911 just to kind of it puts things in perspective. I think that all of those entries into the case management system, like all of that gets reported out in some sort of fashion on that 911. And so there's stuff that has to go on in the background too. Like our field staff, of course have to collect the data, but most agencies have a whole case management system team who kind of keeps their case management system running. And those data elements all have to be maintained with coding in the back of the system, so that it can get reported out correctly on that report. So there's field staff hours that go into this report. There's technical staff hours that go into this report. And then of course there's data collection that may be involved as well that has to go into the report. So that's a collaboration between technical and people in positions like myself, but then also the field staff to make corrections if those are needed on the 911. So. Carol: And how many data elements are there exactly? Sarah: Over 300. Yeah. Pamela: Yes, it was over 300. And we understand how important that report is for the vocational rehabilitation industry. So we recognize that the counselors and employees spend a large amount of time entering and reviewing data, which can sometimes take away from the direct services to consumers. So we just wanted to explore ways to make the process more efficient. Carol: Well, you guys make the point because you say in your paper the reporting requirements expanded beyond what's required in statute. And so why does that matter to the field right now? Sarah: Well, it's just extra work. Like if we're going to expand the requirements beyond what is like actually legally required, there should be a reason for that. And some of these data elements that are beyond kind of legal requirements, you know, like with the rehab act and everything, some of those data elements, I don't see them being used by RSA. I don't see them being used by Congress in any way. So RSA puts out an annual report to Congress every year, and the amount of data that actually goes into that report is very small, compared to the over 300 data elements that are reported for each consumer at every VR agency in the country. Pamela: And it just increased the workload for staffing agencies. You know, when reporting requirements continue to grow for the counselors and staff, they can spend more time focusing on paperwork instead of the data entry and working directly with the consumers and employees. You know, this can impact, of course, you know, the efficiency, staff morale and overall ability to provide timely services. So it's especially important because the VR agencies, which is us, are focused on helping build America's workforce by supporting individuals with disabilities in reaching their employment goals. So the field wants to make sure that the focus stays on serving people. That's the main goal, creating opportunities and improving employment outcomes, not becoming overwhelmed by administrative tasks, you know? So that was our main focus. Carol: Yeah, I hear that a lot. You know, people are like, I'm just pushing paper now. Pamela: Right? Carol: I'm the data collector. Instead of having time to actually talk to the people. So was that like your biggest realization that all that data wasn't actually going into the reported to Congress? Sarah: That was one of them for me. I think because I just would expect, if we're giving this data out, it would be being used in some sort of way. We're spending all this time to report this data. It must be important. It must be being used somewhere. But I'm not seeing that for some of this. When I kind of came to that realization, I was like, well, then why are we doing all this work? Why are we doing this to ourselves? Yeah, that for me, it was. Pamela: Yeah, we still understand that equity and good data are important, but there also needs to be balanced so agencies can effectively carry out the mission and the best support the people that we serve. So that's our main focus. We want to make sure that we're providing, you know, services to consumers instead of spending a lot of time on paperwork and things that, you know, they're not even looking at or is not meaningful. So it's just like, we're just trying to focus on what matters and balance out the workload. Carol: You did a really thorough job on being super specific on the data elements you recommended that got removed. I mean, it was like, I'm like, holy cow, because it was like you went through the whole entire directory and there were a lot, I don't even know how many, but how did you guys go about doing that to decide the elements that you were recommending to remove? Sarah: We spent a lot of time reading the laws and the regulations. I read the Rehab Act and spent time kind of analyzing that to determine like, what is actually required by the Rehab Act for us to report on. And after doing that review, I came to the conclusion that these 71 data elements that we proposed in our paper. There's no kind of legal requirement for those to be reported in the way that they're currently asking us to report them. Pamela: Right. Sarah: So most of the data elements that we propose to remove are related to service provider type. And the Rehab Act stipulates that only aggregate data on the types of providers and agency uses needs to be reported in some sort of fashion, but it does not stipulate that it needs to be reported on an individual case level for each of the services every quarter, which is what we're essentially doing right now through the 911. Pamela: And Sarah has so much experience because this is what she does every single day. So she was very, very helpful in teaching me about all the different data elements and what is used and things like that. So it was very informative. I had learned so much throughout the process when we were researching this paper and just trying to make sure that we're accurate on what we're reporting. Carol: Yeah, I liked it because I felt like you guys were very thoughtful and you approached this in a really good way and did an extremely thorough job. I would think RSA would be super interested in what you did. Have you spoken to RSA and maybe if you did, like what was that conversation like? You're kind of calling their baby ugly, you know? Pamela: We actually met with them. We met with Michael Quinn and he provided great insight and was very open to hearing our ideas and concerns regarding the RSA 911 report process. One of the biggest things that we learned was the importance of collaboration and having honest conversations about the challenges VR agencies face. It was encouraging also to hear that he believed our paper and research were realistic and thoughtfully developed. He also shared that his team will review our paper and take our recommendations into consideration, which showed us that there's value in bringing forth ideas that could improve processes within the vocational rehabilitation system. For me, it reinforced the idea that meaningful change starts with research, communication, and a willingness to work together to find practical solutions. Of course, that benefits both agencies and the individuals we serve. So meeting with his team was very informative and he was very realistic with the expectations and things like that. It was good. Sarah: We actually met with him twice, so we met with him once while we were kind of developing the paper. And that's what really shaped kind of our approach to writing the paper and research that we did. He told us in a bit of a cryptic way. He told us that we needed to think inside the box first and then think outside of it. So he encouraged us to read the laws, read the regulations. So that's kind of what shaped our method to collecting all of the research and the knowledge that we needed in order to be able to propose these changes. And then just meeting with him and his team kind of after the paper was done, when we went to DC for the final session of NRLI, It was really encouraging because him and his team were really open to the recommendations that we were making. And also, they said it was like getting public comment before the public comment period. So as everyone knows, the RSA 911 is up for renewal and was recently posted for public comment through the OMB. So they, I think, genuinely are looking for feedback on their reports and things like that. And I would really encourage agencies to take advantage of the public comment period on these reports, not just on the 911, but on the RSA 17, the 15, all of those different reports that we have to do, because RSA genuinely, I think, wants our feedback and wants to know the burden that it's putting on agencies and our ideas for streamlining. Carol: So I'm sure you're quoting this paper in the public comment, correct? Pamela: Yes. Sarah: Yes. Carol: Yeah, that's great. Well, you both bring up a really good point about being able to like do the research and speak up because I have heard for years people complaining about the 911, but I have never seen anyone do the job that you two did to dig in deep, do your research, do all the homework, and I'm glad Michael steered you down that path. Like read the rehab act... Pamela: right. Carol: ...look at the things, what's required, and then going back and meticulously, like coming up with 71 data elements. Wasn't 78 or 69. You came up with 71. You go, these are the ones. We don't need them. And I think a lot of times in VR, we kind of complain about things, but we don't always bring it up to the source that could do something about it because they just hear us anecdotally like, oh, you know, it's too much. But what exactly and what exactly could be removed? I think you did the work. People are going to be super happy about this if you get some success with that. Pamela: Yes. Carol: So if your recommendations were implemented. What do you think would be the biggest shift agencies would feel in their day to day operations? Pamela: I believe the biggest shift for VR agencies will feel is having more time and flexibility to focus on serving consumers, instead of spending so much time on administrative tasks and data entry. You know, counselors and staff will likely experience a reduction in paperwork as well and reporting burden, which could improve efficiency, reduce stress and allow more attention to be placed on counseling, job placement, employee engagement, and consumer support. I think agencies will still be able to collect important data and maintain accountability, because that's still important, but the process could become more streamlined and meaningful. The goal is not to remove the reporting, but to make sure the information being collected truly adds value and support that better outcomes. So overall, the biggest change will be shifting more time and energy back to the mission of vocational rehabilitation, which is helping individuals with disabilities prepared for, obtain and maintain meaningful employment while supporting America's workforce. Sarah: I think as well, like we call for removing those 71 data elements, but we also call for RSA to take a genuine look at the number of burden hours through the Paperwork Reduction Act and determine a more accurate estimate of those hours. And then also, we call for them to explore some opportunities to develop some centralized federal databases and data sharing systems, so that information on other WIOA program involvement and things like post-exit wages and credential data, that data could be more easily obtained by agencies. So a lot of agencies right now, they have to kind of manage these individual agreements with these... Carol: Right. Pamela: Right. Sarah: ...different entities to obtain some of this data. And so if we could in some way centralize that, so that whole process is easier. Agencies wouldn't have to kind of independently maintain these agreements with separate Agencies or organizations. Pamela: Right. Carol: Yeah, I thought that was a very interesting point. Thinking about that centralized data collection, I know like DDS, Pamela, you worked in that, you know, Pamela: yes. Carol: There is our centralized system. I used to manage DDS. And so thinking about kind of that nationwide database or whatever that you could possibly have. Now, I suppose people would say it's a little easier said than done, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Was there any traction? Did you get to talk to Michael about that concept at all? Sarah: We did, and his comments back were kind of similar to what you just said, that it's easier said than done. But, you know, we have things like the Swiss data right now for wages. So I think it could be done. It just wouldn't be, you know, at the snap of your fingers, it would take some time to develop those. Carol: Well, you guys can be part of something like magnificently great. That could happen with your recommendations. I love it. Pamela: Yes. Carol: So stepping back as emerging leaders, what advice would you give others about like balancing compliance, data collection and achieving those real employment outcomes? What advice would you give agencies as they're facing all this? Pamela: I would say that it's important to remember that compliance data collection and employment outcomes all matter, but the mission should always stay centered on the people we serve. Data reporting are important because they help show accountability, measure progress, and tell the story of the work being done. However, we have to be careful that the process does not become overwhelming, that it takes away from direct services and meaningful engagement with consumers. My advice would be to focus on balance, use data as a tool to improve services and outcomes, not just a task to complete. Encourage teamwork, open communication and innovation when looking at processes and systems. It is also important for leaders to listen to frontline staff because they often understand where the biggest challenges exist and most importantly, never lose sight of the ultimate goal, which is helping individuals with disabilities achieve independency, meaningful employment, and success in their lives. Sarah: Pamela, I think you summed that up beautifully. Pamela: Thank you. Sarah: Yeah. I think my biggest advice to agencies is to start looking at your data and looking at your data with your front line workers who are in it every day and doing the job. They deserve to see that data and be involved in conversations surrounding that data. And it's a culture shift to kind of get your agency talking about that data, especially if you've not done it before. Some field staff, I'm sure, have never heard of the RSA 911 before in some agencies. So I think they deserve to be in those conversations and those conversations. I think it equips them to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively. Carol: I think people get so exhausted. I feel like sometimes with the collection of the data and making sure it's accurate, and then you submit it. And then on the other end, I know when we go on and do TA and you ask people about like the data or the observations, this isn't everywhere, but I think sometimes it gets so exhausted by the process, you forget to, on the other end, actually like use it and take a look at what the data is telling you. And I love that you said, you know, to involve your frontline staff because there have been different times we have like, say we look at the data dashboards and we're doing a little training with an agency and we have the field staff in there. They've never seen any of it. They don't know where this goes. They just know they have to do this thing where they're collecting all this stuff and it goes to some mysterious place, but they have no idea what it says. And it really is the story of your agency that does get communicated to Congress. Otherwise, they don't have any way to know about the anecdotal, awesome, wonderful things that are happening and getting people into employment unless you have something you can share. So we don't want to fall down at the very last minute and go, okay, we did all the thing, but we're not letting anybody know internally about what's going on with our data and then making changes as a result of it. You know, when you see different trends or things happening, being able to go in and go like, hey, what's up? You guys and the frontline people are sometimes, well, not sometimes they are the best people to talk to. They see what's happening and it comes out in the data. And everybody's sitting in central office like, mm, what's going on in that region? Go talk to that region and find out what's happening. Pamela: Exactly. The frontline staff, we need them. We need to get feedback from them because they are important in the decision making regarding things that, you know, the input and things like that for the different data elements. And I had a conversation with some of my staff because I work, you know, on the front line, just getting answers regarding, you know, different data entries at the time that they spend gathering information. So it was a lot of information that I learned. And just looking at the RSA 911 for the first time, it was overwhelming because I didn't even know all that information was being collected and used. So it was eye opening for me. Carol: And bless her heart, she does it all day, every day, I know. Are you sure you're happy you left public to do this? Sarah: And I think talking with our field staff about like the 911 data, for instance, like that, like just like NRLI, how we kind of came to this realization of how we fit into this bigger kind of national picture. I think for our staff, having conversations around our data and things like that can help them see that as well. Carol: Yeah. That's cool. So one last thing for you all. What about a little plug for NRLI, is there any like if we have listeners out there going like, what's this thing you all participated in? Do you have any kind of little plug you want to tell them about why they should do that program? Pamela: It was a leadership program, a leadership program where all people from all over the world, different walks in their career path participated. And I learned so much from people networking in itself. We still stay in contact, and their system sometimes may be a little different from how we do our things in Maryland. But just being around those folks that we are passionate about, the vocational rehabilitation process was just amazing and very fulfilling for me, and I think it will be an amazing experience for anyone that wants to be a part of this career path to participate. It was an awesome experience for me. Carol: I love that. Sarah: I really appreciated how, I guess intentional the whole entire experience like is designed like. So I think it's really intentional that it happens over the course of like basically a whole year. And then the different sessions or each week has kind of like a different almost like theme, I guess, or concept that you're learning that week. And then by the time you get to the final session in DC, it's kind of the culmination of everything that you've learned. But since time has passed and it's not just kind of like a one and  done thing, you have also kind of matured in your career. At least that's kind of how I felt as I went through it. I also started supervising two new people during that time period. So it was all very relevant and very, I guess, eye opening. But then also there's something I think, really important about it being a leadership program that's also in the lens of VR, right? Like there's tons of leadership programs out there, but they're not kind of tailored towards being a leader in VR. And so I think that's what makes NRLI so unique and different. Pamela: Most definitely. Carol: Yeah, I've seen over time, you know, those cohorts, you make those networks of friends, you guys have, you know, chat groups and all different things and getting together when you're at a conference or, you know, just people to call on and get ideas. If you run into trouble at your agency. You're like, oh, I'm gonna pick up the phone, I'm calling Pamela now, or I'm calling Sarah because they might have a different perspective on that. And I just love that transplanting of ideas across the country. There's such great benefit in that. I'm so glad you guys had a great experience. Pamela: I did, it was amazing. Carol: Thank you both today for this conversation. I'm expecting great things from your paper. I'm really hoping that it is the start of some cool changes. And thank you for joining me. Appreciate you both. Sarah: Thank you. Pamela: Thank you so much. {Music} Outro Voice: Conversations powered by VR, one manager at a time. One minute at a time. Brought to you by the VRTAC. Catch all of our podcast episodes by subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

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